Wound Care Conference – with Clinical Demonstration Lab

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Heidi Huddleston Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON® Related seminars and products

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Heidi Huddleston Cross, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON®, is a board-certified Wound and Ostomy Nurse and a board-certified Family Nurse Practitioner. She has extensive experience caring for wound and ostomy patients in acute care and long-term care. Currently, Heidi is employed by a surgical group providing consultation for nursing homes and has her own independent practice as an expert witness for plaintiff and defense attorneys. She has contributed in numerous ways to her specialty, including serving as chair of the Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing Certification Board examination committee, co-chair of the Wound and Ostomy Nurses Society National Conference Planning Committee ostomy track, and peer review for the Journal of Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing (JWOCN).

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Heidi Cross has employment relationships with CNY Surgical Physicians and the University of Rochester Strong Memorial Hospital. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Heidi Cross is a member of the Wound, Ostomy & Continence Nurses Society, the Association for the Advancement of Wound Care, the American Nurses Association, and the National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel.

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Objectives

1. Distinguish between at least 6 tissue types found in chronic wounds to inform clinical decisions.
2. Differentiate between wound etiologies to develop the most comprehensive plan of care.
3. Choose the best descriptors of periwound skin to establish legally defensible documentation.
4. Demonstrate accurate measurement strategies for various wound types, tunneling and undermining.
5. Propose which dressing type to use based upon the wound presentation to improve clinical outcomes.
6. Develop a treatment response based upon evaluation of the wound exudate.

Outline

• Tissue types/wound bed evaluation necrotic tissue, granulation, hypergranulation, agranular
• Phases of wound healing, chronicity
• Factors impacting wound healing
• SKILL: Techniques for accurate wound measurements

• Medical Adhesive Associated Skin Damage
• Moisture Associated Skin
• Incontinence Associated Damage
• Dermatitis/Intertrigo
• Skin Tears
• SKILL: Overcoming Challenging Situations

• Demystify staging
• Prevention: What have you overlooked?
• Risk assessment
• Treatment and dressing selection
• SKILL: Executing the risk assessment

• Arterial, venous, neuropathic
• Differentiate etiologies
• Appropriate therapies
• SKILL: Compression wrapping

• Types of diversion
• Pouch Selection
• SKILL: Pouch application

• Dressing selection process — samples to compare
• When is gauze appropriate?
• The key role of exudate
• Essential toolkit items:
  • Cleansers
  • Debridement options
  • Gels, collagen
  • Absorptive products, foam
  • Antimicrobial, silver
  • Heavy drainage versus minimal
  • Large area wounds
  • Dress difficult locations, tracts and undermining
  • SKILL: Select dressing protocol for various wounds

Target Audience

• Nurses
• Nurse Practitioners
• Nurse Educators
• Physician Assistants
• Physical Therapists
• Physical Therapist Assistants
• Nursing Home Administrators