Seminar Detail
The Ultimate Hands-On Wound Care Clinical Lab
- Where:
- ROCKVILLE, MD
- When:
- Wednesday, December 11, 2019 at 8:00 AM - 4:00 PM
This event is not currently available for purchase.
For more information: Call (800) 844-8260
In healthcare facilities across the country, billions of dollars are being spent annually on the treatment of skin care and wound management. You are on the front lines of providing care to patients with a variety of skin and wound conditions, and play a critical role in patient outcomes and your facility's reimbursement for services. There is no better way to learn all of the skills you need to provide state-of-the-art care for your patients than through Hands-On Clinical Labs. Attend this highly interactive seminar and learn wound care assessment skills by DOING!
Through the use of wound care teaching models, wound care expert, Lydia Corum, will teach you proper wound assessment techniques. The Hands-On Clinical Lab will add a live, hands-on component to learning that will enhance your retention of skills and techniques covered. Practice identification, measurement and the applications of various products on life-like wound care models. These models provide a life-like simulation to allow for improved assessment of a wide variety of commonly-seen wound care presentations, including all stages of pressure ulcers, tissue types, undermining, tunneling, fissure and surgical dehiscence.
Take your understanding of wound care to the next level with this hands-on, interactive clinical lab. Register today - space is limited!
Through the use of wound care teaching models, wound care expert, Lydia Corum, will teach you proper wound assessment techniques. The Hands-On Clinical Lab will add a live, hands-on component to learning that will enhance your retention of skills and techniques covered. Practice identification, measurement and the applications of various products on life-like wound care models. These models provide a life-like simulation to allow for improved assessment of a wide variety of commonly-seen wound care presentations, including all stages of pressure ulcers, tissue types, undermining, tunneling, fissure and surgical dehiscence.
Take your understanding of wound care to the next level with this hands-on, interactive clinical lab. Register today - space is limited!
If there is no CE tab, please refer to the course brochure for continuing education information.
- Distinguish at least 6 tissue types found in chronic wounds.
- Identify and differentiate at least 4 wound etiologies.
- Compare and contrast 6 terms used to document peri-wound status.
- Demonstrate accurate measurement and documentation of wounds, tunneling and undermining, according to the clock method, using a wound teaching model.
- Identify and categorize at least 7 dressing types, including the indications for use, precautions and contraindications.
- Develop an appropriate dressing/ treatment protocol for a wound, based upon exudate, wound status, and products discussed.
- Wound Bed Tissue Types: Presentation & Treatment
- Epithelial Tissue
- Granulation Tissue
- Healthy Granulation
- Hypergranulation
- Fibrin
- Scaffolding for granulation
- Characteristics of presentation
- Necrotic - When to remove, when to leave alone
- Slough - Devitalized, must be debrided
- Eschar - Devitalized
- Dry Gangrene - Necrosis/Tissue Demise
- Wound Margin Issues and Strategies
- Epiboly - Rolled Edges
- Hyperkeratotic - Dry, Calloused Edges
- Jagged
- Epithelialization
- Peri-Wound Issues
- Macerated
- Desiccated
- Erythema
- Indurated
- Atrophic/Fibrotic
- Fluctuant
- Characteristics of Common Wounds
- Phases of Healing
- Etiology, Appearance, Location, Exudates
- Arterial Insufficiency
- Venous Insufficiency
- Diabetic/Neuropathic
- Pressure Ulcers - Demystifying Staging
- Skin Tears
- Hands-On Clinical Lab
- Using the latest in wound care model technology, participate in skill-based exercises in:
- Wound staging
- Tissue type identification
- Proper measuring techniques
- Tunneling/Undermining
- Wound care product awareness and application
- Wound Care Products
- Characteristics of Each Dressing Category
- Hydrogel, Hydrocolloid, Collagen
- Calcium Alginate/Hydrofiber
- Silver products, Foam, Honey
- Multi-layer compression
- Gauze/Composite
- Exudate determines dressing
- Strategies to Select Primary Dressings for:
- Dry/Minimally Draining Wounds
- Hydrogel
- Oil emulsions
- Ringer's Lactate impregnated
- Combinations
- Moderate/Heavy/Copious drainage
- Alginates/Hydrofibers
- Topical Medications
- Critically Colonized/Infected Wounds
- Silver Dressings
- Silver Alginates/Hydrofibers, Hydrogels and Collagens
- Antimicrobial impregnated dressings
- Enzymatic debriders
- Cleansing agents and other topicals
- Proper Application and Cost Considerations
- Alternative Options and Substitutions
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Nurse Educators
- Physician Assistants
- Physical Therapists
- Physical Therapist Assistants
- Nursing Home Administrators
- Occupational Therapists
- Occupational Therapy Assistants
LYDIA CORUM, RN, MSN, CWCN
Lydia Corum, RN, MSN, CWCN, is a wound care expert, serving in various settings and roles. Most recently, she was at The National Institute of Health as a wound care consultant, responsible for dressing selection that would not interfere with research protocols. Lydia has spent the majority of her career working in wound care in acute and subacute care settings, as a wound care nurse, wound care coordinator and wound care program director. She is a Certified Wound Care Nurse and has been invited to share her vast knowledge with healthcare audiences throughout the country.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lydia Corum has an employment relationship with Memorial Hospital of Gardena. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Lydia Corum has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Lydia Corum has an employment relationship with Memorial Hospital of Gardena. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.
Non-financial: Lydia Corum has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.
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Credits listed below are for full attendance at the live event only. After attendance has been verified, pre-registered attendees will receive an email from PESI Customer Service with the subject line, “Evaluation and Certificate” within one week. This email will contain a link to complete the seminar evaluation and allow attendees to print, email or download a certificate of completion if in full attendance. For those in partial attendance (arrived late or left early), a letter of attendance is available through that link and an adjusted certificate of completion reflecting partial credit will be issued within 30 days (if your board allows). Please see “live seminar schedule” for full attendance start and end times. NOTE: Boards do not allow credit for breaks or lunch.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists
PESI, Inc. is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Nurses in full attendance will earn 6.3 contact hours. Partial contact hours will be awarded for partial attendance.
Nursing Home Administrators
This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and approved for 6.25 clock hours and 6.25 participant hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants
This activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. CE requirements for physical therapists vary per state/jurisdiction. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.
Maryland Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: This course meets the basic criteria of the Maryland State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners and has been approved for .6 CEUs.
Virginia Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants - Credit Available Until: 6/10/2020
This course has been approved for 6.25 contact hours by the Virginia Physical Therapy Association. Approval #: CEUL044067 .
Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by ACCME such as PESI. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 6.0 hours for completing this program.
PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Other Professions
This activity qualifies for 380 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.
If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, or questions on home study credit availability, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.
Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of mental health professionals. As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your professions standards.
PESI, Inc. offers continuing education programs and products under the brand names PESI, PESI Healthcare, PESI Rehab and Psychotherapy Networker.
Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists
Nurses in full attendance will earn 6.3 contact hours. Partial contact hours will be awarded for partial attendance.
Nursing Home Administrators
This educational offering has been reviewed by the National Continuing Education Review Service (NCERS) of the National Association of Long Term Care Administrator Boards (NAB) and approved for 6.25 clock hours and 6.25 participant hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.
Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants
Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants
This activity consists of 6.25 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. CE requirements for physical therapists vary per state/jurisdiction. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.
Maryland Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: This course meets the basic criteria of the Maryland State Board of Physical Therapy Examiners and has been approved for .6 CEUs.
Virginia Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants - Credit Available Until: 6/10/2020
This course has been approved for 6.25 contact hours by the Virginia Physical Therapy Association. Approval #: CEUL044067 .
Physician Assistants
AAPA accepts certificates of participation for educational activities certified for AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ from organizations accredited by ACCME such as PESI. Physician assistants may receive a maximum of 6.0 hours for completing this program.
PESI, Inc. is accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education to provide continuing medical education for physicians. PESI, Inc. designates this live activity for a maximum of 6.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™.
Other Professions
This activity qualifies for 380 minutes of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your course outline and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.
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ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.
Your satisfaction is our goal and our guarantee. Concerns should be addressed to PESI HealthCare, P.O. Box 1000, Eau Claire, WI 54702-1000 or call (800) 844-8260.
ADA Needs
We would be happy to accommodate your ADA needs; please call our Customer Service Department for more information at (800) 844-8260.
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