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1. Define what needs to be in your wound care program policies and procedures to ensure regulatory compliance.
2. Design an effective wound care team meeting agenda to review current wounds as well as incorporate a preventative approach.
3. Evaluate best practices for wound rounds.
4. Determine wound care products and equipment needed to develop a wound care formulary.
5. Analyze common causes of regulatory citations and litigation claims.
6. Demonstrate the necessary assessments and interventions that must be in place within the first 24 hours of admission/ identification.
7. Explain how to develop a skin integrity plan of care based on an individualized risk assessment.
8. Distinguish pressure injuries from lower extremity ulcers.
9. Explain strategies to audit the wound care program and documentation system to ensure compliance.

Policies and Procedures

• Regulatory requirements
• Standards of practice
• Reduce litigation risk

Wound Care Team

• Interdisciplinary approach
• Unique roles and responsibilities
• Productive wound care team meeting
• Effective and efficient wound rounds

Wound Care Products and Equipment

• Support surfaces -- wheelchair and bed
• Heel lift boots
• Topical treatment products
• Incontinence products
• Adjunctive therapies
• Formulary development -- cost versus outcomes

Regulatory Compliance and Reducing Litigation Risk

• Common citations and litigation claims
• Proving unavoidability
• Clinical competency
• Documentation requirements

Admission Process

• Risk assessment
• Skin assessment
• Interventions within the first 24 hours
• Developing a temporary plan of care

Care Plan Development

• Validated risk assessments
• Comprehensive risk assessment
• Identifying interventions based on the risk assessment

Clinical Competency

• Differentiating pressure injuries versus
• lower extremity ulcers
• How deep tissue injuries evolve
• Staging pressure injuries
• Identification of local infection and sepsis

Monitoring the Wound Care Program

• Chart/documentation audits
• High-risk mistakes to avoid
• Turning and repositioning
• Treatment book audit
• Intervention Implementation
• Setting up an action plan

Jeri Ann Lundgren, RN, BSN, PHN, CWS, CWCN®, CPT, has been specializing in wound care nationally since 1994. Ms. Lundgren is board certified as a CWS (Certified Wound Specialist) by the American Board of Wound Management and a CWCN® (Certified Wound Care Nurse) by the Wound, Ostomy and Continence Society^™. Her extensive background in wound management includes: regulatory management, litigation support, wound care consultation, and program and policy development. Ms. Lundgren has served as the clinical expert for several state QIN-QIOs pressure ulcer initiatives. She has gained insight while providing pressure injury education for state surveyors. Additionally, she has authored wound care program manuals and is published in the peer reviewed journal Wound Care Advisor. Currently Ms. Lundgren is the President of Senior Providers Resource.

Speaker Disclosures:

Financial: Jeri Ann Lundgren is president of Senior Providers Resources, LLC. She receives a speaking honorarium from PESI, Inc.

Non-financial: Jeri Ann Lundgren has no relevant non-financial relationship to disclose.

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Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations.

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Nurses/Nurse Practitioners/Clinical Nurse Specialists - Credit Expired: 10/16/2020
No CE available for this board.

California Nurses: PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #:17118 for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

Florida Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 6.0 self-study contact hours.

Iowa Nurses: PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 6.3 self-study contact hours.

Copies of the evaluation may be sent to the IBON. You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.

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Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants
This self-study course consists of 6.25 clock hours of instruction that is applicable for physical therapists. CE requirements for physical therapists vary by state/jurisdiction. Please retain the certificate of completion that you receive and use as proof of completion when required.

California Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the Physical Therapy Board of California as an approval agency to approve providers. This self-study lecture qualifies for 6.25 continuing competency hours.

Illinois Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is a Registered Physical Therapy Continuing Education Sponsor through the State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 216.000270. This self-study course qualifies for 6.0 CE credit hours.

New York Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department, State Board for Physical Therapy as an approved provider for physical therapy and physical therapy assistant continuing education. This self-study course qualifies for 7.6 contact hours.

Texas Physical Therapists & Physical Therapist Assistants: This self-study activity is provided by the Texas Board of Physical Therapy Examiners Accredited Provider #2106032TX and meets continuing competence requirements for physical therapist and physical therapist assistant licensure renewal in Texas. This activity will provide 6.25 CCUs. The assignment of Texas PT CCUs does not imply endorsement of specific course content, products, or clinical procedures by TPTA or TBPTE. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance.

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Other Professions
This self-study activity qualifies for 6.25 clock hours of instructional content as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Retain your certificate of completion and contact your board or organization for specific filing requirements.

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**It is your ethical responsibility to report accurate hours to your licensing board.
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Nurses, Nursing Home Administrators, Physical Therapists/Physical Therapist Assistants