Explore the ways inForm Care can help you along your journey to providing expert wound, ostomy, and skin care.
Nurses are leaders, professionals, and patient advocates. The patient is the priority, therefore they deserve to have the highest standard of care. The purpose of this training is to provide the newly hired staff nurse with the knowledge needed to provide quality skin and wound care to their patients. This course is offered twice per month to all nurses from any facility. However a private course can be scheduled by a facility, to include only their staff and to address their specific policies and procedures.
Upon successful completion of this educational program, the learner should be able to:
Maintaining skin integrity has been a concern for nursing since the late-1850s during Florence Nightingale’s era. In 1859, Florence Nightingale declared “If he has a bedsore, it’s generally not the fault of the disease, but of nursing" (Ayello, 2008). Simple, basic principles are nursing’s first defense when preventing injury to the skin. When a wound care nurse is not available the staff nurse may be the first caregiver to assess changes in a patient’s skin. The purpose of this presentation is to provide the staff nurse with knowledge on basic skin assessment, identifying at-risk patients and practical guidelines the nurse can implement to protect the skin from injury.
Upon successful completion of this educational program, the learner should be able to:
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It is common in clinical practice to see skin damage in patients when the skin is exposed to moisture for a long period of time. Extensive exposure of the skin to moisture is harmful and can lead to skin breakdown. Moisture associated skin damage or MASD is defined as inflammation and erosion of the skin caused by prolonged exposure to moisture including urine, stool, perspiration, wound exudate, mucus, or saliva. MASD includes the four forms of moisture associated skin damage which are 1) incontinence associated dermatitis or IAD, 2) intertriginous dermatitis or ITD, 3) peristomal moisture associated dermatitis, 4) and peri-wound moisture associated dermatitis. The purpose of this presentation is to educate the attendee on the different types of MASD, identify patients who may be at risk of developing skin damage from moisture exposure and provide prevention and treatment modalities.
Upon successful completion of this educational program, the learner should be able to:
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In recent years there has been an increase in the number of cases of colon cancer which has also increased the number of patients requiring a colostomy or ileostomy. For these patients a colostomy or ileostomy formation is a life changing event. Patients and their families receive education initially during their hospitalization to learn how to care for their ostomy. It is vital for the nursing staff to be educated on how to care for these patients. A wound care nurse may not always be available. Ostomy management education is a very neglected area of nursing care. Many nurses are intimidated by patients who have any of the three types of ostomy. The purpose of this presentation is to give nursing staff basic information on how to care for a patient with a colostomy, ileostomy, or urostomy. The education the patients and their families receive can impact the quality of their life.
Upon successful completion of this educational program, the learner should be able to:
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Medical devices and Medical adhesives frequently interface with vulnerable skin and soft tissue and commonly lead to hospital acquired injuries. Medical Device-Related Skin Injury (MDRSI) is associated with device related pressure injuries. Medical Adhesive-Related Skin Injury (MARSI) may cause erythema, vesicles, skin erosion and skin tears. Both place patients at risk of secondary infections, pain, increased length of hospital stays or delayed wound healing. This presentation will discuss common sources of MDRSI and MARSI and the patient population at risk. It will also bring greater awareness to the need to assess the skin frequently and employ preventive actions when using medical devices and medical adhesives to prevent skin injury and thus improve clinical practice in all health care settings.
Upon successful completion of this educational program, the learner should be able to:
inForm Care is an approved provider of continuing education by:
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In nursing we wear many different hats. There are times we are the nutritionist, the physical therapist, the respiratory therapist, the psychologist, the social worker, and the wound care nurse. Wound care is every nurse’s responsibility. When a wound care nurse is not available the staff nurse will become the wound nurse. Basic knowledge of wound care can be intimidating for nurses. Managing wound care can be challenging especially when patients present with tissue damage that can range from superficial to bone exposure. By applying basic principles such as a skin and wound assessment, this can help the nurse start the process to determine appropriate treatment. The purpose of this presentation is to provide practical guidelines all nurses can use and implement when doing wound care.
Upon successful completion of this educational program, the learner should be able to:
inForm Care is an approved provider of continuing education by:
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Incontinence associated dermatitis (IAD) and intertriginous dermatitis (ITD) are both silent conditions which can affect individuals in all age groups. Following exposure to urine and stool, IAD affects the buttocks, inner thighs, perineum, perianal areas and is considered a precursor to pressure injury. ITD is most common in overweight people living in warm, humid climates. It commonly affects the groin, underarm, abdominal pannus and under the breasts, causing a skin rash in the folds and areas where two skin surfaces rub together. Skin erosion and secondary bacterial infections, fungal infections, or candida can occur. This presentation is focused on defining IAD and ITD, describing the risk factors for IAD and ITD, and discussing evidence-based practice (EBP) changes designed to prevent IAD and ITD from occurring.
Upon successful completion of this educational program, the learner should be able to:
inForm Care is an approved provider of continuing education by:
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Pressure injuries are a significant risk to patients in all healthcare settings. Best practices for preventing pressure injuries (PI) involve individual risk assessment tools such as the Braden scale, preventive interventions, and a solid foundation of basic skin care. The purpose of this presentation is to provide clinicians with the information needed to identify, stage, and appropriately treat pressure injuries. It will also discuss how to implement standards in clinical practice to promote good skin care, implement preventive measures for PI upon admission, and understand the importance of moisturizing the skin and repositioning patients with impaired mobility.
Upon successful completion of this educational program, the learner should be able to:
inForm Care is an approved provider of continuing education by:
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The selection of a wound dressing depends on the condition of the wound. There is no one-size-fits-all approach to wound care. Each patient’s care should be individualized, specific to that patient. Dressing selection is be based on the properties of the dressing and the characteristics of the wound. Proper wound dressing selection results in outcomes such as preventing infection, facilitating autolytic debridement, promoting granulation and re-epithelialization, wicking moisture from the wound, and adding moisture to the wound. The purpose of this presentation is to provide information on a variety of dressing types, their characteristics, and mechanisms of action. This presentation will summarize the advantages of using or selecting certain wound dressings on different wounds and provide clinical guidelines for the selection of appropriate wound dressings to promote effective wound closure.
Upon successful completion of this educational program, the learner should be able to:
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The nursing assistant, patient care assistant, nursing assistant or patient care tech has the important responsibility of providing basic care to patients and helping them with daily activities they are unable to do for themselves. These health care providers usually help with bathing and dressing and normally have more one-on-one contact with patients. Because of their responsibilities these staff members should be considered the number one skin assessors. Many times, the assistants are the ones who identify patients who have skin injuries. The purpose of this presentation is to provide nursing assistants, patient care assistants, and patient care techs with the knowledge needed within their scope of practice to identify patients who are at risk for skin injury. Their knowledge of basic preventive measures will facilitate the prevention of skin injury in the patient populations they serve.
Upon successful completion of this educational program, the learner should be able to:
inForm Care is an approved provider of continuing education by:
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