Course Summary
Contact Hour(s):
1 Contact Hour
Author:
Linda J. Cowan, PHD, ARNP, FNP-BC, CWS
Alyssa King, DNP, APRN, CPNP-PC, PMHNP-BC, PMH-C, CLC, CNE
This peer-reviewed course is applicable for the following professions:
Advanced Practice Registered Nurse (APRN), Certified Nurse Practitioner, Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN), Licensed Vocational Nurses (LVN), Nursing Student, Occupational Therapist (OT), Occupational Therapist Assistant (OTA), Registered Nurse (RN), Registered Nurse Practitioner
Accreditations:
The American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), The American Occupational Therapy Association (AOTA)
State Approvals:
Alabama, Provider #ABNP1485; California BRN Provider #CEP # 13509; Kentucky Board of Nursing Provider #7-0085; Florida Board of Nursing Provider 50-353
Course Description:
This course discusses an essential list of necessary wound care supplies, a thorough review of several wound care mnemonics, an explanation of wet-to-dry dressing changes and what is currently most evidence-based in the literature, the full typical step-by-step process of wound dressing changes, as well as the important teaching points that patients and their families should be provided in reference to their wound care.
Outcomes:
≥ 92% of participants will know basic wound care.
Objectives:
After completing this continuing education course, the participant will be able to:
- Identify necessary wound care supplies.
- Define the TIME, DIMES, NERDS, and STONES mnemonics for wound care.
- Explain the rationale for why wet-to-dry dressings are no longer always recommended.
- Summarize the process of wound dressing changes.
- Determine important teaching points to provide patients and their families with regarding wound care.
Disclosures:
CEUFast Inc. and the course planning team for this educational activity do not have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.