Yes, See CE credit tab for complete continuing education details
Product Code:
RNT076735
Objectives
Communicate three risk considerations for palliative wounds.
Demonstrate topical and oral pain management.
Investigate avoidable vs. unavoidable wounds, and list steps a facility must take as related to F-Tag 314.
Determine best-practice management techniques for common palliative wounds.
Outline
Palliative Wound Assessment Considerations
Holistic Approach to Assessment
Risk Assessment
Pressure Sore Risk
Hospice Pressure Ulcer Risk
Skin Failure Risk
Pain Assessment
Nociceptive vs Neuropathic Pain
Wong Baker Pain Scale
Non-verbal Pain Indicators
Common Types of Wounds in Palliative Care
Pressure Ulcers
Malignant Wounds (Fungating Tumors)
Arterial Ulcers
Kennedy Terminal Ulcers
Avoidable vs. Unavoidable Pressure Ulcers
WOCN Position Paper
F-Tag 314
SCALE
Wound Management Goals & Strategies in Palliative Care
Pain Reduction Topically and Orally
Moist Wound Healing
Odor & Infection Control
Dressing & Product Optimization
Wound Debridement
Bleeding
Other Handy Tips
Communication and Documentation Musts
Author
HEIDI HUDDLESTON CROSS, MSN, RN, FNP-BC, CWON®
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 an employment relationship with CNY Surgical Physicians. 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.
Continuing Education Credits
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Continuing education credit is not available on this product.
Kentucky Physical Therapists, Physical Therapist Assistants: This self-study course consists of 1.0 continuing education credit hours. For Kentucky licensees, according to 201 KAR 22:045, this self-study educational offering may be applied toward Category 2 continued competency requirements. Please review the regulation to determine eligibility.
Audience
Nurses, Physical Therapists/Physical Therapist Assistants, and other Healthcare Professionals
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