Pressure Injury Update
- Speaker:
- April Lumpkins, MSN, AGACNP-BC, CWOCN-AP®, CFCN
- Duration:
- 2 Hours 02 Minutes
- Format:
- Audio and Video
- Copyright:
-
Dec 07, 2023
- Product Code:
- POS078715
- Media Type:
- Digital Seminar
Description
This lecture will provide an updated understanding of pressure injuries, definition, terminology, staging, as well as prevention and management strategies.
Credit
Handouts/Brochure
| File type | File name | Number of pages | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual - Pressure Injury Update (5.46 MB) | 44 Pages | Available after Purchase |
Speaker
April Lumpkins, MSN, AGACNP-BC, CWOCN-AP®, CFCN Related seminars and products
April Lumpkins, MSN, AGACNP-BC, CWOCN-AP®, CFCN, is a Board-Certified Adult-Gerontology Acute Care Nurse Practitioner with twelve years’ experience in managing complex wounds and ostomies as a Certified Wound Ostomy Continence Nurse and Certified Foot Care Nurse and two years in Hyperbaric Medicine. In addition to wound/ostomy care, her past responsibilities have included management, quality improvement, program development, health informatics, documentation improvement, research and clinical education.
Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: April Lumpkins has employment relationships with South Texas Wound Associates and International ATMO. She receives a speaking honorarium and recording royalties from PESI, Inc. She has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: April Lumpkins is a member of the American Nurses Association, the Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Society, the American Association of Nurse Practitioners, and the Texas Nurse Practitioners.
Additional Info
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Objectives
- Describe the impact of pressure injuries on patients and the healthcare system.
- Identify pressure injury stages and terminology.
- Determine who is at risk for pressure injury development.
- Assess the risk for pressure injury using various risk assessment tools in identifying risks for PIs.
- Implement prevention and management tools/strategies.
Outline
- Current healthcare statistics to understand the impact of pressure injuries on patients and the healthcare system
- National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel’s (NPIAP) most current pressure injury stages and terminology
- NPIAP staging guidelines with photo examples
- Evolution of deep tissue injuries
- Identifying patients at risk for pressure injuries across the various care settings
- Identifying skin failure and how it leads to development of pressure injuries
- Various risk assessment tools/strategies
- Prevention and management tools/strategies
- Support surfaces – reviewing the different bed options
- Offloading devices; turning support and offloading heels and other bony prominences
- Wheelchair support surfaces
Target Audience
- Nurses
- Nurse Practitioners
- Clinical Nurse Specialists
- Nurse Educators
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