Pressure Injury Update

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April Lumpkins, MSN, AGACNP-BC, CWOCN-AP®, CFCN Related seminars and products

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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 Tenet Physicians Resources and International ATMO. She is a prn with Heart of Texas Hospice and receives compensation as a legal consultant. April Lumpkins 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.

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Objectives

1. Describe the impact of pressure injuries on patients and the healthcare system.
2. Identify pressure injury stages and terminology.
3. Determine who is at risk for pressure injury development.
4. Assess the risk for pressure injury using various risk assessment tools in identifying risks for PIs.
5. 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