Li-039686 MedStar Health Skin Forum

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Type

Live

Credit

Yes

Description

This course offers 6.0 Interprofessional Continuing Education credits for nurses. To ... show more

Objectives

  • Assess the effectiveness of current skin care practices and advocate for improvements.
  • Define the role and responsibilities of a MedStar Health Skin Champion.
  • Demonstrate effective communication strategies between nurses and techs to optimize patient outcomes.
  • Demonstrate the importance of early skin assessment and effective techniques for skin assessment and pressure injury prevention strategies in patient care.
  • Demonstrate the use of the Braden Score for predicting pressure injury risk utilizing a case study.
  • Describe common diagnoses and comorbidities that increase a patient’s risk of developing a pressure injury.
  • Describe necessary documentation to mitigate liability risk and ensure compliance with standards of care.
  • Develop an action plan to enhance teamwork and technology utilization in pressure injury prevention and care.
  • Develop and action plan to enhance the role of the Skin Champion in promoting best practices in skin integrity and pressure injury prevention.
  • Discuss how

Fees

Free

Activity Director

LAURA Ogle

Activity Coordinators

Gwendolyn Mulholland
Kimberly Mauck
Renee Grubbs
Karen Droter
Christina Encarnacion
Melanie Karner
Chloe Regino
Carolyn Corazza
Nakita Braboy
Beth Kilmoyer
Jennifer Guzman
Joan Sullivan

Organization

MedStar Southern Maryland Hospital Center
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