Building a comprehensive skin integrity program

Overview

The maintenance of skin integrity and prevention of injuries in any inpatient healthcare facility requires a comprehensive, structured, system-based, facility-level approach. This module will provide a roadmap to building such a facility-based program, including assessing facility need for a skin integrity program, planning for program implementation, implementing the program, and measuring the program's outcomes. Each of these elements is critical to the success of any inpatient healthcare facility skin integrity program.

Objectives

Upon completion of this activity, participant should be able to:

• Identify the steps for assessing a facility need and benefits for implementing a comprehensive program.
• Explain the importance of staff engagement in building a comprehensive program.
• Describe ways of leveraging clinical expertise internally.
• Define the roles for Skin Integrity program's success.
• Identify the major steps for successfully implementing a skin integrity program.

Intended audience

This activity is designed for nurses and other extended healthcare providers who are at the forefront of assessing and caring for patients.

Disclosures

Ciné-Med adheres to accreditation requirements regarding industry support of continuing medical education. Disclosure of the planning committee and faculty's commercial relationships will be made known at the activity. Speakers are required to openly disclose any limitations of data and/or any discussion of any off-label, experimental, or investigational uses of drugs or devices in their presentations.

All Ciné-Med employees and subject matter experts in control of content have indicated that they have no relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Barbara Delmore PhD, RN, CWCN, MAPWCA, IIWCC-NYU
Nurse Development Specialist
Disclosure: No relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Non Endorsement Statement

Ciné-Med verifies that sound education principles have been demonstrated in the development of this educational offering as evidenced by the review of its objectives, teaching plan, faculty, and activity evaluation process. Ciné-Med does not endorse or support the actual opinions or material content as presented by the speaker(s) and/or sponsoring organization.

Accreditation

In support of improving patient care, Ciné-Med Inc. is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the health care team.

Take the course and obtain CE credits

This activity provides 1 contact hour for nurses.

Ciné-Med is a Continuing Professional Education (CPE) Accredited Provider with the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). Registered dietitians (RDs) and dietetic technicians, registered (DTRs) will receive 1 continuing professional education units (CPEUs) for completion of this program (CDR# 128168).

All other healthcare professionals will receive a Certificate of Participation.

Release: October 1, 2016

Expiration: November 30, 2020