Prevent and heal: Wound assessment and documentation
Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, participant should be able to:
- Discuss the different wound etiologies
- Apply the principles of a comprehensive wound assessment to provide correct wound documentation
- Describe the regulatory requirements for wound assessment and documentation and the implications of incomplete and/or inaccurate documentation
- Identify nursing interventions to reduce hospital readmissions
- Describe the components of optimal wound bed preparation for healing
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.
Susan Miller, PhD
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.