Identifying and Staging Pressure Injuries
Webinar Topic: Wound Care
Speaker: Nancy Morgan, RN, BSN, MBA, WOC, DWC, OMS
Webinar Description:
Identifying the incorrect etiology of a wound can delay healing, waste money or even get you in big trouble. In this session, learn how to identify stages of pressure injuries and differentiate between pressure and other wounds including: moisture associated skin damage (MASD), diabetic foot ulcers, suspected deep tissue injury or bruise and friction wounds.
Target Audience: Nurses, physical therapists, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals interested in wound care.
About the Speaker:
It was Nancy’s entrepreneurial spirit that led her to co-create the Wound Care Education Institute® (WCEI®). She has been a registered nurse for over 20 years and is board certified in wound, ostomy and diabetic wounds. She is a dynamic public speaker and international presenter whose motivational teaching style has inspired health care professionals across the nation and around the world.
Disclosures
The planners and speakers of this course have declared no relevant conflicts of interest that relate to this educational activity. Relias LLC guarantees this educational activity is free from bias.
Webinar Learning Objectives:
- Identify factors and characteristics needed to determine the etiology of pressure Injuries, diabetic ulcers, mucosal pressure ulcers, and moisture associated skin damage.
- Discuss and utilize National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel staging of pressure injuries.
Course Originally Released on: 10/21/2020
Date of Most Recent Review: 10/21/2020
Course Termination/ Update Date: 10/31/2023
Accreditation Information
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In support of improving patient care, Relias LLC 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 healthcare team. |
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As a Jointly Accredited organization, Relias LLC is accredited to offer dietetic continuing education by the Commission on Dietetic Registration (CDR). The CDR is an associate member of Joint Accreditation for Interprofessional Continuing Education.
Dietetics-related continuing education from Relias LLC, regardless of target profession, is acceptable, if the learning relates to the Competencies/Performance Indicators (PIs) on the learner's Step 1 Learning Plan.
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| Relias LLC is a licensed physical therapy continuing Education sponsor (#216.000290) by the Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. Certificates must be retained by the licensee for a period of 5 years after course completion. Please check with your state for prior approval. |