Ostomy Care Challenges - Obesity, Hernias, Skin Issues and More
Webinar Topic: Ostomy Management
Speaker: Joy Hooper, RN, BSN, CWOCN, OMS, WCC
Webinar Description:
In this webinar you will learn to identify ostomy care solutions for moist skin, skin folds, pouching over irregular skin contours when managing obesity or hernias and more.
Target Audience: Nurses, physical therapists, dietitians, and other healthcare professionals interested in wound care.
About the Speaker:
As an RN with over 20 years of wound and ostomy care experience, Joy has practiced in a variety of hospital and home care settings. She is a successful nurse entrepreneur, and is board certified by the WOCN as a CWOCN, and by the NAWCO as a WCC and OMS. Her informal and down-to-earth teaching methods enable students to learn easily.
Disclosures
- Donna Joy Hooper, RN, BSM, CWOCN, OMS, WCC, faculty for this educational event has disclosed she is on the Clinical Advisory board for Safe N Simple as well as the owner of Medical Craft, LLC (ApronsbyJoy) – a creator and distributor of the anatomical apron.
- The planners 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:
In this webinar we will:
- Identify products to help maintain a consistent seal on uneven skin surfaces.
- Identify products to assist with pouching and managing a peristomal hernia.
- Identify common skin peristomal skin complications and treatments.
- Describe colostomy irrigation as an alternative for colostomy patients.
Course Originally Released on: 8/21/2019
Date of Most Recent Review: 8/21/2019
Course Termination/ Update Date: 8/31/2022
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.
Relias LLC is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #CEP13791 for 1.0 contact hour.
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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. |