Course Description
The ability to communicate a patient’s condition to another healthcare provider is best done using universally accepted and understood terms, and using proper anatomical locations descriptions. Vocabulary is a vital part of comprehensive quality wound care. This course will introduce the importance of wound assessment and documentation, review different types of wounds along with staging systems, explain how to assess wounds, examine inflammation and infection, and present useful tools for documenting wounds.
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of the course, the learner will be able to:
- Describe causative factors related to the development of a wound.
- Recall essential tools for wound assessment.
- Explain three similarities and two differences between inflammation and infection.
- Identify two valid pain scales.
- Label the stages of pressure injuries according to the NPIAP.
Intended Audience
This educational activity was developed for nurses.
CE Information
This course is approved for 1.0 contact hours by the Florida and California State Boards of Nursing.
Course Authors
This course was written by Margaret Falconio-West, BSN, RN, APN/CNS, CWOCN, DAPWCA; Clay Collins, MSN, RN, CFNC, CWOCN, CWS, DAPWCA, FACCWS; Kim Kehoe, BSN, RN, CWOCN, DAPWCA; Carrie King, MSN, RN, CWOCN; Elizabeth O’Connell-Gifford, MBA, BSN, RN, CWOCN; Jackie Todd, MBA, BS, RN, CWCN, DAPWCA; Patty Turner, BSN, RN, CWOCN, CWS; Joanne Labiak, CRNP, CWOCN, CWS; Katie James, BA, RN, CWCN; Gail Dereczyk, BSN, RN, CWOCN; and edited by Brenda Kozak, DNP, MSN, RN, CNE.
Brenda is a certified nurse educator with over 25 years of clinical experience. She earned her Doctorate in Nursing Practice and a Master of Science in Nursing focusing on education.