CE Courses

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Surgical Site Infections: Etiology and Impact of Prevention
Description: Surgical site infections occur in 2-5% of patients undergoing operative procedures in acute care hospitals. This represents nearly 300,000 patients per year with SSIs, 60% of which are considered preventable. Nurses need to know how SSIs can be reduced, and what they can do in their nursing practice to help prevent the development of surgical site infections.
Marcia Bauman, RN, MSN, MBA
Course credit: 1 hr.
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Patient Mobility: More Than Just a Turn
Description: Early mobility assistance and repositioning have many benefits for the patient’s recovery and psychological health, and offers a number of cost benefits such as shortened stays and avoidance of complications that can lead to decreased reimbursement.
Marcia Bauman, RN, MSN, MBA
Course credit: 1 hr.
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VHA-logoPreventing Nonventilator Hospital-acquired Pneumonia
Description: This program was streamed live over the Internet via VHA’s award-winning educational network – which produces programs featuring healthcare experts discussing the hottest issues in the industry. It provides clear strategies for preventing NV-HAP in hospitalized patients and highlights the clinical improvement initiative at Sutter Medical Center that drastically reduced the incidence and costs of NV-HAP.
Barbara Quinn, MSN, RN; Dian Baker, PhD, APRN-BC, PNP & Edward J. Septimus, MD, FACP, FIDSA, FSHEA
Course credit: 1 hr.
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Pressure Ulcer Prevention in Vulnerable Elders
Objectives:

  1. Describe the unique aspects of aging skin in a geriatric population.
  2. Understand the clinical factors that make pressure ulcers more prevalent in the elderly population.
  3. Identify regulatory guidelines as they pertain to pressure ulcers in different care settings.

Steven Antokal, RN, BSN, CWCN, CCCN & Aimee Garcia, MD, CWS, FACCWS
Course credit: 1 hr.
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History of Pressure Ulcers and Wound Care: Past, Present, & Future
Objectives:

  1. Review the history of pressure ulcers and wound care from ancient times to the present.
  2. Review the origin of contemporary controversies and challenges.
  3. Highlight major issues facing today’s practitioner caring for pressure ulcers.
  4. Listen to what the experts say about the future of pressure ulcers and wound care.

Jeffrey Levine, MD
Course credit: 1 hr.
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Quality Improvement Frameworks to Implement Evidence-based Practices for Pressure Ulcer Prevention
Description: Pressure ulcer prevention follows a well-defined set of evidence-based practices. However, the inherent complexity of health care delivery systems makes the consistent implementation of these practices challenging. Quality Improvement offers a framework of improving adherence to evidence-based practices. This presentation will review the types of quality improvement interventions that are commonly used for preventing pressure ulcers. We will also go over work on the comparative effectiveness of quality improvement interventions, and define a best-practice quality improvement strategy for pressure ulcer prevention.
William Padula, PhD, MS
Course credit: 1 hr.
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Reducing Pressure Ulcers from Medical Devices
Objectives:

  1. Describe the reasons for increasing incidence of medical device pressure ulcers.
  2. Identify methods to reduce the most common medical device pressure ulcers.

Joyce Black, PhD, RN, CWCN, FAAN & Peggy Kalowes, RN, PhD, CNS, FAHA
Course credit: 1 hr.
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Operating Room Ulcers: Who is at Risk? Can They be Prevented?
Objectives:

  1. Discuss how to identify O.R. acquired ulcers in your facility
  2. Identify the risk factors for pressure ulcer development in the O.R.
  3. Describe interventions to reduce risk during surgery

Joyce Black, PhD, RN, CWCN, FAAN; Debra Fawcett, PhD, RN & Susan Scott, MSN, RN, CWOCN
Course credit: 1 hr.
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