This presentation will cover the prevalence of prolapse, urinary incontinence and options of care. We will also discuss the importance of pessary management in the treatment options.

Learner Outcome:

• Indications of the Use of Pessaries
• Understand Proper Patient Selection
• Understand the Different Types of Pessaries

Collagen is a key component of a healing wound. In this session a brief review of collagen will be presented including description of wound healing, its role in wound the wound healing process and mode of action.

Learner Outcome:

• Describe the role of collagen in wound healing.

Despite recognized quality measures for treating common foot care issues, there continues to be a lack of thorough assessment and documentation of quality foot care. This session will review appropriate MIPS indicators and the assessment skills required for a thorough exam.

Learner Outcome:

• The learner will perform and document a comprehensive foot care exam.

Nurses have been educated to practice professional nursing and use all of their specialized skills to care for patients. With all the noted and proposed changes in health care, nurses must expand their repertoire of knowledge and skills to practice in today’s multifaceted healthcare environment, especially their leadership skills. In today’s world, every nurse serves as a leader! This session is intended to provide both RN’s and APRN’s, new and experienced, the opportunity to gain new knowledge or enhance previously acquired knowledge on effective leadership skills that can be applied to their own specific health care delivery organization. Effective leadership styles, strategies, and implementation will be identified and discussed. Also discussed will be strategies to improving teamwork to build cohesive inter-professional teams.

Learner Outcome:

• Identify and apply effective leadership styles and group dynamics strategies needed to navigate today’s complex healthcare world.

Neurological Disorders affect patients across the lifespan. Parkinson's Disease is a degenerative process affecting older persons while spinal cord injury is acute and affects mostly younger individuals. This session will compare and contrast how both disorders manifest in and alter the integumentary, gastrointestinal and genitourinary systems. Implications for WOC nursing are described.

Learner Outcome:

• Analyze impact of two neurological disorders (Parkinson's Disease and Spinal Cord Injury) on the Skin, GI, and GU Systems.

The objective of this session is to illustrate the female pelvic anatomy and explore the different methods of performing a comprehensive female pelvic exam. Specifically focusing on anatomic abnormalities that may change the treatment plan and when radiologic scans may be necessary. Pharmacologic treatment for common pelvic floor complaints including vaginal estrogen therapy will also be reviewed.

Learner Outcome:

• Improve patient care by expanding provider knowledge of female pelvic anatomy.

With the increasing awareness of underlying conditions that promote wound chronicity, non-healing wounds continue to challenge clinicians. Finding effective, yet economical, treatments for these stalled, nonhealing wounds remains a priority. Expert speakers will share the latest clinical and scientific understandings of the role that complex wound bioburden plays in delayed healing, followed by real world experience with a new and innovative antimicrobial dressing clinically shown to facilitate progression of wounds toward healing. 

Learner Outcome:

• The causes and implications of wound chronicity, including biofilm.
• Importance of early and appropriate wound bed preparation and the science behind MORE THAN SILVER™ Technology.
• The choice of wound dressing matters – clinical impact of adding the AQUACEL™ Ag Advantage dressing with MORE THAN SILVER Technology to the wound treatment protocol.

This session will provide an opportunity for you to hear the latest research findings in WOC nursing. Research-based abstracts are selected by a rigorous, two-step peer review process. Clinical investigators will present their findings in a moderated session.

Stoma Boot Camp: Intensive Pre-Operative Ostomy Education for the Radical Cystectomy Patient
Learner Outcome:

• At the end of this session, the learner will be able to discuss the benefits of implementing a pre-operative ostomy education program for patients.
  

Incontinence Bundle: Adherence, Sustainability, and Effect on Pressure Injury Rates
Learner Outcome:

• At the end of this session, the learner will have an example of how to evaluate process & outcome in a quality improvement project