Identification: 302
Telehealth applications are an emerging technology in a new era of telemedicine within health care systems. Although telehealth technologies, are utilized by various members of the health care team, Nurse Practitioners utilize them for a variety of patients’ issues across healthcare settings. The Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne Computer Science Department developed a wound scanning application, WoundView, for nurse practitioners to utilize in different healthcare settings. Such telehealth mobile applications are used in clinics, home health, rural, and remote settings where a physician may not be readily available. There are challenges with current practice of using telehealth technologies including a dire need for evidence-based research supporting attainable solutions for these barriers. Extensive, ongoing research will allow Nurse Practitioners to anticipate an immense mainstream implementation of telehealth applications in the near future.
Identification: 303
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Identification: 304
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.
Identification: 305
The majority of patients with IBD report significant fatigue as a complaint. Although fatigue is seen in patients with active IBD, the complaint is also described in roughly 30-40% of patients with inactive disease. Considering the protean nature of the complaint as well as the prevalence in IBD patients, a coordinated multi-faceted assessment of fatigue is required, with input of multi-specialties. The goal of the session is to allow attendees an algorithm and means to assess complaints related to IBD associated fatigue.
Identification: 306
Beers Criteria Update was released in early 2019 to reflect potentially inappropriate medications for older adults. This session will review red-flag medications that may be used in persons with wound, continence and ostomy issues. Real world case studies will be reviewed and evaluated through audience participation.
Identification: 307A
This session will discuss the current state of hydrogels in wound care: what's new in the literature and clinical care.
Identification: 307B
This session will review current literature on appropriate use of antiseptics, which agents are considered helpful or harmful according to current research, and discuss clinical pearls on use of antiseptics for patients with wound and skin related problems.
Identification: S07
Supported by Smith+Nephew
Transform your approach to complex wound care by participating in this program highlighting the accessibility and new science associated with negative pressure would therapy (NPWT). Our speakers will discuss the use of NPWT across the care continuum, review clinical evidence including a novel mechanism of action, and discuss clinical applications of single use negative pressure wound therapy on deeper wounds.
Identification: S09
Supported by ConvaTec, Inc
Although biofilm is widely documented and understood to be the main cause of delayed healing in hard to heal wounds, health care providers in many settings still wait for overt signs of infection, delayed healing or other complications before intervening with biofilm-based wound care protocols. An international consensus of wound care specialists has devised the concept of Wound Hygiene as a structured 4-step method for overcoming the barriers to healing associated with biofilm. Our speakers will discuss the foundation of biofilm-based wound care and the 4 elements of Wound Hygiene as used within a protocol of care for patients with hard to heal wounds.
Identification: GS4
Chronic wounds, inflammatory bowel diseases, and pelvic floor disorders are affected by many factors, but have you considered exposure to childhood adversity as a risk for these conditions? Science emerging from the Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) Study demonstrates a dose- response relationship with chronic illness and health risk behaviors in adulthood that overlap significantly with risk factors for wound, ostomy, continence care issues. This session will review the science of ACEs, specifically scrutinizing neuroscience, epigenetics, and resilience factors from the perspective of the WOC nurse. This session will identify the significant gap in scientific literature in this milieu and calls for research to better understand critical connections among ACEs, adult chronic illness, and skin, gastrointestinal, and genitourinary manifestations.