This session reviews the mental health concerns facing people at different ages and stages of life with a focus on the role of wound, ostomy and continence health issues.
This session will cover the care of burn wounds across the spectrum of care. Learners will understand the assessment and treatment of acute burns, surgical burn wounds, and longer-term wounds including issues with reconstruction. The focus will be on principles of burn management allowing learners to provide excellent care in a variety of settings.
The following session is not available for Contact Hours. It does not comply with ANCC Standards.
MASD is a complex condition that, when coupled with a shift in demographics towards an aging population and unspecified diagnosis codes, has placed a significant burden on patients and the health system. The WOCN Society responded to this need by applying for ICD-10-CM codes specific to MASD conditions related to irritant contact dermatitis. On October 1, 2021 those new codes for MASD conditions went into effect, having been approved by the ICD-10 Coordination and Maintenance Committee. Attend this session to learn more about the new codes and what actions YOU need to take to incorporate them into your practice.
This session will provide a holistic, global approach comprehending skin and sepsis, nutrition, patient anatomy, and surgical procedures with the fistula patient population.
Patient case examples will illustrate medical and surgical techniques that may be used to improve patient quality of life.
Provide practical “Here’s how I do it” wound care methods and will cover products used and when they are appropriate for complex fistula challenges.
Does poor diet contribute to the burden of chronic disease and premature death? The Global Burden of Disease Study demonstrated that poor diet is an equal opportunity killer linked to 11 million deaths worldwide. Poor diets and many of the health consequences that follow are modifiable. This session will look at ostomy and skin health and through the lens of nutrition as a critical component of overall well-being, healing wounds, and sustaining skin integrity. We will examine trends in health and popular diets, role of key nutrients in the medical management of selected chronic diseases and provide action-oriented strategies to meet nutrient requirements for skin integrity, wound healing and to manage nutrition-related ostomy problems.
Globally there are around 1.8 million new cases of colorectal cancer per year with rectal cancer accounting for one third of all colorectal cancers. Sphincter sparing surgery with low anterior resection of the rectum is commonly the surgery of choice. Low anterior resection syndrome (LARS), faecal urgency, incontinence and difficult evacuation, often combined with urinary and sexual dysfunction, may be a consequence. Advances in the treatment of rectal cancer have increased cancer survivorship leading to an increase in individuals with LARS. Enterostomal Therapists, WOC Nurses and Colorectal Nurse Specialist, are well positioned to assess and manage many of the LARS symptoms.
Contemporary WOC practice is focused on quality patient care with identifiable positive outcomes. WOC nurses may also have to provide data that demonstrate their clinical effectiveness and efficiency. This session will describe data management for WOC nurses focusing on pertinent data for collection, data entry and analysis, and crucial aspects of data interpretation. Implications for personal and professional development and success will be emphasized.
Wound bed preparation is an important pillar in the management of for healable, non-healable, and maintenance wounds. The aim of this presentation is to discuss critically the topic of best practice wound cleansing according to the latest evidence focusing on the application of wound assessment strategies, patient concerns about wound care as well as beneficial management strategies.
Presented by 11Health & Technologies Inc.
Presented by Abbott
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