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| The purpose of Education Essentials: Pressure Ulcer Practice Principals is to provide clinicians with the knowledge and skills needed to provide appropriate care to prevent, assess, and treat pressure ulcers. |
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Since the introduction of the AHRQ (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research [AHCPR]) Clinical Practice Guidelines (Number 15; Treatment of Pressure Ulcers, 1994), issues concerning clinicians regarding proper wound care remain a top priority. The Guidelines represented the most comprehensive review of scientific and clinical knowledge available about treatment of pressure ulcers in adults. Over 10 years after the release of the AHRQ guidelines, pressure ulcers continue to be an important health care problem. According to the NPUAP Monograph published in 2001, the incidence and prevalence of pressure ulcers in Acute Care is reported to be 4-38%, in Long Term Care 2.2-23.9% and Home Care 0-17%. |
| The AHCPR Guidelines (1992 & 1994) along with current trends reported in literature today as well as the WOCN (2003) Guidelines form the core of this educational offering. Education Essentials provides a much needed forum for presenting and discussing scientific approaches to the assessment and treatment of pressure ulcers. This highly interactive program affords each participant an opportunity to “Meet the Experts” and bring back valuable pressure ulcer care concepts to their practice.
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| At the conclusion, attendees will be able to: |
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Perform a pressure ulcer risk assessment using the Braden Scale |
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Assess, stage and measure healing of pressure ulcers |
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Develop a plan of care to prevent and treat pressure ulcers |
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Compare dressings commonly used in pressure ulcer care |
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Describe nutritional aspects to prevent or treat pressure ulcers |
