(HS Maguire 078467 2022) Wound Prevention and Management: An Integrated Approach to Patient-Centered Care

Course overview

Chronic wounds are increasing in parallel with population aging and no single discipline has the breadth of skillset needed to recognize the risks factors, the wound types, or the evidence-based management strategies. Further, working through the lens of patient-centered care means that not all 'wounds' can heal, but we can strive to heal the person with the wound. This session will provide participants with the ability to understand the risk factors of chronic wounds and non-healing, recognized the most common chronic wound types, like pressure injuries, lower extremity arterial wounds, venous leg ulcers, and neuropathic ulcers. Further, basic interventions and treatment pathways will be discussed and considered within the lens of patient-centered care. This session will provide participants with the tools to empower team collaboration and ultimately implement patient centered-wound care.