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ForwardUWNIL: Wound and Skin Summit - May 21, 2026
Overview
This session will assess and identify pressure injury stages of tissue damage. The learner will be able to identify different stages of pressure injuries and can describe ways to treat pressure injuries. The learner will feel more confident with pressure injury staging.
Elements of Competence
This educational activity is designed to change learner competence and focuses on the following competencies:
- Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME)/Nursing: Medical knowledge & Practice-based learning and improvement
- Social Impact & Belonging: Value Culturally Centered Care
Intended Audience
Nurses
Learning Objectives
As a result of participation in this educational series, members of the healthcare team will…
- Identify the different stages of pressure injuries
- Identify changes in skin integrity in both light‑ and dark‑skinned patients
- Influence wound‑staging practices and encourage staff to be better informed
Agenda
| Time | Location | Topic |
| 10:00-10:05 | Schwartz Auditorium | Introductions and trivia on wound care/interesting facts |
| 10:05-11:00 | Schwartz Auditorium | Education on Wound Staging, Types of products, Ostomy troubleshooting Presenter: Amanda Halverson- |
| 11:05-11:10 | Schwartz Auditorium | Trivia on wound care/interesting facts |
| 11:10-11:45 | Women and Children's Conference Room 1 | Lunch and Non-CME Product Presentation by Stryker Alexa Karkazis |
| 11:45-12: 05- | Women and Children's Conference Room 1 | Finalize, evaluation |
Presenters/Planners
Amanda Halvorson, DNP, FNP-BC, CWCN-AP
Kristen Tatum, MSN
Policy on Disclosure
It is the policy of the University of Wisconsin–Madison Interprofessional Continuing Education Partnership (ICEP) to identify, mitigate and disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies* held by the speakers/presenters, authors, planners, and other persons who may influence the content of this accredited continuing education (CE). In addition, speakers, presenters, and authors must disclose any planned discussion of unlabeled/unapproved uses of drugs or devices during their presentation. For this accredited continuing education activity all relevant financial relationships have been mitigated, and detailed disclosures are listed below.
Name | Role | Financial Relationship Disclosures | Discussion of Unlabeled/Unapproved uses of drugs/devices in presentation? |
| Kristen Tatum | Chair/Planner | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Amanda Halvorson | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
*Ineligible companies are those whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re‐selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on, patients.
The ACCME does not consider providers of clinical services directly to patients to be ineligible companies.
Accreditation Statement
 | In support of improving patient care, the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. |
Credit Designation Statements
American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP designates this live in-person activity for a maximum of 1.00 ANCC contact hours.
Continuing Education Units (CEUs)
The University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP, as a member of the University Professional & Continuing Education Association (UPCEA), authorizes this program for 0.10 CEUs or 1.0 hours.
Available Credit
- 1.00 ANCC Contact Hours
- 1.00 University of Wisconsin–Madison Continuing Education Hours
Questions about Registration
Email Kristen Tatum at [email protected]
Program Changes
Emergency situations occasionally occur and may necessitate topic or speaker changes. The University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health and the University of Wisconsin–Madison ICEP reserve the right to alter or substitute a topic or speaker without prior notification.
Accessibility
We value inclusion and access for all participants and are pleased to provide reasonable accommodation for this event. Please contact [email protected] as soon as you can make a reasonable accommodation request.