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ForwardUWNIL: Wound Staging: Identifying and Responding to Pressure Injuries
Overview
This session will help staff learn how to assess and identify different stages of pressure injuries. It will also cover basic treatment approaches and build confidence in staging wounds, especially in patients with different skin tones.
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: Practice-based learning and improvement
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Competencies: Value Diversity in the Clinical Encounter
Intended Audience
Nurses
Learning Objectives
As a result of this activity, participants, as members of the healthcare team will be able to:
- Identify and differentiate the stages of pressure injuries
- Differentiate how pressure injuries appear on light versus dark skin, focusing on early-stage signs
- Inform other staff about wound staging to support better understanding
| Agenda | |
| 8:00 - 8:10 AM | Welcome and Introductions - Trivia on Wound Care |
| 8:10 - 9:00 AM | Wound Staging |
| 9:00 - 9:10 AM | Trivia on Wound Staging |
| 9:10 - 9:55 AM | Responding to Pressure Injuries and Treatment Options |
| 9:55 - 10:00 AM | Evaluation |
This session will be conducted virtually.
Presenters/Planners
Michelle Fuller, AGPCNP-BC, APRN, MSN, CWCP
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 |
| Kristen Tatum | Presenter | No relevant relationships with ineligible companies to disclose | No |
| Shezad Baloch | Accreditation Specialist | 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 4.00 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 0.40 CEUs or 4.0 hours.
Available Credit
- 4.00 ANCC Contact Hours
- 4.00 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
The University of Wisconsin provides equal opportunities in employment and programming, including Title IX requirements. The University of Wisconsin fully complies with the legal requirements of the ADA and the rules and regulations thereof. If any participant in this educational activity is in need of accommodations, please notify us at [email protected]