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Helping you to understand what pressure injuries are, patients at risk, pressure injury classification and techniques for preventing pressure injuries.
Pressure Injury Prevention: Identification, Assessment and Prevention of Pressure Injuries
In this course, developed together with Sharon Baronoski, you will learn:
- What pressure injuries are
- What impact this type of injury can have for the patient and the society
- How a pressure injury develops.
- Classification system of pressure injuries
- Patients at risk of developing pressure injuries and the risk assessment tools available
- How the patient's skin should be examined and assessed
- Techniques for preventing pressure injuries.
Lastly, the final assessment where your knowledge about pressure injury prevention will be tested.
To pass this course you will need a minimum score of 70% to receive a certificate endorsed by EWMA.
This course has been developed in cooperation with Sharon Baranoski. Sharon is a board-certified nurse in wound care, with 35 plus years of first-hand clinical expertise.