Skin and Wound Care Certification Courses

Discuss how standards of care, evidence-based practice, and a multidisciplinary wound care team can affect clinical choices in wound management.
Discuss the basic anatomy and physiology of the skin.
Identify at least 5 parameters required for accurate wound assessment.
Identify pressure ulcer stages according to NPUAP guidelines.
Identify 5 factors which enhance or impede the wound healing process.
Explain 4 types of basic principles of wound bed preparation.
Identify 3 major components of a nutritional assessment for optimizing wound healing.
Identify 4 different categories for topical wound management.
Select treatment options based upon wound assessment, etiology, and goal of wound care.

Differentiate arterial, neuropathic, and venous ulcers in terms of causative factors, pathophysiology, appearance, and principles of management.
Describe 3 factors involved in development of a pressure ulcer and interventions to prevent their occurrence.
Describe at least 5 interventions that optimize acute surgical wound healing.
Differentiate between wound etiologies and clinical manifestations of acute and traumatic wounds.
Differentiate types of burns and principles of management.
Select treatment options and differentiate wound etiologies and clinical manifestations of chronic, malignant, and inflammatory wounds.
Discuss 3 adjunctive treatment modalities that enhance wound healing.
Discuss current multidisciplinary care approaches to wound care.
Discuss components required for accurate wound documentation.