WOUND CARE ACADEMY
Our Featured Wound Care Instructor
Catherine Koutroumpis, BSN, RN, CWOCN
Catherine is a Certified Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse Specialist (CWOCN) who is resourceful and initiative-taking with a strong sense of teamwork, intuition, and focus on a job well done who thrives in multi-cultural, diverse, and intellectually challenging environments. As a Wound Treatment Associate (WTA) Course Coordinator, she is extremely excited about bringing the best course of its kind to nurses across the nation, including here at Educate Simplify. Catherine received a grant from the US Nurse Corps Loan Repayment program for working in a critically short facility in Washington, DC. She also received the John C. Davis Scholarship to attend Gardner Webb University for an MSN in Education after plentiful feedback from colleagues and patients on being a “really good teacher”.
These wound care modules are good for: RNs, LVNs, Cosmetic/Aesthetic Nurses, Nurse Anesthetists (CRNAs), newly certified Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nurses (WOCNs)*, Physical Therapists, Medical Assistants, and any healthcare workers who deal with wounds.
*For your professional growth portfolio, to refresh on these topics for your first recertification.
INDIVIDUAL SKIN & WOUND MODULES
Skin Breakdown Risk & Prevention
Skin breakdown, particularly hospital acquired pressure injuries, are for the most part preventable. Knowledgeable nurses are required for this endeavor. At the end of this course, participants will be able to:
- Understand skin function & stressors
- Understand the nurse’s role in prevention and care
- Conduct a thorough integumentary assessment
- Calculate an accurate skin breakdown risk assessment using the Braden Scale for Predicting Pressure Injury Risk
- Utilize the Braden score to create individualized skin breakdown prevention care plans
Licensure Eligible for CEUs: RNs and LVNs
CEU Value: 6 Hours
$29.97 Now $14.99
Wound Assessments
Wounds and skin abnormalities are part of the integumentary system, but are frequently not assessed thoroughly due to gaps in knowledge on what to include and how to go about describing these parameters (parts of a wound assessment). By the end of this course participants will be able to:
- Identify the parameters of a wound assessment
- Name anatomical locations correctly
- Deduce wound etiology
- Stage Pressure Injuries
- Properly measure wounds
- Identify types of tissue and drainage types
- Quantify tissue and drainage amounts
- Identify pain, odor, and infection in a wound
- Collect a proper wound culture accurately
Licensure Eligible for CEUs: RNs and LVNs
CEU Value: 6 Hours
$29.97 Now $14.99
Basics of Negative Pressure Wound Therapy (NPWT)
Wound vacs are fun, but not if you are unfamiliar with how to place a dressing, troubleshoot an alarm, or educate your patient. By the end of this module, participants will be able to:
- Know the benefits of NPWT
- Know indications, contraindications and precautions for NPWT
- Identify desired outcomes of NPWT
- Know the role of the unit nurse in NPWT
- View the minimal steps of placing a wound vac dressing
- Review troubleshooting of dressing and NPWT device
Licensure Eligible for CEUs: RNs and LVNs
CEU Value: 6 Hours
$29.97 Now $14.99
WOUND TREATMENT ASSOCIATE PROGRAM
Why Register?
→ Accredited by WOCN society, preferred expert witnesses by U.S. Justice System
→ 12 Weeks Online
→ 1 Day Skills check
→ Open to LVN, EMTs, PAs, PTs, and RNs
→ Earn 32.25 CEUs for nurses and 21 for PTs
→ Be eligible to take the WTA-C Exam
→ And sign “WTA-C” after your name to indicate wound specialization
→ Fits your busy working schedule
→ ELIGIBLE for the Annual Lifetime Learning Credit Tax Allowance (up to $2000)
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WOUND TREATMENT WEBINAR
Are you ready to level up your RN license?
Are you ready to level up your LVN license?
Be a part of our new webinar series and be inspired as our keynote speaker shares her journey from being a regular nurse until discovering the lucrative world of being a wound treatment nurse.
Not only that, we’ll also show how you, too, can come across rewarding career opportunities that will enable you and your loved ones to live the life that you truly deserve!