Hospice patients are very high risk for skin breakdown and for failure to heal.

You need to know the guidelines for assessment and management of skin and wound related issues in hospice.

Join Dorothy Doughty, MN, RN, CWOCN, FAAN for this 1-hour audio session where she will provide guidance on prevention and management strategies that should be routinely incorporated into the care of hospice patients.

PLUS: Dorothy will give you specific strategies for management of radiodermatitis and fungating tumors and highlights from the consensus document.

Here's a glance at the agenda:

• Hospice patient population presents unique challenges in skin and wound care:
• Dorothy will cover the often conflicting goals of care versus comfort
• Plus some of the increased risks for impaired healing and breakdown
• Get the scoop on assessment guidelines - Risk, skin and patient and family goals/priorities
• Know when to implement and how to modify preventive measures including:
• Appropriate use of therapeutic support surfaces and heel elevation devices
• Turning and positioning guidelines and indications for modification
• Nutritional management and indications for modification
• Management of skin and wounds including:
• Establishment appropriate goals (healing versus maintenance)
• Debridement of necrotic tissue: indications and options
• Identification and treatment of infection
• Guidelines for dressing selection
• Prevention and management of wound-related pain and odor
• Kennedy Terminal Ulcers: Definition and Implications
• Management radiodermatitis and fungating tumors

Why use AudioEducator?

• Skip the costly travel arrangements and wasted time. Our conferences are available from the comfort and convenience of your own office or meeting room.
• Multiple formats to fit your training needs. All of our conferences are available on CD or PDF transcript so you can train your staff around your schedule.
• Every conference includes the speaker's materials so you can keep learning long after the conference is over.
• Gather around a speaker phone or computer and train your team for one low price.
• Multiple locations? Ask our customer specialists about discounts for your whole staff.

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Dorothy Doughty, MN, RN, CWOCN, FAAN, has been the Director for the Emory University Wound Ostomy Continence Nursing Education Center since 1984 and has worked as a wound care nurse since 1980. She has served as a wound care consultant in the long-term care setting and currently provides wound care in the outpatient setting. She frequently gives wound care presentations and has produced multiple publications on wound care topics.