Course Description
Discover New Zealand-aligned, best practice wound care practices to help you improve healthcare outcomes for your patients and our country. This course provides any practice nurse or caregiver an introduction to basic wound care concepts and is packed with clinical know-how on everything from skin function, phase of healing, and tissue types to wound exudate, assessment, and pain management. You will also learn about healthy nutrition that supports wound healing, wound cleansing and swabbing, how to choose products that optimise wound healing, and how best to document a wound.
Course Modules
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1. Best Practise Today
Learn about the health care environment as it is today and how you can help improve outcomes for both the patient and the healthcare system through applying best practice wound care management.23 mins
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2. Skin Function
Discover how the function of the human skin influences wound care and learn how to identify skin problems as they arise.22 mins
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3. Phases of Wound Healing
Learn about the basic principles of wound healing and the four key phases of this biological process and how interlinked each are.15 mins
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4. Tissue Types
Discover the difference between living and dead tissue structures, tissue types and their characteristics. You will learn how best to manage these varying tissue types in wounds.25 mins
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5. Inflammation
Learn in more detail about the second and important phase of wound healing called inflammation and it’s vital role in optimal wound care and management. Discover the difference between acute and chronic inflammation, causes of inflammation, and how you can modify factors to aid healing.20 mins
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6. Exudate
Learn about exudate, what it is and how to read its type, status, odor and quantity. Using the correct terminology helps to provide a clear picture as to what is happening within the wound.20 mins
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7. Wound Assessment
Discover the basic best practices when it comes to wound assessment. You will learn about key frameworks and wound care tools to help ensure a comprehensive assessment and inform your clinical decision making.30 mins
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8. Pain Management
Discover an understanding of the impact of pain in acute and chronic wounds. You will also learn strategies to assist in managing pain, and care for and heal the wound.28 mins
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9. Nutrition
Learn about the importance of nutrition as it relates to wound healing. Discover the impact of wounds on nutrition, the importance of protein, energy and other key food groups, as well as malnutrition and how to calculate BMI.31 mins
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10. Wound Cleansing
Discover the best practice principles and techniques for cleaning a wound. You will learn how to choose a cleanser that assists in wound healing.22 mins
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11. Wound Swabbing
Discover why to swab a wound, when to swab, methods of swabbing and how to get the most out of lab testing, reporting, analysis of wound results.19 mins
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12. Wound Product Selection
Discover wound product categories and the characteristics and considerations to wisely choose among the vast options. Learn about wet versus dry wound bed and the ideal dressing to select to optimise moisture and wound bed healing.45 mins
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13. Documentation
Discover how to correctly develop and document a wound. You will also learn practical photography tips so you can use photos as part of your objective evidence.30 mins
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Course Completion Certificate
Once you have completed the course requirements, your printable completion certificate will be downloadable here.
