2008 CAPA Annual Conference

Wound Care

Date: 10/04/08
Time: 2:15 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.
Facility: Palm Springs Convention Center
Location:  Pueblo
Speaker(s): Shelly Burdette-Taylor, RN-BC, MSN, CWCN, CFCN, PhDc; Clinical Consultant for 3M Wound Care Division, San Diego, CA

Learning Objectives:

• Identify patients “at risk” for LEUs
• Describe non-invasive testing measures to assess for edema, neuropathy, and perfusion
• State distinguishing characteristics specific to the underlying etiology with LEUs
• Describe the appropriate treatment options for healing a chronic wound of the LE
• State preventive measures of LEUs
• Demonstrate application of compression therapy and moist wound healing intervention

This session is supported by an unrestricted educational grant from 3M.