Laurie Klipfel – Palliative Wound Care

Did you ever hear that you could do nothing for a dying patient? This is simply not true.

Laurie Klipfel – Palliative Wound Care

• The Infected Wound
  • Contamination and Colonization
  • For an Infected, Optimal Culturing Wound
  • Reducing unnecessary antibiotic use
  • Biofilms: How to Reduce them
• Nutrition/Labs and their impact
  • Prealbumin and Albumin – What to Do With the Results
  • Glycemic Control & Wound Healing
  • How to Increase Nutritional Intake
• How to choose a Debridement method
  • Autolytic
  • Enzymatic
  • Mechanical
  • Conservative Sharp
  • Maggot Therapy
• Wound Types of Etiologies
  • Pressure Ulcers and Staging
    • Pressure… Seeing the Tip of the Iceberg
    • Tools to predict pressure ulcer risk
    • Deep Tissue Injury can be detected early
    • Incontinences Associated Dermatitis vs. Pressure Ulcers
  • Venous Stasis Ulcers
    • Where is all the fluid coming from?
    • Lymphedema
    • Feeling the Squeeze… Different Degrees of Compression
  • Arterial Ulcers
    • Arterial Perfusion
    • Rest and relaxation pain
    • Vascular Studies and ABIs: Diagnostic Tests
  • Diabetic/Neuropathic Ulcers
    • Evaluation of Sensation
    • Bad to the Bone… Osteomyelitis
  • Skin Tears/ Adhesive Injury
    • What is the extent of Thickness Loss?
    • You can manage Xerosis by using products in your kitchen!
    • Moisturizing and Skin pH…
• Time Out Wound Types through Actual Patient Pictures
  • The Endless Variety of Dressing Options: How to Make Sense
    • Foams
    • Hydrofiber and Alginates
    • Hydrogels
    • Thin Films
    • Negative pressure Wound Therapy
    • Honey’s Magical Magic
    • Contact Layers
    • Alternative Homeopathic Approaches Wound Care
• Hands-Take part in an Interactive Session Intensive: Wound Products & Homeopathic Treatments
  • End of life Wound Management
    • How to Manage Drainage
    • Bleeding and Use Of Monsels Solution
    • Metronidazole and Odor
    • Disfigurement and loss of being touched
  • Skin Failure
    • How to recognize It
    • How to document it
    • How to Explain to Caregivers What’s Happening
  • Recognizing Atypical Wounds
    • Management of Malignant/Fungating Wounds
    • Calciphylaxis
    • Pyoderma Gangrenosum
    • Kennedy Ulcerations
    • Pruritis, Xerosis
• Time Out: Management of Unavoidable Wounds & Actual Patient Scenario Discussion
  • Fistula Solutions
    • Odor and Effluent Containment
    • Protecting the surrounding tissue
    • Fistula Containment Management System: Hands-On Fistula Management Systems
  • Understanding Wound Pain Treatment Options
    • What is the Type of Pain?
    • How to Reduce Pain with Dressing Adjustments/Wound Care
    • Topical Opioids can be used for Wound Pain
  • Documentation Strategies for Unavoidable Wounds
    • Charting the decline of a patient and charting their function
    • Documenting Prevention Strategies
    • Discussions with Family and Patient about Realistic Results
    • Avoiding Wound Care Litigation
  • Compassion Fatigue vs. Burnout
    • Identify Your Stress and Anxiety
    • Every day, suffering is seen
    • How Stress & Guilt Affect Your Body
    • Develop resilience
    • A sense of hope and optimism
• Life Balance Exercise: Building Personal Resiliency

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Description:

• There are solutions to complex wounds, fungating and chronic pain wounds.
• Dramatically increase your confidence in treating your patients’ wound pain
• It is important to distinguish between avoidable from unavoidable injuries
• Documentation strategies to reduce professional risks
• Hands-On practice for different types of wound dressings, aromatherapy samples, as well as topical homeopathic treatments for wound care
• Bonus Session. Learn how you can prevent burnout, compassion fatigue, and create your own personal plan of action.-You can improve your resilience by taking care

Are you frustrated and helpless when caring for patients with unavoidable, horrific wounds at the end of their lives? Do you remember being told you could do nothing for a patient at the end of their life? This is simply not true. It is important to keep our patients happy, healthy, and comfortable. For patients and caregivers, the pain of wounds from cancer, vascular impairment or skin failure can be overwhelming. This seminar will provide an overview of the topic.-An in-depth approach to palliative and end-of life care. You will learn how to care for difficult wounds at the final stages of life, with compassion and confidence.

Wound You will see real patients and will hear about their experiences. Case studies will also be presented to highlight important points. Learn about the different presentation methods and how they affect dressings. You’ll also learn how to create formulary that is useful for your company. There will be “hands-on” You can test the various types of wound care dressings and the most recent homeopathic remedies. This is-depth seminar is “useable” Information that you can quickly use to care for the most complex wound patients.

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