Target Audience
Registered, Enrolled, Wound Care, Team Leaders and other nurses.
Goal
To equip Nurses with the theoretical concepts to conduct wound management and care.
Objectives
References
Victorian Government - Better Health Channel ‘Pressure sores’ viewed 8th of March 2016 <https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/pressure-sores>
NSW Government – NSW Health ‘Pressure Injury Prevention and Management Policy Directive’ viewed 7th of March 2016 < http://www0.health.nsw.gov.au/policies/pd/2014/pdf/PD2014_007.pdf>
South Australian Government ‘Policy – Clinical Guideline Perineal Care’ viewed on the 7th of March 2016 <https://www.sahealth.sa.gov.au/wps/wcm/connect/76d1590047ff0344affeff21d1663cdf/Perineal+Care_Mar2015.pdf?MOD=AJPERES&CACHEID=76d1590047ff0344affeff21d1663cdf>
Smith & Nephew ‘Treatment Options for Pressure Injuries’ viewed on the 6th of March 2016 < http://www.smith-nephew.com/australia/healthcare/treatment-options/treatment-options-for-pressure-ulcers/>
Wake, W ‘Pressure Ulcers: What Clinicians Need to Know’ The Permante Jounal (2010) Iss. 14, vol. 2, pp 56-60.
University of California – ‘CCHCS Care Guide: Wound and Skin Ulcer Management’ viewed on the 8th of March 2016 <http://www.cphcs.ca.gov/docs/careguides/Wound-and-Skin-Ulcer-Management-Care-Guide.pdf>
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