Upcoming Events: CEU Programs/Conferences/Workshops
Please email us
for specific information and registration for any of the upcoming
events.
Foot and Nail Care
School- 3-Days, 15-hours to meet requirement for Board Certification
in Foot and Nail Care by WOCNCB
Overview of Program: CEU Program designed for RN’s
who are interested in becoming board certified in Foot &
Nail Care, or for others who may just want to know how to
do foot care for a loved one.
For program details,
download the Foot Care Course flyer in PDF format.
Clinical Practice
with Direct Foot and Nail Care Opportunities
CEU’s will be awarded to reflect requirement for
Direct Foot and Nail Care Clinical Practice
For program
details, download the Foot Clinical Practice flyer in PDF
format.
Wound Care at
the Frontline: Tactical Combat Casualty Care (TC-3)
Wound Care at the Frontline: Tactical Combat Casualty Care
(TC-3) is the Tactical Field Care (TFC). It is the care rendered
by the soldier medic once they and the casualty are no longer
under effective hostile fire. In some cases, TFC may consist
of rapid treatment of wounds with the expectation of a re-engagement
of hostile fire at any moment.
Diabetes Days to Save: Lives,
Limbs & $$$$$$$$$
Overview of Program: CEU Program designed for clinicians
in all settings who are managing patients with diabetes and
diabetes-related complications, specifically those with foot
ulcers or lower extremity arterial disease leading to amputations.
Negative Pressure
Wound Therapy
Overview of Program: CEU Program. Closed suction for wound
drainage management has demonstrated, since 1905, to be an
option and effective method for managing large wounds and
fistulas with copious amounts of drainage. There is even more
evidence that negative pressure wound therapy reduces the
bacterial load and edema while stimulating angiogenesis, all
of which is essential for wound healing.
Lower Extremity Wound
Care
Over view of Program: CEU Program designed for clinicians
interested in lower extremity chronic wound care. Opportunity
for didactic and "hands on" to learn how to assess
for neuropathy, perfusion, apply negative pressure wound therapy,
don and doff compression garments and more.
Infection & Detection
of Chronic Wounds
Overview of Program: CEU Program was designed especially
for wound care clinicians interested in wound bed preparation
for application of advanced wound technologies and adjunctive
tehrapies. Content will include obtaining appropriate wound
cultures and use of topical antimicrobials to reduce bioburdan.
Edema as an Impediment
to Wound Healing
Overview of Program: CEU Program. Edema and periwound lymphedema
are major impediments to wound healing yet rarely discussed
in the literature published in the United States. These programs
are designed to address lower extremity ulcers and the role
edema/lymphedema has on wound healing.
Use of a 3-D Soft Foot
Model (Medical Teaching Foot) for Foot Care: Pilot Study
Pilot study completed utilizing a 3-D soft foot model for
teaching foot care. Study is being presented frequently in
an effort to generate interest in foot care for prevention
of injuries leading to amputation.
Designing, Developing
and Delivering an Educational Website: To Market your Passions,
Products and Programs
Workshop designed specifically for nurses interested in an
entrepreneurial or intrapreneurial role in health care. Opportunities
are endless now with our knowledge base, collaborative efforts,
and technological advances.
Marketing Yourself,
Your Expertise and Passions by Sharing and Showing What You
Know and Can Do
Workshop designed for any clinical professional interested
in learning how to effectively and efficiently market themselves
to the public and professional eye.
Learning opportunities include writing for publication, developing
and presenting a poster for presentation, networking, designing
an educational website, and presenting an oral presentation.
Juggling Your Personal
and Professional Relationships with Health, Hope and Humor
Nurses are phenomenal at taking care of others. How are we
at taking care of ourselves?
This block of instruction is delivered with a touch of humor
and lots of encouragement so that as an individual, tips and
tads of information may be incorporated into the activities
of daily living to enhance health.
Living in this
brave new world: Bioethics Seminar discussing End-of-Life,
Assisted Suicide, Stem Cell Research, etc.
Workshop designed for clinicians, pastors, and those in ministry
that are confronted daily with very serious issues addressing
our clinical and spiritual lives.
The content offered by a variety of professionals to include:
- Hospice medical director to discuss end of life issues
and pain management.
- Legal nurse consultant to address elder abuse.
- Scientist differentiates bioengineered products vs. stem
cell research.
- Pastor to discuss biblical bases for decisions being
made at congressional, legislative, and clinical level.
- Military physician dealing with ethics of war, and national
commitment at present.
Wellness Workshop
Topics Planned
- Osteoporosis
- Type II Diabetes Among Adolescents
- Embracing Aging
- Breast Cancer
- Stress Management - Dealing with Depression and Anxiety
- Weight Control – Management & Maintenance
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