Pressure Injury Prevention Fair 9/11/2024

Pittsburgh, PA US
September 11, 2024

This course was designed to provide resources, education, and strategies to staff that can be used to prevent and treat pressure injuries. 

Target Audience

Registered Nurses 

Learning Objectives

After completing this activity, the learner will be able to:

  • verbalize resources for pressure injury prevention basics and follow the Pressure injury prevention K-Card 
  • verbalize pressure injury prevention basics
  • define when an ostomy appliance needs changed
  • verbalize how often to assess and rotate high risk devices
  • identify high risk pressure points and when a pressure injury is forming
  • identify high risk patients that should require a specialty mattresses
  • identify how to order a specialty mattresses in Cerner
  • list supplies used for ostomy application and removal
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
Course opens: 
09/11/2024
Course expires: 
09/25/2024
Event starts: 
09/11/2024 - 5:00am EDT
Event ends: 
09/11/2024 - 9:00pm EDT
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UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh
4401 Penn Ave
Pittsburgh, PA 15224
United States

Conflict of Interest Disclosure:

No planners, members of the planning committee, speakers, presenters, authors, content reviewers and/or anyone else in a position to control the content of this education activity have relevant financial relationships to disclose.

Accreditation Statement:

In support of improving patient care, the University of Pittsburgh is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

 The maximum number of hours awarded for this Continuing Nursing Education activity is 1.0 contact hours.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 ANCC
    UPMC Provider Unit is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation
  • 1.00 Attendance
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