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PRESSURE ULCERS & SKIN TEARS

Continuing Education Opportunities

• Education Essentials NY, NY: Emory University School of Medicine Wound Ostomy and Continence Nursing
• LaSalle University School of Nursing Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nursing Education Program (WOCNEP) Philadelphia, PA.
• Medical University of South Carolina, Wound Care Specialty Course, Charleston, SC (PDF).
• Rupert B. Turnbull, Jr. School of Enterostomal Therapy Nursing, Cleveland, OH.
• The University of Texas M.D. Anderson Cancer Center Wound, Ostomy, Continence Nurse Education Program (WOCNEP), Houston, Texas. View educational Program.
• University of Washington School of Nursing: Continuing Education: Wound Management Education Program (UW WMEP) Seattle, WA.
• WebWOCN Nursing Education Program in partnership with Metropolitan State University, Minneapolis, MN.
• Wound, Ostomy, and Continence Nursing Education Program-Wicks Educational Associates, Inc., Mechanicsburg, PA
• ADVANCE Newsmagazines
• ADVANCE Continuing Education Website
• ANA Continuing Ed Online Education
• Medcom-Trainex - Various Gerontological Nursing topics
• Medscape from WebMD: Nurses CE Center
• National Association of Geriatric Education Centers
• New York University, College of Nursing, Center for Continuing Education
• Online ceu's: A directory for nurses. Geriatric Classes Online
• Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing: Continuing Education
• The John A. Hartford Foundation Institute for Geriatric Nursing: Gerontological Nursing Certification Review Course
• University of Iowa College of Nursing: Continuing Education
• University of Pennsylvania School of Nursing: Continuing Education

Nurse Training Materials

• EPUAP. Pressure Ulcer Classification. Includes theory and a test. www.epuap.org/puclas/index.html

• Geriatric Video Productions: Retrieved June 9, 2004

  • Assessment of complex wounds
  • Management of complex wounds
  • Prevention & Treatment of Pressure Ulcers
• National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP). (2001). VIDEO: Pressure ulcer basics and strategies for pressure ulcer prevention and treatment (PDF). Reston, Virginia. Retrieved June 9, 2004.
• National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP). (2001). Pressure ulcer prevention: A competency-based curriculum (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2004.
• National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP). (2001). Pressure ulcer treatment: A competency-based curriculum (PDF). Retrieved June 9, 2004.
• National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP). Slide set descriptions. Retrieved June 9, 2004
• Nursing Spectrum Education/CE: Self-Study Modules

Last updated - September 2005