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This is an online event. Speaker
Sue Creehan, MSN, RN, CWONProgram Coordinator
Wound Care Team
VCU Health System
With more than two decades of clinical experience in wound care, Sue Creehan has become a clinical expert and resource. She has worked in multiple settings, including acute care, outpatient wound clinic management, clinical research in wound healing, and long-term care consulting.
In her current role as program manager for the VCU Medical Center Wound Care Team, she oversees and manages an inpatient care team, while chairing the VCU Champions of Skin Integrity Team and Multidisciplinary Pressure Ulcer Task Force that elads a system-wide hospital initiative to reduce nosocomial pressure ulcers.
She is a member of the Wound Ostomy Continence Nurses Society, Association for the Advancement of Wound Care and Wound Healing Society. She also serves on the VCU Critical Care Council and the Nursing Quality Outcomes Council.
Contact
Rhonda FletcherVHQC
804-289-5320
rhonda.fletcher@hcqis.org
Sheila McLean
VHQC
804-289-5320
sheila.mclean@hcqis.org
Exploring the Concepts of
Skin Changes at Life's End (SCALE)
The skin is the largest organ of the body and can become dysfunctional at life’s end, with loss of integrity, just like any other vital body system, with reduced ability to utilize nutrients and other factors necessary to sustain normal skin function.
Join us Thursday, June 26 at 11 a.m. for this informative webinar, where you will learn how to describe skin changes at life’s end (SCALE), how to distinguish the difference between a pressure ulcer and a Kennedy terminal ulcer and how to determine appropriate intervention strategies for residents at the end of life.
The learning objectives for this educational session include:
- Discussing the findings from the SCALE expert panel
- Defining the Kennedy terminal ulcer (KTU)
- Differentiating palliative wound care from curative wound care
Space is limited, so please register early!