Category Archives: Assessment Skills

New Wound Management Seminars: Orlando, FL

Wound Care Education Institute (WCEI®) offers one-day wound care courses throughout the USA year long. Our One Day Wound Care Seminars are a few hours long and provide a good “taste of our apple” as it relates to how we deliver wound care education to attendees. The seminar is presented in an exciting, motivating and energizing format that makes the perfect learning environment. You’ll want to immediately go out to heal wounds and make a difference in your patients life!!

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Awareness and Assessment Skills

I saw this video recently on YouTube and it got me thinking about assessment skills when it comes to wounds. As Wound Care Certified Professionals, we are held to a higher standard and our biggest skill and tool is our assessment skill set. The video above is a fun video and if your awareness is top notch you may have seen the Moonwalking Bear during the first segment of the video. However, if you didn’t see the Moonwalking Bear, you may have seen it in the second segment.

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Standards of Care: We are all in this together

Do you sometimes feel as if you are in this whole thing alone? I mean do you feel like taking care of someone is sometimes just you doing the whole thing by yourself? I know I feel like it from time to time. Now I know that what I feel isn’t actually true as others…

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Wound Care Seminar (WOW 2009 Pt 1)

So this year’s Wild on Wounds Conference is being held in the exciting city of Las Vegas Nevada from September 10-12, 2009! The conference is packed with valuable information and sessions that will support and further you wound care knowledge. New friendships are made and the networking possibilities are priceless. This year’s conference is lining…

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What Caused the wound in the first place?

So you think your assessment skills are top notch? You say you can differentiate the types of wounds you encounter daily? What about the causes of these wounds? As a wound care certified nurse, therapist, or physician, we should be looking at more than just the wound. Understanding the cause of the wound may just…

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