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.
Tag Archive: Assessment Skills
Test Your Pressure Ulcer Staging Skills
Recently, we have been posting some Assessment skills related articles and WCEI co-founder, Donna Sardina RN, uploaded a slide presentation to Test Your Pressure Ulcer Staging Skills. Go ahead and click on over to see how you do. Warning: The Presentation contains graphic photos For more information about becoming Wound Care Certified, check out WCEI.net…
How good are your assessment skills? What is going on with this wound?
So how good are your assessment skills? If you were presented with a patient that had this wound that is shown in the picture below, do you think your assessment skills are up for the challenge? As wound care certified professionals, we have been taught to assess patients head to toe. But on first sight,…
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…
