“Support Surface Standards Initiative: Explore What’s New & Discover What’s in it For You!”
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NPUAP presents…“Support Surface Standards Initiative: Explore What’s New & Discover What’s in it For You!”
OBJECTIVES:
1. Explain the rationale of the application of standards methodology to support surfaces.
2. Discuss the clinical significance of support surface standards in the decision-making process of support surface selection at the micro and the macro level.
3. Describe the implication of language as it relates to the framing of the standards work associated with support surfaces.
4. List and explain four (4) currently approved testing methods that are now accepted standards and review the clinical applicability of each test method.
PRESENTERS: Evan Call, MS, CSM (NRM) & Cindy Sylvia, MSc, MA, RN, CWCN
* Limited space available. Open to the first 1,000 participants.
Continuing Education Information – 1.0 hour; Multidisciplinary.
Physicians – Category 1 Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education designates this enduring material for a maximum of 1 AMA PRA Category 1 Credit(s)TM. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. AAPA accepts AMA category 1 credit for the PRA from
organizations accredited by ACCME.
Nurses – Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education designates this activity for 1.0 contact hour(s) for nurses. Nurses should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education (HSCE) and National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel (NPUAP). Creighton University Health Sciences Continuing Education (HSCE) 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.
Questions should be directed to NPUAP. This program is JOINTLY PROVIDED WITH CREIGHTON UNIVERSITY HEALTH SCIENCES CONTINUING EDUCATION.
