Pressure Ulcer Prevention

This eLearning pressure ulcer prevention course is an essential mandatory training course for nurses, doctors, healthcare assistants, domiciliary care support workers, carers and other health and social care professionals. 

This online pressure ulcer prevention course also covers aspects of the National Occupational Standards in Health & Social Care, as defined in the Qualifications & Credit Framework (QCF) Level 2 

This elearning 'acute pressure ulcer prevention online course' is essential for nurses and other health and social care workers. Pressure ulcers are potentially avoidable if nurses and carers have the correct understanding about their causes and how they can be prevented. This online course aims to improve pressure ulcer prevention awareness for nurses, doctors and carers who work in all social care and healthcare settings. It starts by explaining how the skin can be affected by different types of forces, such as pressure, shearing force and friction. It then goes on to demonstrate how pressure ulcers develop and how they can be prevented.

This elearning training course is practical in nature, it also considers how to recognise the start of a pressure ulcer, which areas are most susceptible from pressure damage, teaching service users to inspect their own skin for early signs of pressure ulcers and the consequences of allowing pressure ulcers to go untreated.

• Understanding of how do pressure ulcers occur? 
• Awareness of pressure ulcer risk factors  
• Awareness of the common sites for pressure ulcers 
• Awareness of preventative care required to minimise the risks of pressure ulcers
• Awareness of pressure relieving devices
• Awareness of the causes of pressure ulcers: how and why they occur, and those at risk of developing pressure
• Contribute to moving and handling individuals
• Support individuals to undertake and monitor their own health care
• Identify individuals at risk of skin breakdown
• Move and position individuals
• Awareness of current best practice in preventing the development of pressure ulcers
• How to treat a pressure ulcers
• Be able to address the physical comfort needs of individuals
• Be able to undertake agreed pressure area care
• Be able to treat pressure ulcers effectively in accordance with the guidelines, local policies and recommended practice

• What is a pressure ulcer?
• How is the human skin made up and how does it functions?
• The four categories of pressure ulcers, and how to differentiate them by assessing the damage that each category can do to the affected patient
• Introduction to pressure ulcer management
• The costs of treating pressure ulcers in hospitals and community settings
• How to keep the skin healthy
• Avoidable and unavoidable pressure ulcers
• Additional categories/stages of pressure ulcers
• Risk factors for pressure ulcers
• Misclassification of pressure ulcers
• Intrinsic and extrinsic factors of pressure ulcers
• Understanding of main pressure points and the need to minimise friction
• Assessment of pressure ulcers
• NICE guidelines for pressure ulcer management
• Additional good practice for pressure ulcer management
• Recommended pressure ulcer risk assessment tools
• Recommended pressure relieving equipment
• Recommended repositioning techniques
• Other strategies for preventing pressure ulcers
• Identifying the causes of pressure sores
• Management of category 1 pressure ulcers

Once you have purchased your online training, you will be sent a confirmation e-mail. You will then receive a link and login details to access your training course(s).

Learn at a time and place that suits you, with our easy to use interactive CPD training courses! 

How am I assessed?

Once you have completed all the online learning materials for this course, you will be required to complete an online assessment. The reason for this online assessment is to test your knowledge regarding age verification and regulatory requirements. You will be required to gain a pass mark of at least 80% to pass. If you fail the online age verification knowledge test, do not worry - you are given as many changes as you may need 

Do I get a certificate for this course?

All our online courses are accredited and in line with the universally accepted Continuous Professional Development standards.The CPD standards require a robust process of content development, peer review and compliance with the relevant regulatory requirements.Once you have successfully completed the knowledge test, you will get your CPD accredited certificate whcih can be sent to you via email. 

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