Changes in Skin and Tissue Post SCI and Implications for Pressure Injury Prevention

This is a recording of a session from ARN's 2024 conference. This recording is about 1 hour in length. You will need to watch the recording, then complete an evaluation to receive your certificate and complete this course. You will have access to this course for 1 year, starting on the purchase date.

Understanding pressure injuries on a cellular level and correlating those with the changes to skin and tissue post spinal cord injury will help nurses determine the appropriate evidence-based practices pressure injury prevention strategies that are patient specific and unique to spinal cord injury patients. Along with critical thinking, nurses will be able to use this education to decrease harm and improve patient outcomes.

Learning Objectives

  • Identify factors that contribute to decrease tissue tolerance that are specific to spinal cord injury.
  • Identify spinal cord injury specific risk factors for developing a pressure injury and develop strategies to prevent them.
  • Differentiate between the pathology of relieved pressure verses unrelieved pressure and how the intensity and/or length time under pressure contribute to the severity of the injury.
Summary
Available credit: 
  • 1.00 CNE
    ANCC The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.
Publication date: 
06/17/2025
Purchase deadline: 
06/17/2028
Member cost:
$23.95
Non-member cost:
$35.95
Cost:
$35.95
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Juliette (Julie) Lowe is a certified Wound and Ostomy Care (WOC) Nurse and the Clinical Coordinator for Wound Care at TIRR Memorial Hermann. With extensive expertise in wound care and pressure injury prevention, Julie serves as a passionate advocate for improving patient outcomes through evidence-based practices. As the co-chair of the System HAPI Committee and chair of the TIRR HAPI Committee, Julie has led multidisciplinary initiatives to reduce hospital-acquired pressure injuries (HAPIs) across the health system. Her dedication to education and quality improvement is evident in her development of innovative tools, such as the Braden Cheat Sheet, designed to enhance staff awareness and foster a culture of prevention.

 

 

 

None of the planners or presenters for this educational activity have relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

Notice of requirements to receive contact hours: 1.0 Nursing Contact Hours will be awarded for individuals who participate in the full activity and complete the post-evaluation for the activity. The ability to view or accept credit for this product expires on 06/17/2028. 

The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses (ARN) is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Available Credit

  • 1.00 CNE
    ANCC The Association of Rehabilitation Nurses is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.

Price

Member cost:
$23.95
Non-member cost:
$35.95
Cost:
$35.95
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