Industry-Supported Symposium

Industry-Supported Symposium Lunch: Strategies and Techniques for Transitioning NPWT Across the Continuum

Thursday, April 27, 2023

12:00 PM – 1:30 PM

Moderator(s)

Dot Weir, RN, CWON, CWS

Clinician / Educator
SARATOGA HOSPITAL WOUND HEALING
Gansevoort, New York

Speaker(s)

Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA

CRNP, WOCN
Reading Hospital
Leesport, PA
Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON-AP, FACCWS

Certified Wound and Ostomy Nurse Practitioner
Sanford Health Fargo
Rasmussen College
Horace, ND
Robert J. Klein, DPM, FACFAS, CWS, FFPM RCPS (Glasgow)

Associate Professor of Surgery
University of South Carolina School of Medicine - Greenville
USC School of Medicine - Greenville
Greenville, SC

Disclosure(s):

Elizabeth Faust, MSN, CRNP, CSWS, CWOCN-AP, MAPWCA: No relevant disclosure to display

Robert J. Klein, DPM, FACFAS, CWS, FFPM RCPS (Glasgow): No relevant disclosure to display

Emily Greenstein, APRN, CNP, CWON-AP, FACCWS: No financial relationships to disclose

Supported by an educational grant from 3M Health Care, Medical Solutions Division.

A maximum of 1.0 additional CME/CPME/CE-credit hour is offered through this Industry Supported Symposium. This event is not part of the official SAWC meeting programming and provides separate continuing education credits.

Learning Objectives:

Assess the prevalence of hospital readmissions, the economic impact, and the importance of preventing readmissions to improve wound healing
Examine common challenges associated with discharging a NPWT patient to the post-acute care setting and the steps to develop a comprehensive discharge plan
Recognize the importance of periwound management in the post-acute care setting and investigate the use of hybrid drapes in the prevention and management of periwound breakdown
Explore, via cases, best practices on the transition of negative pressure wound therapy to post-acute care