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Lecture Overview

Aimed at personal care assistants (PCAs) and assistants in nursing (AINs), this session provides learning on what causes a pressure injury, who is most at risk and best-practices for repositioning immobile patients to reduce pressure to an area.

Educators

Melinda Brooks

Melinda Brooks has worked in wound management for more than 20 years in a variety of settings from the Victorian Adult Burns Unit to community nursing to research and lecturing in wound care at both Monash and Latrobe Universities. Melinda works in private practice as a Nurse Practitioner in wound management, following her endorsement in 2013. Her work is mainly in aged care and the community, providing consultancy and education. In 2016, Melinda and two colleagues began <em>Wounds R Us</em> – a collaboration that provides wound management education to clinicians around Melbourne. Melinda has presented at many state and national conferences and thrives on teaching others about the importance of holistic wound management. Melinda is currently a member of the Wounds Australia Education Pillar and committee member of the Wounds Australia national conference 2018. See Educator Profile

Reviews

4.5

52 Total Rating(s)

Dallas Campbell

01 Dec 2019

Excellent and very informative.

Hemaltha piyaratna

21 Sep 2019

Excellent tutorial

Sarah Goy

30 Aug 2019

Great resource contemporary information as well as revisiting existing knowledge

Elaine Methrell

28 Aug 2019

It is a very useful resource that provides a considerable amount of information in a concise manner, it was well presented and clear to follow. I would recommend this presentation to non clinicians or family members looking after their loved ones. Obviously is is utilised by acute and aged care facilities, I would like to think.

Gillian Pringle

21 Aug 2019

I find all these video lessons a bit disjointed in that we do not see what the room participants are seeing

Susan May

19 Aug 2019

interesting and relevant to all areas of nursing

carol kelly-moore

19 Aug 2019

I enjoyed the presentation. The information was in relevant to my professional career.

Toni Sheridan

14 Aug 2019

The information was presented in a clear and logical manner and could be contextualised to any clinical setting.

Sherilyn May Ann Capell

29 May 2019

Good

Alarna Marie Young

26 May 2019

Great video on preventing pressure sore especially for those working in aged care.

Preventing Pressure Injuries (PCAs and AINs)