Fourth Annual Palliative Wound Care Conference (Indianapolis, IN)

	Distinguished faculty: Jean Tuthill, RN, CWON Diane Krasner, PhD, RN Diane Langemo, PhD, RN Bruce Chamberlain, MD Ron Sherman, MD James Spahn, MD Janeta Tansey, MD, PhD Steve Salomon, RN, MBA Mary Ellen Posthauer, RD

Topics:

• Comprehensive palliative wound care
• Coping with Gangrene and critical limb ischemia
• Alternative debridement with maggot therapy
• Dealing with Fungating tumors
• Support surfaces—science and practice
• Pain management and symptom control
• Management of fistulas and difficult wounds
• Nutritional support, protecting quality of life
• Strategies to manage incontinence
• Pressure ulcers and deep tissue injury
• Wound dressings for palliation
• Ethics at the Bedside
• Nightmares in Palliative Wound Care

Program Directors:

• Oscar Alvarez, PhD
  Center for Palliative Wound Care
  Calvary Hospital, Bronx, New York

• Aletha Tippett, MD
  Palliative Wound Care Consultant
  President, Hope of Healing Foundation

Exhibitors with reception

If you care for wounds, especially with diabetics, elderly, or end of life, this conference is for you. Come join us for learning, networking and fun. A block of rooms is reserved for us at a special rate. Presented by the Hope of Healing Foundation.

The University of Cincinnati provides 17.5 hours CEU and CME for this event. Continuing education contact hours for nurses are approved by the Ohio Board of Nursing through the OBN Approver Unit at the University of Cincinnati College of Nursing, Continuing Education Program, (OBN-011-93). Contact hours are valid in most states. Program #130516-18. Sponsored by the Hope of Healing Foundation.

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Register online at www.hopeofhealing.org or contact the Foundation at 10274 Alliance Road, Cincinnati, Ohio 45242, phone 513 891-3698.