Overview

Caring for children with a chronic illness or disability can pose many challenges to healthcare professionals. Frequently this includes the risks associated with maintaining skin integrity and wound healing when faced with complex factors that can impact on patient outcomes.

This advanced study day will explore some of these challenges faced and the factors that need to be considered when assessing and managing children with complex skin and wound care needs.

Who’s the Skin health and wound care for children study day suitable for?

This study day is aimed at Childrens nurses working in both secondary care and community-based settings, paediatric specialist nurses, Allied Health professionals working with children, Tissue viability nurses, practice nurses, GPs, children’s nursing students.

Programme

09.30-09.45          Welcome & Introduction – Sarah Gardner, Society of Tissue Viability Education Facilitator/Director, Wound Matters Ltd

09.45-10.15          Neonatal skin care – Colm Darby, Doctoral Fellow Queens University, & Advanced Neonatal Nurse Practitioner, Southern Health and Social Care Trust

10.15– 10.30         Q&A

10.30-10.45          PolyMem in the paediatric setting – Sharon Gardner, Mediq (formerly H&R Healthcare)

10.45-10.55          Comfort break

10.55-11.25          What do we need to know and do when children present with a wound? – Rachel Allaway, Tissue Viability Clinical Nurse Specialist, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust

11.25-11.40          Q&A

11.40-12.10          The assessment & management of surgical dehiscence in children – Claire Gardiner, Paediatric Tissue Viability Nurse, NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

12.10-12.25          Q&A

12.25-12.40          Industry presentation – Flen Health

12.40-13.10          Lunch

13.10-13.40          The role of the Health Play Specialist in successful patient outcomes – Dianne Wootten, Senior Health Play Specialist – Childrens Community Nurse’s Team, West Hertfordshire NHS Trust

13.40-13.55          Q&A

13.55 – 14.10      Clinical Learning hub and my microworld new learning resources to support your practice  – Dawn Ringrose, Molnlycke

14.10-14.40          Assessing pressure ulcer risk – Implementing paediatric Purpose T within a community setting – Sarah Sharpe, Community Children’s Nurse, Cambridgeshire Community Services NHS Trust

14.40.-14.55         Q&A

14.55-15.10          Industry presentation – TBC

15.10-15.15          Comfort Break

15:15-15:45          Diagnosing and treating common skin conditions in children. – Julie Van Onselen, Lecturer Practitioner in Dermatology, Dermatology Education partnership Ltd, SHUK, Check4Cancer, National Eczema Society

15.45-16.00          Q&A

16.00                      Round up of the day / close

Download a pdf of the draft programme – please note timings/presentations may be subject to change

Industry presentations

There will be an interactive presentation of wound care products and preventative aids from our industry partners:

Mediq (formerly H&R Healthcare)

Mölnlycke 

Flen Health

Our Trustees look forward to welcoming you all virtually to the classroom