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Wound Care

Professional Abstract

Sarah Scobie

SUNY Delhi

NURS 604 CRN 11309, Graduate Practicum One

Kirsty Digger

February 21, 2017

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Bio
Sarah Scobie BS, RN, WCC has been wound care certified since 2014 and has provided
wound care to a diverse number of chronic and acute skin disorders over the past eight years. I
have worked in long term care and medical surgical settings over the past 12 years. I plan to
complete a Masters in nursing education May, 2017. This call for abstracts from the Ohio State
University (2017) is seeking regenerative wound care facts that are able to contribute
information to improving wound care management. This abstract would be submitted and
subsequent poster creation would be present at the conference for educational purposes.

Abstract Requirement:
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10th annual Translational to Clinical (T2C) Regenerative Medicine Wound Care Conference

Guidelines for submission

All abstract submissions will be compiled into an abstract book. Therefore, the formatting
requirements are as follows

Abstracts must be no more than 1 page, single-spaced.

Submit as Microsoft Word Document

Fonts: Times New Roman, Symbol (for Greek letters)

Font Size: 11 point

Margins: 1 on all sides

Abstract Size: Not to exceed 300 words (only text allowed)

Title: In upper case - not to exceed 75 letters

Authors: Write first initials and spell last name in full

Affiliation: Not to exceed 25 words

Background: Not to exceed 25 words

Hypothesis: Not to exceed 25 words

Methods: Not to exceed 25 words

Results: Not less than 100 words

Discussion: Not to exceed 50 words

Conclusion: Not to exceed 25 words

Sponsor: Not to exceed 50 letters

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1. Go to our abstract submission webpage to submit.

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4. Complete all of your personal information, and the personal information of any additional
authors of your poster.
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5. Provide your abstract title, and a short description in the abstract boxes. DO NOT submit
your entire abstract here. We need it attached as a PDF (only), and that will come at a
later step.
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10. If you have any difficulties during the submission process, please contact Brent Toto, at
614-292-5621.

Educational Conference: Techniques Utilized in Treatment of Venous Stasis and Heel Ulcers
Presenter:
Sarah Scobie BS, RN, WCC
Wound Care Nurse & Wound Committee Chair OConnor Hospital

Affiliations:
OConnor Hospital, Delhi, N.Y. 13753

Background:
This conference abstract shares simple steps which improve healing timeframes associated with venous
stasis/heel pressure ulcers. Treatment of chronic venous stasis ulcers/heel ulcers are expensive.

Hypothesis:
Appropriate moisture balance improves healing times and reduces resource waste. Key Words include:
Moisture balance and improved quality outcomes.

Introduction:
Chronic wounds directly reduce quality of life and increases the financial burden on clients (Snyder, Fife,
& Moore, 2016). Moisture balance is a key within wound treatment.

Method:
This conference was created to share important simple steps which improve nurses ability to incorporate
these treatments into plan of care.

Results:
When utilized appropriately incorporating the simple steps discussed during this poster creation reduces
risk of infection and resource waste. Utilization of a non-water based moisturizer on the intact skin
surrounding a venous stasis ulcer reduces healing time by 60% in clients with venous stasis ulcers.
Continuous heel offloading and skin prep to intact skin surrounding heel ulcers improve healing times by
30%. Wound care has transitioned into a specialty in nursing and yet some simple everyday skin care
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techniques have the ability to generate positive outcomes. These simplified methods support evidence-
based practice while improving outcomes in a cost effective way.

Discussion:
Costs are directly related to the prolonged healing times. Moisture balance is essential for not only the
wound bed but the surrounding tissue to ensure appropriate healing. If improvement in wounds not noted
with these techniques the wound care nurse or provider should be utilized for consultation.

Conclusion: Moisture balance is essential in providing high quality cost effective care. The utilization of
these simple steps by nurses will improve quality of life through reduction in healing rates.

Sponsor:
OConnor Hospital affiliate with Bassett Medical Center, Delhi, N.Y. 13753

References

Snyder, R. J., Fife, C., & Moore, Z. (2016). Components and quality measures of DIME

(Devitalized tissue, Infection/inflammation, Moisture balance, and Edge preparation) in

wound care. Advances in Skin & Wound Care, 29(5), 205-215. doi:

10.1097/01.ASW.0000482354.01988.b4

Ohio State University. (2017). A call for abstracts. Retrieved from

http://regenerativemedicineconference.osu.edu