Managing Patients with Body Modifications

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

Whatever your personal opinion on body modifications, the practice of deliberately altering one’s appearance is as old as time (figuratively speaking). Body modification can include piercings, tattoos, scarification, implants and alterations to the ear and tongue. This intermediate session includes a discussion about the most common types and locations of body modifications and practical nursing implications for care including assessment, removal and complications that may arise.

Objectives

Describe types of body modification.
Discuss assessment and documentation parameters associated with body modification.
Explain potential complications associated with body modification.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must attend/view/read the entire activity, read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes, and complete the associated evaluation to be awarded the contact hours or CERP. No partial credit will be awarded.

Accreditation

The American Association of Critical-Care Nurses is accredited as a provider of nursing continuing professional development by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation.

Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider number CEP 1036, for 1.00 contact hours.

Accreditation refers to recognition of continuing education only and does not imply AACN, ANCC, or CBRN approval or endorsement of any commercial products discussed or displayed in conjunction with this educational activity.

Disclosure

Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content will be identified by the Nurse Planner within the activity. Any relevant relationship between an ineligible company and an individual with the ability to influence clinical content has been mitigated.

AACN programming meets the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education contact hours for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting CE to fulfill continuing education requirements.

Refund Policy

Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.