Nursing Practice Implications: Assessing and Identifying Skin Changes in Varying Skin Tones

Activity Summary

Required reading for all learners: Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes

The skin is the largest organ, yet it is also the most neglected. The presentation assists with fundamental information to reduce gaps in knowledge and provide tips and best practices for skin assessment techniques and management of skin damage in varying skin tones across the lifespan. Medical curriculum and education on skin assessment of diverse skin tones is brief with superficial images, language and descriptors. Nurses often are confused by how they missed the early subtle signs of skin damage.

Objectives

Explain practice guidance on accurately assessing and managing skin damage in varying skin tones.
Identify, compare and contrast the presentation of wound and skin damage in varying skin tones.
Discuss strategies and tactics to expand professional development to meet the goals of care through diversity, equity and inclusion.

Continuing Education Disclosure Statement

Successful Completion

Learners must complete the entire activity and the associated evaluation to be awarded contact hours AND read Implicit Bias impacts patient outcomes. 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 {contactHours} contact hours.

Disclosures

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.

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. Activities with pharmacology hours are to assist the APRN in fulfilling the pharmacotherapeutic education requirements for licensure and certification renewals.

Activities meet the standards for most states that require mandatory continuing education for license and/or certification renewal. AACN recommends consulting with your own state board of nursing or credentialing organization before submitting your certificate of completion.

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Continuing Education Activities are nonrefundable.