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Course Description
This lesson discusses common conditions/disorders of the integumentary, or skin, system.
Course Objectives
Upon completion of this online activity, the participant should be able to: identify common condition/disorders of the integumentary system; state the related signs and symptoms of each disorder to observe and report; understand how to provide care for the client's integumentary system.
Course Outline
- The integumentary system
- Protection
- Sensation
- Body temperature regulation
- Excretion
- Absorption
- Transdermal absorption
- Common skin conditions
- Skin disorders
- Pressure ulcer formation, prevention, observations and reporting
- Psoriasis
- Caring for Psoriasis
- Dermatitis
- Caring for dermatitis
- Contagious skin conditions
- Herpes Zoster
- Shingles
- Lice (types, observations and caring for)
- Scabies (types, observations and caring for)
- Petechiae/Purpura
Instructor
Sally Brounstein, RN, is a Regional Nurse Educator with Providence Health & Services in Oregon, with more than 40 years experience overseeing competency assessment for all RNs, CNAs, and Techs hired in the Portland, Oregon, service area. She has also developed the CNA2 acute care program at Portland Community College, where she has been an instructor for more than six years, providing training in conjunction with OHSU and Legacy Health System.