Sutures, Staples, and Steri-Strips

Are you a Health Professional looking to refresh and develop your skills?

Description

This course aims to provide participants with practical skill development in the use of external, non-absorbable sutures, staples, steri-strips, and wound adhesive for the closure of wounds. The course content is inclusive of wound assessment, indications and contraindications for closure, closure methods, and discharge instructions. Suture types included are simple interrupted, vertical mattress, horizontal mattress, and V-flap closures. Participants will have ample time to practice with supervision and coaching from the facilitator. The course will not be determining competence and use of the skill in the clinical setting will be subject to local policy and procedure.

The course consists of 2 hours pre-reading and 6 hours of supervised practice face-to-face for a total of 8 CPD hours. Pre-course activity access and course location details will be emailed to participants approximately two weeks in advance. Pre-course activity access will be deactivated the day following the course.

This course is suitable for any health professionals with potential requirement to close wounds in the work setting under medical direction. This course would be useful for rural and remote and urgent care nurses looking to upskill or refresh or anyone else who is interested in learning a new skill.

This course can be delivered at your local facility. To discuss this, please contact postgraduatenursing@nd.edu.au or call (08) 9433 0205

Dates 

• Tuesday 5^th December 2023
• Tuesday 13^th February 2024
• Wednesday 29^th May 2024
• Wednesday 13^th November 2024

Time: 08:30-14:30 AWST

Location: Fremantle Campus, WA

Cost: $405 (inc GST)

CPD hours: 8 hours

• Learning outcomes

  By the end of the course, participant should be able to:

  • Discuss and apply indications and contraindications for wound closure to given scenarios
  • Determine the wound closure technique most suited to a given scenario
  • Demonstrate appropriate aseptic technique and sterile glove application
  • Demonstrate safe infiltration of subcutaneous local anaesthetic using direct and parallel margin techniques
  • Demonstrate safe sharps use, handling and disposal
  • Demonstrate the closure of wounds using a simple interrupted, vertical mattress, horizontal mattress, and V-flap sutures on a part task trainer and/or organic material
  • Demonstrate appropriate use of wound staples and removal of staples
  • Demonstrate appropriate steri-strip and wound adhesive use using aseptic technique

• About the facilitator

  Sallyanne Tingey
  Lecturer, School of Nursing and Midwifery
  The University of Notre Dame Australia
  Registered Nurse, BSc (Nursing), GCert Clinical Nursing, GCert Higher Education Learning and teaching, GCert Health Professional Education

  Sallyanne is a Registered Nurse with over 12 years of postgraduate experience in the emergency nursing specialisation. Sallyanne has worked in a variety of metropolitan and regional emergency departments across Western Australia in both clinical and education roles. Areas of expertise are emergency department triage, ventilation, advanced life support and Sallyanne is currently an Australian Resuscitation Council Advanced Life Support Level 1 and 2 instructor and course director. Sallyanne is currently course coordinating and program developing for postgraduate education at the School of Nursing and Midwifery. Sallyanne also delivers undergraduate Bachelor of Nursing education in critical care, pathophysiology, pharmacology, public health, and nursing skills courses.

• Refund and cancellation policy

  Payments

  Payment in full is required to secure your place for a University of Notre Dame Short Course. This can be completed via the registration links which require credit card payment. If an invoice is required, please contact postgraduatenursing@nd.edu.au. This email does not secure course places. Places will be secured once payment is received. UNDA cannot hold spaces whilst awaiting invoice payment therefore prompt payment is recommended to ensure places on courses are confirmed.

  Cancellations

  Cancellation of registrations by registrants can be completed through contacting postgraduatenursing@nd.edu.au. A full refund can be provided if cancellation occurs outside of the minimum cancellation period outlined for the course which is 14 days. The minimum cancellation period is measured in days prior to the course commencement date.

  If cancellation occurs within the stipulated minimum cancellation period, the candidate will not receive any refund unless the course place is taken by another participant. The candidate will not be able to transfer to another course without full payment for the future course unless the course place is taken by another participant.

  The University of Notre Dame Australia reserves the right to cancel a course date if minimum numbers are not met. Candidates will be notified no later than five days before the course date of cancellation and full refund or course date transfer will be provided.

  Transfers

  Transfers to alternate course dates can be completed via email. Transfer without financial penalty will occur if transfers are completed outside of the minimum cancellation window for the course. Transfer requests within the minimum cancellation window will forfeit the payment for the current date and require full payment for the requested future course date, unless the course place is taken by another participant.

  Enquiries

  All enquiries should be directed to postgraduatenursing@nd.edu.au or (08) 9433 0205