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Skin Breakdown Prevention

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About Course

Draft course — not open for enrollment or certificate issuance.

Skin Breakdown Prevention is a one-credit-hour, self-directed course for CNAs, LPNs, RNs, and other healthcare staff whose role includes observation, prevention support, documentation, or communication. The course addresses evidence-informed prevention of pressure-related skin breakdown across care settings.

Course details

  • CE Broker course ID: 20-1318294
  • CEU credit: 1.00 CEU
  • Provider tracking number: 50-53225
  • Delivery: self-directed online learning; 90 days of access after a completed purchase when enrollment is launched and tested.
  • Completion: complete all lessons and knowledge checks and pass the 20-question final examination at 80% or higher within three attempts.

Scope and safety boundaries

This course supports prevention, observation, documentation, communication, and escalation. It does not teach diagnosis, staging, treatment selection, prescribing, or independent changes to an ordered care plan. Learners must follow their scope of practice, facility policy, prescriber orders, and the individualized care plan.

References

  1. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ). Preventing Pressure Ulcers in Hospitals: Best Practices in Pressure Ulcer Prevention.
  2. National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE). Pressure ulcers: prevention and management (CG179).
  3. National Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (NPIAP). Pressure Injury Prevention Points.
  4. AHRQ. How To Implement the Pressure Injury Prevention Program.
  5. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services. Pressure Ulcer Critical Element Pathway.
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Course Content

1. Course Orientation and Learner Attestation
Course purpose, objectives, completion requirements, evidence scope, and learner attestation.

  • Welcome, Learning Objectives, and Completion Requirements

2. Recognizing Risk and Early Skin Changes
Use structured risk assessment, comprehensive observation, and clinical judgment to recognize preventable risk and communicate early concerns.

3. Individualized Prevention Strategies
Match mobility, moisture, support-surface, and referral actions to the individualized prevention plan.

4. Documentation, Communication, and Accountability
Use objective documentation, structured handoff, escalation, and audit feedback to support continuity of prevention.

5. Comprehensive Final Examination
A 20-question, objective-aligned final examination. Draft assessment items require provider review before publication.