Lower Extremity Ulcers

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This course is approved for 1.00 contact hour by the Florida Board of Nursing and the California Board of Registered Nursing.  This course takes approximately 1 hour to complete.

1. Identify the cost of diabetic foot ulcers 2. List assessment and treatment options in the care of diabetic foot ulcers 3. List prevention methods for diabetic foot ulcers

This course offers 1 CE credit. This test accompanies the articles “Diabetic Foot Ulcers: How to Assess, Treat and Prevent Them” by Janet Jones, RN, BSN, PHN, ET, CWOCN, DAPWCA and “Compression: How Much is Needed to be Therapeutic” by Elizabeth O’Connell-Gifford and Jackie Young. These articles were originally featured on pages 36-43 of Healthy Skin, Volume 3 Issue 2.