For

Registered nurses, associate practitioners and health care assistants.

Aim

  • To enable the student to increase their knowledge in the role of the therapy and its place in enhancing wound healing and/or control exudate
  • To enable the student to increase their knowledge in using the different machines according to type of wound

Learning Outcomes

The student will be able to:

  • Use the therapy appropriately for different types of wounds
  • Use the different types of dressing, their modifications as the wound heals and machine pressure use accordingly

Update knowledge and competency can be achieved with:

  • Update topical negative pressure theory with e-learning module
  • Complete quiz
  • PP for application of dressings and setting up machine
  • Supervised practice with an experienced nurse in VAC application