Pressure injury prevention and management

Content
3 modules
Course length
65 mins
Instructor
Essential Skills
Released
26 May 2025
Price
$46.50 AUD

Description

This engaging online course equips you with the knowledge and practical skills to recognise early warning signs, implement effective prevention strategies, and respond confidently when injuries occur. Pressure injuries are preventable — and as an aged care worker, you play a critical role in protecting those most at risk.

 

This course has been mapped to the Aged Care Quality Standards: 3.2.5, 3.3.3, 5.1.3 & 5.5.8

Objectives

This course covers:

  • Understanding the skin and why ageing makes it vulnerable

  • Identifying risks, including immobility, moisture, and medication impacts

  • Recognising and staging pressure injuries

  • Using prediction tools like the Braden, Norton, and Waterlow scales

  • Best practices for repositioning, wound care, and documentation

  • Legal responsibilities and how to stay within your scope of practice

Certificate

By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Certificate of Completion

Learning credits

CPD
1.0

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