Sharps Reduction - Advanced Skills
This course will add to your toolbox of skills by presenting the techniques associated with sharp reduction and sharp debridement, thus providing your patients with an elevated level of care. Reduced Callous, Corns with the right knowledge and skills.
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This training program meets the basic educational needs of the nurses and other medical professionals working in different clinical settings.
This course provides an initial overview about legislative differences between sharp reduction and sharp debridement. It provides current management strategies to develop theoretical skills prior to hands-on experience needed to perform sharp reduction professionally.
Course participation will increase the knowledge, skills, ability and confidence of the attendees leading to improved patient outcomes.
Foot Care courses will teach you the basics. We take it a step further and make sure you have the ability to work at an advanced level.
Sharps Reduction - Advanced Skills
This course provides an initial overview about legislative differences between sharp reduction and sharp debridement. It provides current management strategies to develop theoretical skills prior to hands-on experience needed to perform sharp reduction professionally.
Nurses who take the Clinical training with Soft Soles will receive this training included in their foot care clinical costs.
In this course you will work over two vastly different case studies and apply patient safety, occupational health and safety, risk management to care planning.
Upon completion of the course participants will be aware of the issues associated with sharp reduction. They will have increased knowledge and understanding of sharp reduction and be ready for hands-on training.
The topics addressed in Sharp Reduction - Advanced Skills are:
- Define sharp reduction.
- Identify reasons for sharp reduction.
- Discuss considerations of the provider.
- Documentation and charting
- Understand & follow safety precautions related to Sharp reduction procedure.
- Differentiation between two case studies.
- Apply patient safety, occupational health and safety, risk management and the prevention of infections practices.
Course Curriculum
What Our Graduates Are Saying
Appropriate number of weeks to complete course content. Reasonably-priced. Educators are knowledgeable and passionate about foot care!
The clear concise direction and teaching of the program with a progression from start to finish. There was a good flow to the program. The theoretical review was in depth and thorough.
It addressed specifically what is required to become a successful footcare nurse. The theory course harmonized excellently with clinical placement.
Sharps Reduction - Advanced Skills
Whether you are an experienced foot care nurse looking for a review, or a newbie preparing to provide clinical treatments, this course provides the building blocks of knowledge to be CONFIDENT, PREPARED and PROFESSIONAL when dealing with sharp reduction.
We are so confident that you will benefit from this course that we guarantee it will improve your practice.
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Frequently Asked Questions
Hi, I'm Michelle De Grandmont: RPN, Foot Care Nurse Educator.
I'm a bilingual registered nurse. I have taken advanced diabetic foot care nurse training. My work experience includes over 15 years of experience in gerontology, acute care medicine, diabetes, and holistic healing modalities. I was an educator at Algonquin College, where I developed an innovative and highly successful advanced diabetic foot care program. With the closing of the Algonquin program in 2018, Foot Canada Training partnered with me to lead their Ottawa Foot Care Nurse Clinical courses and advanced skills workshops.
In 2021, I became the Assistant Director of Nursing and am eagerly looking forward to impacting nursing education and curriculum standards. I'm a frequent motivational speaker on best practice adherence in nursing foot care and I work hard to keep the best practices in the community and advancing foot care nursing as a specialty. I'm an advisor for The Canadian Association of Foot Care Nurses, where I've worked on the development of the National Foot Care Nurse Competencies Document and The Education Initiative.
I'm looking forward to connecting with you!
