Pressure injury management

In this unit you will develop and apply knowledge of pressure injuries and their impact on individuals, carers, health services and communities, incorporating psychosocial, cultural and economic perspectives.
This knowledge and skill will enable you to appraise and apply contemporary clinical practice guidelines and evidence-based frameworks to inform effective pressure injury prevention and management strategies. Learning opportunities will enhance your clinical reasoning skills to assess risk factors and implement tailored prevention strategies across diverse care settings and patient populations.
You will also develop expertise in planning and coordinating interdisciplinary care for individuals at risk of or living with pressure injuries, including comprehensive assessment, treatment planning, monitoring and appropriate escalation protocols.
The unit will further build your advanced professional communication strategies to support patient and carer education, collaborative care planning and evaluation within multidisciplinary healthcare teams.
The skills and knowledge that you will develop in this unit are fundamental to contemporary pressure injury prevention and management and underpin your ability to deliver evidence-based, person-centered care across the healthcare continuum.