The RCSI School of Nursing & Midwifery was well represented at the recent European Wounds Management Association (EWMA) annual conference in Amsterdam.

Now in it’s 27th year, this year’s programme was focused on the theme of ‘Change, Opportunities and Challenges – Wound Management in Changing Healthcare Systems’ and saw 4,000+ attendees descend on Amsterdam for three days (3-5 May) of presentations, workshops and networking activities.

RCSI oral presentations:

• Who is the Case Manager of the Complex Wound Management?, International Perspective – Zena Moore
• The Joint EPUAP and EWMA PU Prevention and Patient Safety Advocacy Project  – achievements thus far – Zena Moore
• The Impact of Wounding on Health-Related Quality of Life – Helen Strapp, Zena Moore, Maisoon Mairghani, Tom O’Connor, Declan Patton
• Do Dressings Play a Role in Incontinence-associated Dermatitis Prevention? – Zena Moore

RCSI posters:

• Pressure Ulcer Rish Assessment: Risk Factors and Risk Screening in Older Persons – A Pilot Study – Aglécia Budri, Zena Moore, Declan Patton, Tom O’Connor
• The Use of Combined Modulated Ultrasound and Electric Field Stimulation for Chronic Wound Healing – Tom O’Connor, Zena Moore, Declan Patton, Pauline Wilson, Corey Gilllen, Mairead Hughes, Aoife Reilly
• Pressure Ulcers: Development and Psychometric Evaluation of the Patient Knowledge of Pressure Ulcer Prevention Instrument – Emer Shanley, Zena Moore, Declan Patton
• Expert-based Recommendations Aimed to Improve the Quality of Clinical Research on the Treatment of Wound Infections  – Silvia Tedesco, Giovanni Pomponio, Angela Peghetti, Tommaso Bianchi, Sara Rowan, Alessandro Greco, Keith Cutting, Patricia Price, Zena Moore, Randall Wolcott

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Anne Whelton

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