Assessment and Management of Lower Extremity Venous Ulcers
Event Schedule
June 25, 2026 I 10:30–11:30 a.m. CT
Location
Virtual/Zoom
Event Description
As circulatory conditions become more prevalent with age, older adults face an increased risk of developing non-pressure-related lower extremity wounds. Early recognition of risk factors, subtle clinical signs, and timely interventions are essential to prevent wound progression and support effective non-surgical management.
This education session explores the most common types of non-pressure-related leg wounds in older adults, identifies populations at heightened risk, and equips nurses with practical strategies to promptly assess, intervene, and manage these conditions to improve outcomes and reduce complications.
Objectives
- Define he physiological and biochemical disorders that cause venous leg ulcers.
- Identify characteristics of venous leg ulcers.
- Explore the science behind compression therapy for venous leg ulcers and the swollen limbs.
- Describe key components for management of a patient with a venous leg ulcer.
Speaker
John Gell is the clinical educator with Solventum where he has served for 13 years helping with wound VAC therapy. In addition, John is a Medical Laboratory Technician Certified by the American College of Clinical Pathologists and Cell and Tissue Banking Specialist Certified by the American Society of Tissue Banks.
Continuing Education Information
Nursing Home Administrators: 1 contact hour is intended to meet the criteria established by the Iowa Board of Examiners for Nursing Home Administrators for participants who attend this event in its entirety. Partial credit for this event will not be granted. To receive contact hours or a certificate of attendance, you must attend the entire event. Retain your certificate for four years.
Iowa Board of Nursing: 1 contact hour is intended to meet the criteria established by the Iowa Board of Nursing for participants who attend this event in its entirety. Partial credit for this event will not be granted. To receive contact hours or a certificate of attendance, you must attend the entire event. Retain your certificate for four years.
For other long-term support and service provider professionals not listed above: Most licensure boards, credentialing agencies and professional organizations have processes that allow individuals to earn a certain number of CEUs for non-preapproved programs and/or to accommodate self-submission for approval of continuing education hours after the event takes place with proper documentation from the program sponsors. It is up to the discretion of the licensee to choose relevant sessions and self-report. Generic certificates of attendance will be provided.
Registration & Other Information
LeadingAge Iowa Member FREE
Prospective Member $99
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What’s Included
Registration fee includes digital handout, one connection to the live webinar and instructions for receiving CE credit/ attendance certificate. A recording of this webinar is included in the registration fee (no CE credit/attendance certificate will be awarded when viewing the recording).
Cancellation/Refund Policy
There will be no refunds approved for this webinar. Registered attendees who miss the live webinar can request the recording following the webinar.
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