FREE November Webinar – The Skinny on Skin Care: Everyone has a role in preventing wounds.

We are excited to announce that Kimberly LeBlanc, a nurse who specializes in skin health will be our guest speaker on  November 5, 2024.

In the realm of healthcare, Personal Support Workers (PSWs) stand as unsung heroes, particularly in long-term care facilities. Their importance cannot be overstated, as they form the backbone of daily care for residents, ensuring both their physical well-being and emotional comfort.

Kim will discuss the role of the PSW as part of the interdisciplinary team in helping to prevent skin tears and pressure injuries, what to observe and report re skin health, and strategies the PSW can use to improve skin health.  She will also address common misconception and provide current tips!

Kim will also introduce a new online skin health program developed specifically for PSWs. Life and Death Matters will provide one free registration to a participant in the webinar, for this online course.

*This event is sponsored by NSWOCC

After the webinar you will be able to:

• Describe the unique role support workers, health care assistants and caregivers play in maintaining skin health
• Identify how/what to report to the nurse re observations/concerns about skin health
• Identify three strategies to maintain skin health, and to assist skin in healing. (or change the wording here?)
• Describe a new and innovative online Skin Health program for Personal Support Workers and Caregivers

November 5th, 2024, 4pm Eastern, 1pm Pacific Time

Kimberly LeBlanc is an Advanced Practice and Certified Nurse Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence and is the Academic Chair of the Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada’s Wound, Ostomy and Continence Institute. She also works part-time clinically with KDS Professional Consulting focusing on skin prevention and management in long term care. She completed a PhD in Nursing from Queens University, is an Adjunct Professor with the University of Western Ontario Masters in Wound Healing Program and a visiting lecturer at the McGill University School of Nursing and University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine.

Kimberly is the President-Elect  of the Canadian Nurses Association and the  founder and past president of the International Skin Tear Advisory Panel. She is also the past  co-chair of the Canadian Pressure Injury Advisory Panel (CPIAP). She is an international expert reviewer for the Joanna Briggs Institute in Australia and a member of the editorial board for the Journal of Advances in Skin and Wound Care. Kimberly has lectured nationally and internationally on wound and ostomy care and is considered an expert on wounds in the aging population. She has published numerous peer-reviewed articles and 3 book chapters. Kimberly’s current area of research interest is skin health in the frail elderly.

In 2016 Kimberly was a World Union of Wound Healing Societies Educational Award of Excellence finalist and was awarded the Registered Nurses of Ontario Leadership Award in Nursing Education (Academic), and the prestigious Canadian Nurses Association Order of Merit for Nursing Education. In 2018 Kimberly was awarded the Nurses Specialized in Wound Ostomy Continence Canada Association president’s award for her contributions to WOC nursing in Canada. She recently became inducted as a Charter Fellow with the Canadian Nurses Association Academy of Nursing.

Kimberly LeBlanc (she/her) PhD, RN, NSWOC, WOCC(C), FCAN is the Academic Chair of  Wound, Ostomy and Continence Institute | Nurses Specialized in Wound, Ostomy and Continence Canada (NSWOCC)