title: Wound competencies & OASIS. One organization's plan.
abstract: Testing assessment competencies in clinical staff can be a challenge, but testing wound assessment competency is even more difficult. Add to that the Outcome ASsessment Information Set (OASIS) wound questions and it's no wonder that nurses are confused. The VNA, Western Pennsylvania decided to take a unique approach to wound assessment competencies by combining multiple methods of instruction and self-learning followed by a "hands-on" approach to testing.
authors.affiliation: VNA Services and Foundation, Western Pennsylvania, Butler, Pennsylvania, USA. kwright@vna.com
authors.forename: Kristy
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wright
authors.forename: Liz
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Powell
mesh_terms: D014487:Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, U.S.; D002983:Clinical Competence; D003152:Community Health Nursing / Q000193:education*; D003162:Competency-Based Education; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000458:organization & administration; D006801:Humans; D007318:Inservice Training / Q000458:organization & administration; D017063:Outcome Assessment, Health Care; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D010414:Pennsylvania; D014481:United States; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000628:therapy*