Mission Statement
The Gold STAMP Program to Reduce Pressure Ulcers in New York State is a coalition of organizations convened to provide evidence-based resources and education across the continuum of care in New York State in order to improve the assessment, management, and prevention of pressure ulcers.(STAMP: Success Through Assessment, Management, and Prevention)

Goals:

• Provide information and education across the continuum of care about evidence-based practices for pressure ulcer assessment, management, and prevention.
• Promote collaboration and communication within and throughout the continuum of care related to pressure ulcer assessment, management, and prevention.
• Provide strategic direction and support for pressure ulcer performance measurement.

Target Audience:
Administrators; direct care staff including RNs, LPNs, PHNs, CWONs, MDs, PAs, NPs, nutritionists, PTs, health care educators, and hospice staff working in hospitals, nursing homes, long term care programs, home care.

This project is funded through a Memorandum of Understanding with the NYS Department of Health.

On Demand Webinars
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Infectious Aspects of Chronic Wounds including Infection Control
Speaker: Jeffrey Levine, MD, CMD

Documentation of Pressure Ulcers: Reducing the Risk to You and Your Patients
Speaker: Joyce Black, PhD, RN, VCWCN, FAAN

The Role of Nutrition in Wound Care
Speaker: Mary Ellen Posthauer, RD, CD, LD
Available On Demand

The Braden Scale: Using Subscales to Assess Risk and Plan Care
Speaker: Barbara Braden, PhD, RN, FAAN
From August 8, 2012

 “Nutrition Solutions for Pressure Ulcers…from the Frail Older Adult to the Obese Individual”
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel: Becky Dorner, RD, LD, CD, Mary Ellen Posthauer, RD, LD, CD.

“Pressure Ulcers are Avoidable!—or are they?”
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel:  Laura E. Edsberg, PhD, Diane Langemo ,PhD, RN, FAAN
This webinar addresses the science and criteria regarding avoidable and unavoidable pressure ulcers.

“Staging Issues and Root-Cause Analysis for Pressure Ulcer Development”
National Pressure Ulcer Advisory Panel: Joyce Black, PhD, RN, CWCN, CPSN, Diane Langemo, PhD, RN, FAAN
The speakers describe pressure ulcers by stage and type.  This program includes information on suspected deep tissue injuries and full thickness, depth unknown or unstageable pressure ulcers.

“Using a Communication Tool across Health Care Settings”
From March 8, 2012
Speakers:
Roxanne Tena-Nelson, JD, MPH: Executive Vice President, Continuing Care Leadership Coalition (CCLC)
Karen Farid, DNP, APN/CNS, CWON: Staten Island University Hospital
Elaine Trott, SPHR, LNHA, Assistant  Administrator, Director of Human Resources Ten Broeck Commons Nursing  Home, Kingston NY Collaborative
(View this Webinar On Demand)

“The Braden Scale: Risk Assessment and Pressure Ulcer Prevention” 
From February 10, 2012, :
Speakers:
Jody Scardillo, MSN, APN/CNS, CWON
Karen Farid, DNP, APN/CNS, CWON: Staten Island University Hospital
FREE CNEs, CMEs, CECHs. View the program, complete an evaluation and take the post test.
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Training Resources (Password Protected)

Gold STAMP Program to Reduce Pressure Ulcers

Lippincott’s Nursing Center.com: Comprehensive Programs for Preventing Pressure Ulcers: A Review of the Literature

New York Initiative Aims to Reduce Pressure Ulcers

NPUAP 2010 RN Competency-based curriculum: Pressure Ulcer Prevention

Nursing Quality website

Gold STAMP Resource Guide

Gold STAMP Self- Assessment Profile

The Braden Scale

Interventions and Strategies

Dr. Jeffrey M. Levine

Save the Date

Statewide GoldSTAMP Conference
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Hilton Garden Inn, Troy, New York, 9am-4pm