Chamberlain University Online Basic Suture Training Workshop
The Introductory Guide of Basic Wound Closure
Ready to grow your suturing skills?
With zero experience required, this live course with an online supplement course takes any learner and provides consistent, quality technique in the most current, evidence-based suturing techniques.
Taught and narrated by Dr. John Russell, Program Director - Collegiate Division, for the National Institute of First Assisting, Inc and owner of Skills On Point, this course is the virtual adaptation of the live courses we have become famous for with high-quality instruments, expert instruction, and a comfortable price point so everyone can attend who wants to learn!
Just check out the impressive curriculum listed below! Each course section includes lectures and demos to clearly reinforce the learning, and we even offer virtual synchronous learning sessions via Zoom to make sure you are on point with your technique!
You will receive the supplies in person if you choose to participate in this course live on Sunday of your immersion, but if you prefer to do this as a self-paced home training course, you will receive the supplies on Saturday evening at the end of the immersion at the Q Center.
With this course, you have also received additional suturing video content FOR FREE! These additional portions are listed as "advanced" If you would like to purchase the additional supplies to be able to practice the additional skills, check out the 16 CE Hour Online Comprehensive Suture Training Workshop HERE
Your Instructor
Dr. John Russell, DNP, APRN, AGACNP-BC, FNP-BC, CCRN, RNFA is the owner and founder of Skills On Point®, LLC as well as a nurse practitioner/first assistant with practice experience in cardiothoracic surgery. As well as an instructor for the National Institute of First Assisting, INC (NIFA®), John teaches as a guest lecturer through Skills On Point for nurse practitioner students for many universities and Rosalind Franklin University for CRNA students. He loves simplifying complicated concepts into digestible portions and loves to use ridiculous analogies to make the most complicated concepts come to life for the learner.
Course Curriculum
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StartReasons we Close Wounds (2:56)
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StartIrrigation and Wound Prep (10:26)
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PreviewSelecting Anesthetics (10:35)
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StartPerforming Local Anesthesia (Lecture and Demo) (10:29)
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StartSterile Technique (5:48)
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StartWound Healing Principles and Intention (14:16)
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StartSuture Types and Applications (20:49)
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StartNeedle Types and Applications (6:14)
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StartSuture Size and Applications (4:01)
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StartHow Long to Leave Sutures In (4:30)
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StartTension Management (5:47)
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PreviewNeedle Holders (Lecture and Demo) (11:25)
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StartTissue Forceps (Lecture and Demo) (5:26)
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StartSurgical Scissors (Lecture and Demo) (6:15)
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StartScalpels (Lecture and Demo) (3:12)
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PreviewMaking the Incision (Lecture and Demo) (10:36)
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StartLoading the Needle Holder (Lecture and Demo) (1:06)
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StartLeft Hand vs Right Handed Technique (Lecture and Demo) (5:41)