The Online Basic Suture Training Workshop
The 8.0 CE Hour Step-by-Step Introductory Guide of Basic Wound Closure
Ready to learn suturing from the convenience of your own home?
With zero experience required, this self-paced online course takes any learner and provides consistent, quality technique in the most current, evidence-based suturing techniques. This course includes content usually reserved for first assisting courses costing over $5000! The gold nuggets we provide are such simple but useful learning points that you can introduce into your technique immediately.
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!
This course includes 8.0 Hours of ANCC-Approved contact hours and includes an impressive array of supplies so you have virtually everything you need to perform this course and continue to practice for years to come!
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!
If you want MORE content, check out the 16 CE Hour Online Comprehensive Suture Training Workshop HERE
CHECK OUT THE INSTRUMENT KIT YOU GET TO KEEP, CUSTOM MADE FOR YOU!
Unlike our competitors, we give you REAL OR-GRADE INSTRUMENTS. You won't find any doc-in-a-box kits or "made in Taiwan" stamps on our instruments.
We value your training and we invest in YOU.
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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 (2:57)
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StartIrrigation and Wound Prep (10:27)
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PreviewSelecting Anesthetics (10:36)
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StartPerforming Local Anesthesia (Lecture and Demo) (10:30)
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StartSterile Technique (5:48)
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StartWound Healing Principles and Intention (14:17)
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StartSuture Types and Applications (20:51)
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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) (11:26)
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StartTissue Forceps (Lecture and Demo) (5:26)
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StartSurgical Scissors (Lecture and Demo) (6:16)
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StartScalpels (Lecture and Demo) (3:12)
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StartPreparing the Seal Pad (Demo) (3:26)
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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)