Skin Assessments for Diverse Skin Tones

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This webinar will be recorded live on May 21st, 2025 at 12:00PM CT. A recording of the webinar will be available within 24 hours of the live event.

A well-documented comprehensive skin assessment serves as a critical baseline for evaluating skin health and is fundamental in developing an effective care plan focused on the prevention and treatment of skin injuries.
Medline is proud to partner with NPIAP in the development of our new infographic on skin assessments. This webinar will provide an in-depth exploration of the objectives and challenges associated with conducting skin assessments. Attendees will gain valuable insights into clinical best practices for ensuring precise evaluations and discover essential tools designed to support confident assessments across a diverse range of skin tones.

1. Review the goals and challenges of conducting skin assessments
2. Identify clinical best practices for skin assessments
3. Explore tools that can be used to assess diverse skin tones with confidence


Katie James, BA, RN, CWCN

Clinical Solutions Manager

Katie is a graduate of the University of Missouri, Columbia.  She attended the WICKS WOCN program in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.  Has been a nurse for 30+ years and a WOC nurse for over 18. 
She is currently employed by Medline Industries as the Southeast Regional Clinical Solutions Manager.  Katie is a published author in the JWOCN.  Proud past chair of Woundstock, the St. Louis affiliate of the WOC nurses annual conference, having educated more than 1500 community nurses in quality wound, ostomy and continence care.  She is past President of the St. Louis Regional affiliate of the WOCN society and was a speaker at the 2019 National WOCN conference in Nashville.  She was named Medline Skin Health Clinical Specialist in both 2020 and 2021.    
Katie has 3 adult children and has two grandchildren and lives in St. Louis, Missouri

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