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Wound management certification.


The American Academy The American Academy in Berlin is a non-partisan academic institution in Berlin. It was founded in September 1994 by a group of prominent Americans and Germans, among them Richard Holbrooke, Henry Kissinger, Richard von Weizsäcker, Fritz Stern and Otto Graf Lambsdorff and opened in  of Wound Management (AAWM AAWM American Academy of Wound Management ) is a voluntary, not-for-profit organization established for credentialing multidisciplinary practitioners in the field of wound management. AAWM is dedicated to the multidisciplinary team approach in promoting the science of prevention, care, and treatment of acute and chronic wounds. Its primary function is to establish and monitor a national certification national certification Lab medicine A voluntary form of regulation that affirms that a person has the knowledge and skill to perform essential tasks in a given field, in the lab or in nursing; NC is granted by nongovernmental agencies or associations with  process, recognize competency COMPETENCY, evidence. The legal fitness or ability of a witness to be heard on the trial of a cause. This term is also applied to written or other evidence which may be legally given on such trial, as, depositions, letters, account-books, and the like.
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, promote education and research, and elevate the standard of care across the continuum of wound management. AAWM offers four levels of certification: Diplomat, Fellow, Clinical Associate, and Research Associate.

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Title Annotation:focus on PRESSURE RELIEF & WOUND CARE
Publication:Nursing Homes
Date:Sep 1, 2005
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