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About Trauma Nursing Core Course
(TNCC)
(From the ENA web site)
Philosophy:
The magnitude of trauma as a national and international problem
is documented by data that identifies injury as being the primary cause
of death in persons under age 45. The optimal care of the trauma patient
is best accomplished within a framework in which all members of the trauma
team use a systematic, standardized approach to the care of the injured
patient. Emergency nurses are essential members of the trauma team. Morbidity
and mortality of trauma patients can be significantly reduced by educating
nurses to provide competent trauma care. The Emergency Nurses Association
(ENA) and its constituents have the responsibility to facilitate trauma-related,
continuing education opportunities for nurses who provide care to trauma
patients.
Purpose:
Trauma nursing as a discipline refers to the process and content
of all the different roles nurses have in the care of the trauma patient.
Knowledge is the core of any discipline. The purpose of TNCC is to present
core-level knowledge, refine skills, and build a firm foundation in trauma
nursing.
Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC):
ENA developed and implemented the TNCC for national and international
dissemination as a means of identifying a standardized body of trauma nursing
knowledge. The TNCC (Provider) is a 16 or 20-hour course designed to provide
the learner with cognitive knowledge and psychomotor skills. Nurses with
limited emergency nursing clinical experience, who work in a hospital with
limited access to trauma patients, or who need greater time at the sychomotor
skill stations are encouraged to attend courses scheduled for the 20-hour
format. The TNCC (Instructor) course is an 8-hour course designed to prepare
nurses to become TNCC (Provider) Instructors. The nurse must have successfully
completed the provider course prior to attending the Instructor course.
The Instructor course emphasizes appropriate teaching strategies as well
as correct evaluation methods.
Provider Course Participants:
The TNCC may be officially attended by registered nurses (RN's).
Other health care providers may attend the course as observers. In order
to maximize success in the TNCC (Provider), it is recommended that the
participant have at least six months of clinical nursing experience in
an emergency care setting. It is assumed that the course participant possesses
generic nursing knowledge, has an understanding of emergency care terminology,
and has familiarity with standard emergency equipment.
TNCC (Provider) Course Content:
Skill Stations
Evaluation
Successful completeion of the course includes scoring 80% or greater
on the multiple choice examination and demonstrating all critical steps
and 70% of the total points in the evaluated skill stations. The evaluated
skill stations are the Trauma Nursing Process, Airway and Ventilation Interventions,
and Spinal Immobilization.
TNCC Verification
Verification will be issued from ENA upon successful completion
of the evaluated psychomotor skill stations and the multiple choice examination.
Expiration of verification will occur four years from the first day of
the month in which the card was issued. ENA does not offer certification
on any level as related to completion of this course.
ENPC is a 16-hour course designed to provide core-level pediatric
knowledge and psychomotor skills
needed to care for pediatric patients in the emergency setting.
The course presents a systematic
assessment model, integrates the associated anatomy, physiology
and pathophysiology, and identifies
appropriate interventions. Triage categorization and prevention
strategies are included in the course
content. ENPC is taught using a variety of formats, including lectures,
videotapes and includes skill
stations that encourage participants to integrate their psychomotor
abilities into a patient situation in a
risk-free setting.
ENA's Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course provides participants the
opportunity to strengthen and
develop their pediatric emergency nursing skills while expanding
their personal growth by collaborating with
nurses from a variety of practice settings. ENPC brings together
participants from various emergency
department settings as well as nurses working in other specialties
of nursing.
Course Highlights:
ENPC Course Content:
Skill Stations:
The Course in Advanced Trauma Nursing: A Conceptual Approach is an
innovative continuing education
program which utilizes a case study approach and critical decision-making
skills. This 13-hour course
combines didactic content with interactive discussions, presented
in a flexible format.
Upon completion of the course the participant should be able to:
COURSE PARTICIPANTS:
The Course in Advanced Trauma Nursing: A Conceptual Approach may
be officially attended only by
Registered Nurses (RNs). Course participants are expected to be
familiar with core anatomy and
physiology. A participant manual is provided prior to course attendance.
It is also recommended that
course participants attend the Trauma Nursing Core Course Provider
(TNCCP) prior to CATN.
THE PREREQUISITE knowledge for each chapter describes the basic information
required to ensure a
comprehensive understanding of the advanced concepts. Additionally,
the complex case studies allow
participants to apply the learned principles in a collaborative
learning environment.
COURSE SCHEDULE:
National
ENA Contact Information:
915 Lee Street
Des Plaines, IL 60016-6569
Telephone: (800) 900-9659
Fax: (847) 460-4001
National Web site:http://www.ena.org
