Description:

This 8-hour trauma class is intended for all Registered Nurses. Lecture with interactive Q&A and case study discussions will focus on trauma assessment, hemorrhagic shock, the Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patient, management of spinal cord injuries (SCI), respiratory care of the SCI patient, solid organ injuries, nutrition and wound care in trauma patients, coagulopathy in trauma, and nursing care of the polytrauma patient. An update on Eden’s Trauma Program will also be provided. The learner will be given resources for a trauma-informed approach to care and practices— to be able to facilitate culturally and linguistically appropriate care free of implicit bias. The goal of this class will be to provide the nurses with information on trauma nursing assessment, protocols, patient management, communication skills, evidence-based practices, and psychological aspects to be utilized in practice.

Target Audience

Nurse, Registered (RN)

Nurse Practitioner (NP)

Other Licensed Healthcare Workers

Learning Objectives

After Attending this Activity, Learners Should be Able to:

Recognize the components of the initial assessment. Understand the difference between the primary survey & secondary survey.
Understand that primary survey identifies potential life-threatening injuries.
Appreciate that the secondary survey can be fluid & at times must be completed in the ICU setting. Appreciate the need to “look, listen & feel” throughout most all systems in order to identify all possible injuries.
Understand the importance of stating all injuries with needed interventions while working through the systems to ensure complete diagnostics.
Recognize that the trauma survey is not just an ER survey. It is crucial that critical care nurses be able replicate these surveys upon admission.

Course summary

Available credit:

7.25 ANCC
In support of improving patient care, Sutter Health, is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.

This course/program has been awarded 7.25 ANCC contact hour(s). Sutter Health is accredited provider of nursing continuing professional development. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
7.25 CA BRN
This activity is approved for 7.25 contact hour(s) by Sutter Health, which is an approved provider by the California Board of Registered Nursing. (Provider Number 17182). Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
7.25 IPCE
This activity was planned by and for the healthcare team, and learners will receive 7.25 Interprofessional Continuing Education (IPCE) credit for learning and change.

Course opens:

10/16/2024

Course expires:

11/23/2025

Rating:

Assembly Bills 1195 & 241- Culturally Appropriate Care which is Free of Implicit Biases:

Learners are strongly encouraged to engage in self-directed learning related to the impact of implicit biases in this clinical area via the references provided below:

Healy, M., Richard, A., & Kidia, K. (2022). How to Reduce Stigma and Bias in Clinical Communication: a Narrative Review. Journal of general internal medicine, 37(10), 2533–2540. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11606-022-07609-y
Long, A., Jennings, J., Bademosi, K., Chandran, A., Sawyer, S., Schumacher, C., Greenbaum, A., & Fields, E. L. (2022). Storytelling to improve healthcare worker understanding, beliefs, and practices related to LGBTQ + patients: A program evaluation. Evaluation and program planning, 90, 101979. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2021.101979

Eden Medical Center

20103 Lake Chabot Rd

MOB 2nd Floor, IT Training Room 2717 or Conference Room 3)

Castro Valley, CA 94546

United States

Disclosure of Financial or In-Kind Commercial Support & Conflict of Interest

No one involved in the planning or presentation of this educational activity have any relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. No financial or in-kind commercial support was received to produce or promote this educational activity.

– Provider Designee/Verification: Kerri Maya, MSL, RN

Committee Member(s)