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0578_EMC_Trauma Titans: Nursing Excellence Symposium_Live_03/26/2025
Overview
Description:
This 8-hour trauma course is designed for Registered Nurses and other healthcare professionals. The curriculum includes lectures with interactive Q&A sessions and case study discussions, focusing on standardized trauma assessment, chest trauma, hemodynamics, pelvic and thoracic trauma, respiratory therapy in trauma patients, ARDS, nutrition in wound care, early mobilization, and an overview of life in the Trauma Bay. Eden's trauma program manager will provide an update on our Trauma Program. Participants will be equipped with resources to adopt a trauma-informed approach to care, ensuring culturally and linguistically appropriate practices free from implicit bias. The objective of this course is to enhance the participant’s knowledge of trauma nursing assessment, protocols, patient management, communication skills, evidence-based practices, and psychological aspects for practical application.
Target Audience
Nurse Practitioner (NP)
Nurse, Registered (RN)
Physicians (MD or DO)
Physician Assistant (PA)
Other Healthcare Professionals
Physical Therapist
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this learning event, participants should be able to:
-Apply trauma care protocols and best practices in a clinical setting
-Review the anatomy and physiology of the thoracic cage
-Understand special populations and their risks related to thoracic trauma
-Demonstrate the necessary skills and confidence to manage complex chest trauma cases using hemodynamic assessment
-Apply enhanced communication skills to ensure accurate and efficient communication of assessment findings across the care continuum
-Implement timely pain management in thoracic trauma patients and techniques to achieve effective pain control
-Define the role of specific nutrients in wound healing -Determine appropriate situations of early mobilization therapies in ICU patients
-Identify common contraindications of early mobility
Program
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:
SDoH:
Carr, B. G., Bowman, A. J., Wolff, C. S., Mullen, M. T., Holena, D. N., Branas, C. C., & Wiebe, D. J. (2017). Disparities in access to trauma care in the United States: A population-based analysis. Injury, 48(2), 332–338. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.injury.2017.01.008
Implicit Bias
Dowdell, Elizabeth B. PhD, RN, AFN-C, FAAN; Speck, Patricia M. DNSc, CRNP, FNP-BC, AFN-C, DF-IAFN, DF-AFN, FAAFS, FAAN. CE: Trauma-Informed Care in Nursing Practice. AJN, American Journal of Nursing 122(4):p 30-38, April 2022. | DOI: 10.1097/01.NAJ.0000827328.25341.1f
Venue
Faculty
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, PhD(c), MSL, RN, NPD-BC
Accreditation
Accreditation
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.
Credit Designation Statement
Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 7.00 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ for physicians, 7.00 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses and 7.00 continuing competency hours for physical therapists. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Note to Other Disciplines: AMA PRA Category 1 Credits HOURS™ Continuing Medical Education is acceptable for meeting the continuing education requirements for Pharmacists, Physician Assistants, Psychologists, Registered Nurses, and Respiratory Care Practitioners. For other disciplines, please check with the regulatory board for your discipline to confirm what type of credits meet the continuing education requirements. Continuing education hours for nurses accredited by ANCC, via Joint Accreditation.
Attendance & Credit Claiming
A 6-character code will be given to learners at the selected session date and will be used to mark attendance.
Register/Take course
Enrollment Instructions
This program consists of multiple series which a learner may choose from, each with session dates as shown below:
In order to advance in this course, you will need to select the overall course and specific class date that you wish to be shown on your transcript. This step is accomplished by placing a checkmark in the box next to the course (shown in black) and the correct tract (shown in teal) before clicking on "Enroll" as shown in the picture below.
Please note: You will at this point be locked out of selecting alternate class dates. As such the "Take Course" button will be blacked out and does not apply on this page.
Next, click on the teal hyperlink for the tract you are enrolled in to begin the course.
