0477_EMC_Trauma Nursing: From Chaos to Calm_Live_Session 1
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)
Other Licensed Healthcare Team Members
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.
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
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
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), the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), and the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) to provide continuing education for the healthcare team.
Credit Designation Statement
Sutter Health designates this LIVE activity for a maximum of 7.25 continuing professional development contact hours for nurses and 7.25 IPCE credits for other licensed healthcare workers. Learners should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.
Attendance & Credit Claiming
Text the 6-letter attendance verification code to (916) 866-7913 to claim credit.
Enrollment Instructions
This program consists of two session which a learner may choose from, as shown below:
Session 1 – Wednesday, October 23, 2024 (Conference Room 2)
Session 2 – Thursday, October 24, 2024 (Conference Room 3)
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