Alabama ENA ENPC / TNCC Course Schedule 2010

• Geriatric Emergency Nursing Education The Geriatric Emergency Nursing Education (GENE) course provides emergency nurses with best practices to deliver optimal care and respond to the special needs of older adults. Key clinical information and issues central to caring for the highly specialized needs of older adults are presented.
  The course using eleven different modules to provide information on the following topics: (Course Outline)
  • Attitudes and ageism
  • Physical & psychological changes
  • Atypical presentation of illness
  • Triage
  • Pain management
  • Polypharmacy
  • Abuse and neglect
  • Palliative care
  • Discharge planning
  The course is $149 for members and $249 for non-members. The Emergency Nurses Association (ENA) is pleased to offer to members this course through its online education portal. Emergency nurses can use the online education portal via the Web site to access continuing education opportunities.
• 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 psychomotor 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.
• Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course ENPC ENPC is the first course of its kind offered on an international level, and is the only pediatric emergency nursing course written by pediatric nurse experts. It is also the only course that carries the endorsement of a major nursing specialty organization with the purpose of providing a consistent and standardized knowledge base and approach among nurses caring for the pediatric patient. 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 in Advanced Trauma Nursing CATN II- By taking this course, trauma nurses can strengthen their critical decision-making skills to optimally impact the outcome of critically injured patients. CATN will benefit nurses caring for patients throughout the trauma continuum. The course was developed to reinforce the interlocking psychophysiologic concepts central to trauma nursing. CATN is a continuing education course rather than a mandatory verification course. 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
• Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum - The 5th edition of this respected resource outlines the essential, core knowledge base for emergency nursing in a systematic, concise, and efficient manner. For each body system, you'll find guidance on general assessment, a specific description of each disease entity and thorough guidelines for clinical and diagnostic evaluation, definitive care, and disposition.

  The New Edition of the EMERGENCY NURSING CORE CURRICULUM, 5th Edition has been thoroughly revised and updated to reflect advances in the field.

  • New coverage of infectious diseases and nuclear, chemical, and biological terrorism.
  • New chapters on Multisystem Trauma, Injury Prevention and Pain Management.
  • New and expanded appendices including nursing diagnosis lists, patient outcome statements, drug calculations, rapid sequence intubations, and advanced nursing practice.
• CEN Review Course (2009 Brochure)- After attending this review course the student will be able to:
  • Increase their knowledge related to the care of patients in the ED.
  • Validate their knowledge as an ED healthcare provider.
  • Prepare for the CEN Certification Exam.
  • Advance career.