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TCRN® Exam Review

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Program Category: Certification Review

Areas of Practice: Administration Ambulatory Care Behavioral Health Cardiology Certifications Critical Care Emergency Gastroenterology Med-Surg Neurology Nursing Legalities Orthopedic Pediatrics Pre, Peri, Post-Op Care Progressive Care/Stepdown Pulmonary Rehab Staff Development Women's Health/Perinatal Other

Course Description

The Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) Exam is a certification exam designed for nurses who seek board certification in trauma nursing. This educational program contains topics that are found on the TCRN Exam outline and is meant to increase the learners knowledge in trauma nursing in preparation to successfully pass the TCRN Exam.

Key Learning Outcome

  • After completing the program, 80% of participants will report an increase in knowledge and confidence necessary to pass the certification exam.

Program Objectives

  • The learner will be able to describe appropriate assessment techniques used to assess a patient with various traumatic injuries.
  • The learner will be able to describe appropriate interventions for commonly encountered traumatic injuries.
  • The learner will be able to describe common traumatic injuries encountered by trauma nurses.
  • The learner will be able to list common complications that may occur after a patient sustains traumatic injuries.

Agenda

Sign-in begins at 7:30 am. Each day includes a 30-minute lunch (on your own), as well as an afternoon break of 15 minutes each. The order of lectures presented and break times may vary according to speaker preference.

Day 1, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

  • Review of the Exam
    Benefits of Board Certification | Registering for the Exam | Learning Styles | Exam Outline | Study Materials
  • Continuum of Care for Trauma
    Mechanism of Injury | Pre-Hospital Care | Trauma Resuscitation | Complications | Rehabilitation | Discharge | Psychosocial Issuse | End-of-Life Care | Injury Prevention
  • Trunk and Pelvis Trauma
    Chest | Abdominal | Pelvic and GI

Day 2, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

  • Head and Neck Trauma
    Brain | Neck | Spinal Cord | Facial
  • Extremity and Wound Trauma
    Types | Care Concepts | Discharge Teaching | Musculokeletal | Compartment Syndrome
  • Professional Practice
    Disaster Management | Caring for Caregiver | Trauma Quality Improvement | Trauma Registry | Trauma Center Designation and Verification | COBRA/EMTALA | Transfers | Handoff of Care | HIPAA | Ethics | Workplace Violence
  • Special Populations
    Obstetrical Patients | Pediatric Patients | Abuse and Neglect | Burns | Self-Inflicted Injuries | Human Trafficking | Forensics | Bariatric Patient | Older Adults