Class name: Emergency Room Nursing

Requirements: RN or student RN

Audience: This course will provide the theoretical knowledge necessary for RN’s and student RN’s interested in working in the emergency room. This course does not provide training in the hospital setting.

Professional Skills Enhancement

Description: Presents current concepts of emergency room nursing practice related to trauma and major medical/surgical emergencies, including special populations and legal and regulatory issues.
California BRN CEU’S are provided.

Class format: Thursdays 8:00 am – 4:30 pm ~ 8 weeks – 48 Hours

Cost: $300

Course Content Outline:

1. Foundations of Emergency Room Practice

2. Legal and Regulatory Issues

3. Clinical Foundations

   1. Triage

   2. Patient assessment

   3. Palliative and transport

   4. Vascular access and fluid replacement

   5. Wound management

   6. Pain

   7. Organ and tissue donation

   8. Palliative and end of life care

   9. Forensic nursing

   10. Emergency preparedness

   11. Infection and communicable diseases

4. Trauma

   1. Mechanisms of injury

   2. Head, spinal, maxillofacial, thoracic, abdominal orthopedic, neurovascular trauma

   3. Burns

   4. Pediatric trauma

   5. Obstetric trauma

5. Medical and surgical emergencies

   1. Respiratory

   2. Cardiovascular

   3. Shock

   4. Neurologic

   5. Gastrointestinal

   6. Renal and genitourinary

   7. Fluid and electrolytes

   8. Dental, ear, nose, throat, facial, ocular

   9. Endocrine

   10. Communicable diseases

   11. Environmental

   12. Hematologic and oncologic

   13. Toxicological

   14. Gynecologic

6. Special patient populations

   1. Obstetric and pediatric

   2. Elder and child abuse and neglect

   3. Intimate partner violence

   4. Behavioral health emergencies

   5. Substance abuse

   6. Sexual assault