Reg. Price
$44.95
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$32.95
Item #
N1676
When available, the Online Course format is included with the hard copy, eBook, or audio book formats!
Expiration Date: December 31, 2018
In this nursing assessment of the trauma patient course, current evidence-based practice in the initial assessment, nursing interventions, and evaluation of the trauma patient is presented. The goal of this course is to provide the essential, systematic assessment of the trauma patient, including mechanisms of injury, common injuries seen, and nursing interventions, resuscitation, and evaluation of injured patients receiving care.
Course content includes concepts of trauma systems, triage, initial assessment of pediatric and adult trauma, shock, trauma to specific anatomic regions, and burns and cold injuries. The learner will be able to systematically identify the nursing assessment and interventions as well as identify the mechanism of action for trauma patients, identifying the system, and specific injury sustained.
This course is an extraction of, and should not be taken in conjunction with N1662 Essentials of Trauma Nursing (30 contact hours).
Orthopedic Nurses - ONCB has approved this course for 3.75 Category A contact hours and 11.25 Category B contact hours toward recertification.