ENA Connection - September 2016

A New Option for TNCC Renewal

Emergency nurses renewing their verification for the Trauma Nursing Core Course can now do so in only a day thanks to ENA’s new TNCC 1-Day Renewal.

Recognized by hospitals and trauma centers worldwide, TNCC – currently in its seventh edition – empowers nurses with the knowledge, critical thinking skills and hands-on application to provide expert care for trauma patients. Many hospitals want to provide this valuable education for their staff emergency nurses but find the two-day course hard to work into their schedules.

“The bottom line is, hospitals and nurses can’t afford to take two days out of their schedule every four years to take a two-day course,” said Susan M. Douglass, MSN, RN, CEN, who has taught the TNCC course since its start several decades ago.

She said there aren’t enough changes to the content to justify taking a two-day course every four years. She also said the one-day version helps nurses and organizations financially.

“Some of these hospitals are
very good about paying for
their nurses to attend these courses, plus paying for the
courses, plus paying for their time off,” Douglass said. “But it’s
an expense.”

SEVENTH EDITION

Give yourself the hands-on training you need to provide better patient care.

§ 2 Day Intensive Course § 24 Chapter Comprehensive Manual § Hands-on Skill Stations

§ 5 Online Modules § Special Population Chapters § 17.65 Contact Hours

The Emergency Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation.