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Accreditation Update

TO:	All Accredited Trauma Centers All Institutions seeking Trauma Center Accreditation
FROM:	Juliet Geiger Executive Director
DATE:	December 28, 2009
PURPOSE:	Clarification of Trauma Nurse Course Delivery
SCOPE:	All Trauma Centers All Institutions Seeking Trauma Center Accreditation

Recently there have been several questions related to the implementation methods for the Pennsylvania Trauma Nurse Course (TNC). This memorandum serves as a clarification of potential methods of delivery of the TNC that have been approved by PTSF to date.

The Standards for Trauma Center Accreditation Appendix B outlines the minimum criteria for the information to be contained in the TNC. All TNC’s in Pennsylvania must adhere to this core curriculum. Please remember the following:

The Foundation is not the CE approval authority for the institution specific TNC.
Use of electronic means of course delivery is acceptable.
Each trauma center/institution must consider their specific patient population, registered nurse audience, protocols and guidelines, teaching methodologies, time frame, and evaluation process when developing their own basic trauma course.

The following methods of course delivery are currently acceptable:

Taking the TNC at an outside institution as long as there is an institution specific module. The module must be comprehensive and cover institution specific differences between the outside institution course and the institution’s own course. Several examples of institution specific content that should be included are:
- Trauma Performance Improvement process
- Clinical Management Guidelines
- Trauma Program Staff
- Trauma Alert Activation Criteria
- Nursing and Physician education submission process
Using nationally accepted courses, such as the ENA’s Trauma Nurse Core Course (TNCC), for the clinical aspects of the TNC requirement and augmenting that with an institution specific module(s) that covers curriculum that is not found in TNCC, but are required by the TNC core curricula.
An institution specific TNC course that includes all of the TNC curricula as outlined in the Standards for Trauma Center Accreditation Appendix B and delivered in a classroom setting or as an on-line independent study module. It is recommended however that some classroom instruction occurs and that the entire course not be self-study.

As always the Foundation staff is available at any time to answer questions and provide guidance about methods of TNC delivery.

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