TNCC - Trauma Nursing Core Course - September

Wednesday, September 24, 2025, 7:30 AM - Thursday, September 25, 2025, 5:30 PM, Palm Place, 500 E.56th Street North, Sioux Falls, SD 57104, Sioux Falls, SD

Fees

$300 - Avera Healthcare System Affiliates

$320 - Non Affiliates

$0 - Avera McKennan Employee

*Registration is not complete nor confirmed until payment is received.

Manuals will be delivered to hospital facility via courier if available. If courier is not available, manuals will be mailed to the registrant's mailing address. Paperwork will be emailed to home address. (9th Edition Provider Manual included in Course Registration Fee)

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Requirements

Pre-Course: The on-line modules must be completed prior to attending the class.  If modules are not complete, the student will not be allowed to attend the 2 day class!! 

Post Course: Completion of "written test" (on-line and open book format).

Audience: Participants must be an RN (recommended 6 months of bedside experience) and possess a current unrestricted nursing license to receive verification.  LPNs and paramedics are eligible to audit the course. For this reason, they do not receive verification, but are awarded contact hours.

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SCHEDULE

Day 1: 7:30 am - 5:15

Registration ~ Welcome

• Initial Assessment

• Shock

• Head Trauma

• Abdominal & Pelvic Trauma

• Thoracic & Neck Trauma

• Spinal Cord & Musculoskeletal Trauma

• Surface & Burn Trauma

Day 2: 7:30 AM – 3:00 PM

• Question ~ Answer

• Pediatric Trauma

• Traumaready

• Disaster Management (Tabletop Exercise)

• TNP Testing

The TNCC Course provides nurses with core-level trauma knowledge and skills and presents a systematic, standardized approach to trauma nursing care.  This course provides cognitive, core-level trauma knowledge and psychomotor skills in an interactive format.

After taking TNCC, nurses will be able to systematically assess the trauma patient, intervene and/or assist with interventions, and provide evidence-based trauma nursing care within the context of a trauma team. 

The purpose of the course is to improve trauma patient outcomes by providing nurses with foundational trauma knowledge, skills, and a systematic Trauma Nursing Process (TNP) to guide trauma patient care.

Course Format

A variety of learning methodologies are included to cater to every learning style, including:

• Textbook: The 9^th edition manual is required for the course.

• Online learning: Online modules with links to additional information are provided prior to the course date to let you learn at your own pace, apply what you learn and receive immediate feedback, and refer back to information at any time. The modules are a complete case study process — taking you through an entire sequence of care.

• TNP Psychomotor Skills Stations (hands-on): TNCC includes hands-on training using both an individual and team approach.  Trauma nursing process psychomotor skills stations offer you the opportunity to practice trauma patient assessments and interventions in a controlled environment.

• Instructor-led classroom discussions and skill stations: TNCC is a two-day intensive course taught by expert instructors.

• Cancellations received 7 or more days prior to the first day of the course qualify for a partial refund of the registration fee; a $88.00 fee (to cover the cost of the provider manual & mailing fees) will be charged to the institution if cancellation occurs after the manual has been mailed. 

• Cancellations within 7 days of class or no shows to the class will be charged a $50 fee (in addition to the $88.00 fee for manual/mailing fees).  Substitute participants may be made with approval of the course director.

• “No shows” without prior contact with the Course Director are subject to forfeiture of their grant and may not be able to re-schedule for a class offered later in the year.

• Any substitutions for participants originally registered for this course must be pre-approved by the Course Director.

All educational materials provided during and after the course are for your personal use only and should not be reproduced or distributed in any manner.

 

ADA Statement:

ADA accommodations will be made in accordance with the law.  If you require ADA accommodations, please indicate what your needs are at the time of registration.  We cannot ensure the availability of appropriate accommodations without prior notification.

Questions: contact Erin Beck @ [email protected]

Contact Hours

The Emergency Nurses Association will award 19.5 contact hours to participants who complete the entire course. Non-RN health care providers working in the emergency care setting may attend this course; appropriate continuing education hours will be provided.

The Emergency Nurses Association is accredited as a provider of continuing nursing education by the American Nurses Credentialing Center’s Commission on Accreditation and is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #2322.

Mitigation of Relevant Financial Relationships

Avera adheres to the Joint Accreditation’s Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education.

Individuals in a position to control the content of this CE activity, including faculty, planners, reviewers, or others are required to disclose all relevant financial relationships with ineligible companies. An ineligible company is any entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients. All of the relevant financial relationships listed below have been mitigated prior to the commencement of the activity.