Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC) – St. Barnabas

This is a 2-Day In-person Live Course:

Trauma nursing as a discipline refers to the process and content of all the different roles nurses have in the core of the trauma patient. The purpose of this two-day course is to present core-level knowledge, refine skills, and build a firm foundation in trauma nursing.

*Please be advised due to COVID-19 instructors and participants will be required to practice social distancing guidelines as outlined by NYS. This may restrict the number of registrants per class.

**You must be present on both days in order to receive full credit of completion**

Trauma Nursing Core Course (TNCC)

This is a 2-Day In-person Live Course:

Trauma nursing as a discipline refers to the process and content of all the different roles nurses have in the core of the trauma patient. The purpose of this two-day course is to present core-level knowledge, refine skills, and build a firm foundation in trauma nursing.

*Please be advised due to COVID-19 instructors and participants will be required to practice social distancing guidelines as outlined by NYS. This may restrict the number of registrants per class.

**You must be present on both days in order to receive full credit of completion**

Coping with Situational Depression during Stressful Times: Coronavirus Pandemic and More

With the COVID-19 pandemic impacting so many around the world, mandatory quarantines are taking place for those who test positive for the coronavirus. Nurses are working with a new enemy, many hours a day, with fear of getting sick themselves, infecting their patients while struggling with providing the best care possible for their patients. Compassion fatigue accompanied by physical fatigue is overwhelming and can very well lead to depression and/or other mental health concerns.

This program will give you the knowledge and skills needed to recognize depression in yourself, colleagues, loved ones and/or patients and the strategies to manage it.

Anxiety and Stress Reduction Strategies During Uncertain Times: Covid-19 and Beyond

The COVID-19 (coronavirus) outbreak has the potential to increase stress and anxiety, both because of the fear of catching the virus and because of uncertainty about how the outbreak will affect us socially and economically. There are steps you can take to manage stress and improve your wellbeing. Dealing with stress reactions caused by the COVID-19 virus outbreak can improve your health, quality of life, and wellbeing.

This program will give you the knowledge and skills needed to recognize and manage stress in yourself, colleagues, loved ones and/or patients and the strategies to manage it in the moment and/or in the long run.

Palliative Care in the Time of COVID-19

The COVID-19 pandemic presents a severe acute care crisis of unknown duration, in which potentially hundreds of thousands of people may get sick, some critically, and tens of thousands may die. In this context, the usual concerns of palliative care quality of life, discernment of patient goals, advance care planning, pain and symptom management, and support for caregivers over protracted trajectories—seem pale in comparison. Nevertheless, managing pain and symptoms, ensuring comfort in dying, and supporting families and providers are what palliative care does every day. Palliative care has never been more important than it is right now!

Death and Dying in the Age of Covid-19

The days and hours at the end of a loved one’s life are especially poignant. Saying goodbye in the age of COVID-19 gives the nurse, healthcare community at large, families and loved ones a new dynamic to deal with during times that are already incredibly stressful.

This program will explore death and dying in times of physical distancing, quarantining, and uncertainty.

Advanced Fetal Heart Monitoring (1-Day Live Online Course)

Advanced fetal heart monitoring course is designed for perinatal clinicians who previously completed the Intermediate Fetal Monitoring Course, a comparable fetal monitoring educational program and/or who hold certification or added credentials in fetal heart monitoring.

The components of this one-day instructor-led course include focuses on advanced concepts related to assessment, interpretation management and evaluation of fetal heart rate patterns. It is also includes:

  • Complex case studies and electronic fetal monitoring tracings
  • Strategies for collegial communication
  • Advanced principles of maternal-fetal physiology

Purpose is to build on previous knowledge of essential principles of fetal monitoring.