Accurate assessment of a child with an acute illness or injury requires special knowledge and skills. ENA’s Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course is designed to provide the core-level pediatric knowledge and psychomotor skills needed to care for pediatric patients in the emergency setting.
Emergency nursing care of a child with an acute illness or injury requires special knowledge and skills.
The course presents a systematic assessment model, integrates the associated anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology, and identifies appropriate interventions. ENPC is the only pediatric emergency nursing course written by pediatric nurse experts.
ENA’s Emergency Nursing Pediatrics Course includes:
- A two-day intensive course with expert instructors. ENPC is a two-day intensive course taught by expert instructors. There is a faculty ratio of approximately one faculty per four learners.
- Hands-on training using both an individual and team approach. Teaching scenarios offer you the opportunity to practice the systematic approach of the initial assessment in real-life situations.
- Online learning:Online modules allow you to learn at your own pace and refer to information at any time.
- Evidence-based content developed by pediatric emergency experts. A comprehensive Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course Provider Manual, includes special emphasis on age and developmental stages.
Introducing the Fifth Edition of ENPC
ENA is launching a completely revamped version of ENPC that will be available for student sign-up in November 2018. This new version, in its fifth revision, provides an innovative educational experience for emergency nurses. Learn about all the ways that ENPC, Fifth Edition can deliver learning designed to enhance an emergency nurse's ability to care for their pediatric patients:
- Multi-platform learning with a provider manual, interactive pre-course online modules, and instructor-led classroom activities
- Access to provider manual
- Case-scenario based online modules, some with avatar driven simulation experiences
- Patient experience videos allow you to hear from pediatric patients and their caregivers
- Electronic testing that saves classroom time and allows learners to test wherever they choose, using the provider manual as a reference
- Hands-on skill stations for trauma, respiratory emergencies, and procedures and sedation
- Games and other interactive exercises to explore prioritization and various pediatric emergency patient presentations
15.58 contact hours
An ENA ENPC four-year provider verification card will be issued to those registered nurses who achieve 80% or higher on the multiple-choice exam and 70% or higher on the skill station evaluation.
Course Manual Content
ENPC, Fifth Edition provides fundamental pediatric emergency nursing content with expanded information including dermatologic and environmental emergencies, human trafficking, food allergies, and more.
- Triage and Prioritization
- Respiratory and Cardiac Emergencies
- Communicable and Infectious Diseases
- Submersion, Heat and Cold Emergencies
- Toxicology, Procedures and Sedation
- Stabilization and Transport
- Medication Administration, Vascular Access
- Pain, Procedures and Sedation