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Establishing Standards for Trauma Nursing Education: The Central Ohio Trauma System's Approach
Kathy Haley1, Stacey Martin, Jane Kilgore
1Nationwide Children's Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (Mss Haley and Coffey); OhioHealth Grant Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio (Mss Martin and Rozzell); Genesis HealthCare System, Zanesville, Ohio (Ms Kilgore); Marietta Memorial Hospital, Marietta, Ohio (Ms Lang); The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, Ohio (Mr Eley); Mount Carmel West Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (Ms Light); OhioHealth Riverside Methodist Hospital, Columbus, Ohio (Mr Hubartt); and Central Ohio Trauma System, Columbus (Mss Kovach and Deppe).
Standardizing trauma nursing education is crucial for optimal patient outcomes. A regional guideline was developed using the Delphi method to define key educational objectives for trauma nurses.
Area of Science:
- Nursing
- Trauma Care
- Medical Education
Background:
- Trauma nursing demands specialized knowledge across the hospital continuum.
- Defining broad educational objectives for trauma nurses has been challenging.
- A lack of standardized educational preparation impacts patient outcomes.
Purpose of the Study:
- To establish a regional approach for standardizing trauma nursing education.
- To identify essential learning objectives for nurses in trauma care.
- To develop a framework for a regional trauma nursing education guideline.
Main Methods:
- Convened trauma nurse leaders and educators from regional trauma centers.
- Identified 42 initial trauma nursing educational objectives.
- Utilized the Delphi method to refine objectives into a framework.
Main Results:
- A consensus was reached on 3 core learning objectives for trauma nursing education.
- The Delphi method successfully narrowed a broad list of objectives.
- A novel regional trauma nursing education guideline model was created.
Conclusions:
- Standardized trauma nursing education is vital for improving patient outcomes.
- The developed guideline offers a model for standardizing trauma education regionally.
- This initiative can help identify gaps in existing trauma educational systems.