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Your organization might find itself hiring more new, inexperienced nurses for your emergency department due to the national nursing shortage. While these new hires arrive with a nursing degree, you need to be sure that each has a baseline set of knowledge to effectively treat patients in your ED.
Our RSQ® Solutions – Nursing Clinical Excellence Program was designed to help level-set the knowledge base of your clinical workforce. Our team of experienced ED nurses and educators compiled the blueprint below as a foundation for what an effective continuing education program might look like for your ED staff in their first three years of employment.
The recommended, case-based education includes 14 courses in each of the first two years, followed by 8 courses in year three. If your novice nurses are orienting to a pediatric-only or adult-only environment or an ED that doesn’t see obstetrics patients, you could consider trying to condense the coursework into two years.
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Education Categories |
Year 1 |
Year 2 |
Year 3 |
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Behavioral Emergencies |
Behavioral Health-Related Presentations: Part 1 |
Behavioral Health- Related Presentations: Part 2 |
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Cardiovascular |
Cardiovascular Arrythmia Interpretation
The Many Aspects of SHOCK |
Cardiovascular Emergencies |
Acute Decompensated Heart Failure and Hemodynamic Monitoring |
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Hematology & Chemistry |
Alteration in Fluid and Electrolytes |
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Hematologic Emergencies and Blood Administration |
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Maternal-Newborn Care |
Care of the Obstetrical Patient in the ED |
Care of the Laboring Patient in the ED |
Care of the Newborn in the ED |
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Neurology |
Stroke Care: Nursing Care in the ED Neurological Assessment for the ED Nurse |
Neurological Emergencies: Part 1 |
Neurological Emergencies: Part 2 |
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Patient Safety |
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Active Shooter Event in a Healthcare Environment |
National Patient Safety Goals |
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Pediatrics |
Pediatric Initial Approach and Assessment |
Pediatric Common Procedures: Part 1
Child Abuse: Part 1 & Part 2 |
Pediatric Common Procedures: Part 2
Child Abuse: Part 3 & Part 4 |
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Respiratory |
Respiratory Management Part 1 |
Respiratory Management Part 2 |
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Toxicology |
Alternatives to Opioids |
Toxicology-Related Presentations to the ED |
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Other |
Gastrointestinal Presentations in the ED
Genitourinary Presentations in the ED
Pain Management: Challenges in the ED Setting
Sepsis: Fast, Furious, Fatal |
Bites – Stings – Envenomations
ENT, Dental and Ocular Emergencies
Care of the Geriatric Patient in the ED
Orthopedic Presentations |
Endocrine Emergencies
Environmental Emergencies
Wound Management for the ED Nurse |
While this framework offers a blueprint for how you might structure and implement your education program, every organization is unique; you might prioritize certain areas over others. If you have questions about how you might modify this to work for your organization, reach out to our Client Success Team, who will be happy to optimize a plan for you.