ENPC®, developed by the Emergency Nursing Association (ENA), is recognized nationally and internationally as the course which provides in-depth pediatric knowledge of emergency patients ages newborn through adolescence. ENPC® integrates didactic lectures with critical skills related to the nurse's assessment and care of the pediatric patient who is experiencing medical, toxicological, or multisystem trauma emergencies. Included in the course curriculum are trauma epidemiology, anatomic and physiologic differences, initial assessment, triage, respiratory distress/failure, cardiovascular emergencies, trauma, burns, medical emergencies, toxicological emergencies, neonatal care, child maltreatment, crisis intervention and transport considerations.
The Instructor Course is designed to prepare Providers with Instructor Potential to become instructors. The ENPC-I course emphasizes appropriate teaching strategies as well as correct evaluation methods. Students must reverify at the course by successfully completing a written exam and the Management of the Ill & Injured Child and Triage Priorities skill stations to continue with the course. Instructor Potential students scoring a minimum of 90% on the written exam and 85% on the skill stations, and who take an Instrutor course within 90 days of the Provider course, do not have to retest.
Registrants must include a copy of their current ENPC® Provider card, Instructor Potential letter, resume/CV and statement from course director/state faculty promising to mentor registrant through student teaching process. Registration must be received at least 60 days prior to course date to allow time for State Council approval. ENPC® instructor candidates must complete their student teaching requirements within one year of taking the instructor course and must teach once a year thereafter to remain current.
If you have questions about this course, contact course director Janelle Glasgow at 614-255-4396 or jglasgow@goodhealthcolumbus.org. This course is co-sponsored with the Ohio State Council of the Emergency Nurses Association.