We continued Performance Improvement Month at Trauma System News on June 4 with a Trauma Learning Break featuring two experts on trauma quality and PI. In the first half of this session, Angie Chisolm of Optimal Healthcare Advisors presented “PDSA Workshop for Trauma PI Professionals”. During this 30-minute workshop, Angie: Reviews the basics of the…
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June 2026 is Performance Improvement Month at Trauma System News, and we kicked it off on June 2 with a Trauma Learning Break featuring two experts on trauma quality and PI. In the first half of this session, Wendy Erickson of KJ Trauma Consulting presented “Optimizing Trauma Registry Data for Trauma PI”. During this 30-minute…
June is “Performance Improvement Month” at Trauma System News, and we are kicking it off with two new webinars for everyone involved in trauma PI. Each 1-hour “Trauma Learning Break” webinar combines a 30-minute workshop on a key issue in trauma performance improvement with a 30-minute Q&A session featuring a recognized expert in trauma PI…
Registration is now open for the 2026 Metrolina Trauma Symposium, which will take place May 14-15, 2026, at the Harris Conference Center in Charlotte, North Carolina. This conference is designed for every member of the trauma healthcare team — prehospital EMTs and paramedics, flight teams, critical care transport teams, nurses, respiratory therapists, NPs and PAs,…
March 19 is Certified Nurses Day, and the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) is celebrating it as a day to honor the specialty certified nurses who provide care across the emergency spectrum. “Certified Nurses Day celebrates nurses who invest in themselves to deliver the highest level of patient care,” said Janie Schumaker, MBA,…
This month marks the tenth anniversary of the Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) certification program of the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN). In honor of this milestone, the BCEN is offering a 10% discount on initial TCRN certification and renewals throughout the month of February 2026 and on TCRN renewals through April 2026. “A…
Compartment syndrome is a potentially devastating complication that affects a significant percentage of orthopedic trauma patients. The challenge is that traditional assessment strategies for this condition are unreliable, and clinical uncertainty often results in over-treatment. In fact, TQIP data show that the fasciotomy rate for at-risk patients is four times higher than the documented incidence…
The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) recently announced its 2026-2027 board of directors. The new board comprises national experts in adult and pediatric emergency, flight, critical care ground transport, trauma and burn nursing — including two new members with extensive backgrounds in trauma quality and trauma program leadership: Rebecca Geyer, MSN, RN, TCRN,…
Do you know a certified trauma or burn nurse who deserves to be recognized for excellence in specialty nursing practice and support for specialty nursing certification? Nominations are now open for the Distinguished TCRN Award and the Distinguished CBRN Award from the Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN). These awards are presented annually to…
Have you ever tried to talk to your hospital’s revenue cycle team about improving the billing process for injured patients? If so, you have probably heard some version of this response: “There’s no point in changing the way we bill for trauma, because we will not get paid for it anyway.” This view of trauma…