Trauma Certified Registered Nurse — Requirements & Free Practice

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Initial by examination

Eligibility: Current, unencumbered RN license or accepted international equivalent; BCEN examination application and successful TCRN examination.

Provider: PSI
Exam questions: Total questions: 175; Scored questions: 150; Unscored questions: 25; The total includes the scored and unscored questions.
Time limit: 180 minutes
Passing score: 96 of 150 scored items

Examination outline

Clinical Practice: Head and Neck (20.67%)
- Neurologic trauma
- Maxillofacial and neck trauma
Clinical Practice: Trunk and Pelvis (25.33%)
- Thoracic trauma
- Abdominal trauma
- Pelvic and Genitourinary trauma
Clinical Practice: Musculoskeletal and Wound (8.67%)
- Vertebral injuries
- Extremity injuries
Special Populations (14.67%)
- Geriatric
- Pediatric
- Pregnant patients
- Burn patients
- Bariatric
- Victims of violence
- Comorbidities and pre-existing conditions
- Substance use disorder
Continuum of Care for Trauma (24%)
- Resuscitation
- Shock
- Acute care
- Complications and hospital events
- Psychosocial issues related to trauma
- Rehabilitation and multi-disciplinary care
- End-of-life
- Injury prevention
- Pre-hospital care
- Patient transfer
- Discharge planning
Professional Practice (6.67%)
- Disaster management
- Trauma quality improvement
- Patient safety
- Regulations and standards

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