Trauma Certified Registered Nurse ??? Examination Review: Think in Questions, Learn by Rationales

by Kendra Menzies Kent MS, RN-BC, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, TCRN

Overview

This is a comprehensive review for the new trauma-certified registered nurse exam, featuring innovative clinical judgment--enhancing content review, 500 practice-test Q&As with rationales, test-taking skills, and in-depth coverage of the test blueprint. This review is distinguished by its unique "Think in Questions" format, which helps readers to anticipate the kinds of questions that might be asked and promotes critical thinking throughout the exam. The content review is comprised of bite-size sections for easier learning and memorization that include thousands of unfolding questions, answers, and hints.

The review's user-friendly format guides candidates through each topic with a short content review followed by a Socratic-style Q&A reasoning process to assist in arriving at the best possible clinical judgment. It also includes plentiful tables and charts to reinforce learning, a chapter on test-taking skills, specific guidance on preparing for the certification exam, and useful suggestions related to the exam format.

Key Features:

• Goes beyond mere memorization of facts with "Think in Questions" Socratic-style content review
• Provides content review, practice exam-style Q&A with rationales, test-taking skills, and test blueprint format
• Includes thousands of unfolding questions, answers, and hints
• Contains "bite-size" sections for each topic for easier learning and memorization
• Includes 500 exam-style questions with rationales

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) is the sole owner of the Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) certification program.

BCEN does not endorse any TCRN certification exam review resources or have a proprietary relationship with Springer Publishing Company.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780826131942
Publisher:	Springer Publishing Company
Publication date:	01/28/2017
Pages:	400
Product dimensions:	7.00(w) x 10.20(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Kendra Menzies Kent, MS, RN-BC, CCRN, CNRN, SCRN, TCRN, is the nursing director of the Marcus Neuroscience Institute at Boca Raton Regional Hospital in south Florida. She is a highly experienced critical care trauma nurse and an accomplished instructor, with multiple specialty certifications in critical care and extensive clinical experience in a majority of critical care specialty areas. Ms. Kent is also an educational consultant for Med-Ed Seminars in Charlotte, North Carolina, and a speaker for Health and Sciences Television Network (HSTN) and HSTN videos. Ms. Kent has edited or contributed to Decision-Making in Medical Surgical Nursing, Evaluation Process: Competency-Based Orientation, Expert 10-Minute Physical Examination Expert Rapid Response, AACN Neuroscience Orientation PowerPoint for Traumatic Brain Injury, Critical Care Essentials, and CCRN Review Q&A. She is the author of Adult CCRN Certification Review: Think in Questions, Learn by Rationale for Springer Publishing Company.

Table of Contents

Contents

Introduction

PART I: Clinical Practice: Head and Neck

1. Neurological Trauma

Questions

2. Maxillofacial Trauma

Questions

3. Neck Trauma

Questions

PART II: Clinical Practice: Trunk

4. Thoracic Trauma

Questions

5. Abdominal Trauma

Questions

6. Genitourinary Trauma

Questions

7. Obstetrical Trauma

Questions

PART III: Clinical Practice: Extremity and Wound

8. Musculoskeletal Trauma

Questions

9. Surface and Burn Trauma

Questions

PART IV: Clinical Practice: Special Considerations

10. Psychosocial Issues of Trauma

Questions

11. Shock

Questions

12. Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome/Multiple Organ Dysfunction

Questions

PART V: Continuum of Care for Trauma

13. Injury Prevention and Public Education

Questions

14. Prehospital Care

Questions

15. Patient Safety and Patient Transfers

Questions

16. Forensic Issues

Questions

17. End-of-Life Issues

Questions

PART VI: Professional Issues

18. Trauma Quality Management

Questions

19. Staff Safety and Critical Incident Stress Management

Questions

20. Disaster Management

Questions

21. Regulations and Standards

Questions

22. Ethical Issues

Questions

PART VII: Questions, Answers, and Rationales

23. TCRN® Practice Test

24. Chapter Review Answers and Rationales

25. TCRN® Practice Test Answers and Rationales

Bibliography

Index

Editorial Reviews

Reviewer: Anna L. Jarrett, PhD, ACNS, ACNP, FNP - BC(University of Arkansas)
Description: This is a great review for the Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) examination. It provides information in simple, concise terms, and covers key areas of study in clinical practice and professional issues. It ends with a TCRN practice test with answers and rationales.
Purpose: The purpose is to provide a guide for study for certification as a TCRN. The book certainly hits the mark. It is a quality product necessary for trauma nursing and an excellent resource for any trauma intensive care unit.
Audience: The audience is registered nurses. It is written at an appropriate level in a concise, clear manner for RNs working in trauma care.
Features: The book covers the material necessary to practice as an expert trauma nurse clinician. There are four exceptional and creative features in the book. First there are "hints" in every chapter. Second, important concepts are in boxed tables for easy reference. Third, pertinent questions are enumerated with the correct answers immediately following each question, which is a great way to review a large amount of material quickly. And last, there are questions at the end of each chapter, with answers at the end of the book following the practice test. I found absolutely no shortcomings or errors in this book.
Assessment: This is a high-quality book useful for any registered nurse wishing to certify as a TCRN. It is a pioneer as a reference. The Emergency Nurses' Association has a Trauma Nurse Certification Course (TNCC), but this book takes a more global approach, covering the vastness of trauma, compared to TNCC, which covers a more narrow scope of the management of patients sustaining traumatic injuries.

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