Children’s Medical Center, in partnership with Dallas County ENA, is offering a 2 day course for nurses preparing to take the CPEN™ Certification Exam.  The course offers an intensive  review of material relevant to the CPEN™ Exam and is also valuable to any nurse wanting to increase his/her own assessment skills and knowledge of pediatric emergency medicine. 

All faculty for this education event are experts in the field of pediatric emergency nursing and pediatric emergency medicine.  Additionally, they bring first hand knowledge of what is required to pass a national certification exam.  Each lecture has been prepared with the objective of guiding participants through content relevant to successfully pursing pediatric emergency nursing certification, while providing information that enhances a nurse’s ability to recognize and care for the pediatric patient in need of emergent medical attention.

Faculty for this course:

Christine Russe RN, MSN, CEN, CPEN

Clinical Education Specialist ED, Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital Plano

Experience: Nursing 30 yrs; ED 28 yrs

Instructor: PALS, TNCC       

Ginger Young RN, MSN, CPEN

Clinical Nurse Specialist, Emergency Department, Children’s Medical Center

Experience: Nursing 32 yrs; Pediatric ED 12 yrs

Instructor: ENPC      

Julie Campbell RN, BSN, CPEN

Clinical RN, Emergency Department, Children’s Medical Center

Experience: Pediatric/Neonatal Nursing 14 yrs

Instructor: ENPC     

Justin Milici RN, MSN, CEN, CPEN, CFRN, TNS

Clinical RN, Emergency Department, Parkland Health and Hospital System

Experience: Nursing - 25 yrs; ED - 23 yrs

Faculty/Instructor: TNCC, ENPC     

Kimberly Davies RN FNP-C; CPNP-AC

Nurse Practitioner, Emergency Department Manager of Advanced Practice Service, Children’s Medical Center    

Experience: Emergency/Trauma - 30 yrs  Pediatric Acute Care - 7yrs

Leslie Lewis RN, BSN, BS, C-NPT, CCRN, CPEN, EMT-LP, FP-C, CCP-C

Clinical RN, Pediatric/Neonatal Transport Team, Children’s Medical Center

Experience: PICU/CVICU/Transport Nursing 18 yrs

Instructor: PALS, NRP, STABLE, ACLS, ATCN

Mary Baker RN, BSN, CCRN, CPEN, LP

Clinical Educator, Emergency Department, Children’s Medical Center

Experience: PICU/Transport/ED Nursing 32 yrs

Instructor: PALS, ENPC     

Meagan Rogers RN-BC, MSN, CPEN

Clinical Educator, Children’s Medical Center

Experience: Pediatric Emergency Nursing - 6 yrs

Instructor: ENPC     

Michelle Smith RN, CCRN, CPEN, CNPT, NREMT-P

Clinical RN, Pediatric/Neonatal Transport Team, Children’s Medical Center

Experience: Pediatric/Neonatal 18 yrs

Instructor: PALS, ENPC, STABLE     

W. David Campbell RN, BSN, CEN, CPEN, CTRN

Manager Department of Education, Methodist Richardson Medical Center

Experience: Pediatric/Neonatal Emergency & Transport Nursing 9 yrs; Education 3 yrs   

Instructor: ENPC, TNCC

Course Lectures

Day 1

Assessment of the Pediatric Patient

Triaging the Pediatric Patient

Respiratory Emergencies

Neonatal Emergencies

Cardiovascular Emergencies

Resuscitation and Transport of the Pediatric Patient

Shock

Neurological Emergencies

Day 2

Trauma – Mechanism of Injury

Orthopedic Emergencies

Psychosocial and Behavioral Emergencies

Medical Emergencies

Environmental Emergencies

Toxicology and Poisonings

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