Emergency Nursing

Pediatric Course (ENPC)

Nurses caring for a patient in a hospital.

Accurate assessment of a child with acute illness or injury requires special knowledge and skills. This course, taught by qualified emergency nurses, is designed to provide the core-level pediatric knowledge and psychomotor skills needed to properly assess and implement evidence-based interventions to improve outcomes for this high-risk patient population.

Here’s a glimpse into what you’ll learn:

  • The latest pediatric emergency nursing practice recommendations

  • Systematic assessment and application of care

  • Education that can applied to every pediatric patient you treat

  • The newly released ENPC Provider Manual, 5th Edition includes added content on dermatologic and environmental emergencies, human trafficking, food allergies, and more

Course Format

A variety of learning methodologies are included to cater to every learning style, including:

  • Textbook

  • Online modules

  • Live simulation

  • Patient experience videos

  • Interactive lecture

  • Electronic testing

Textbook: The newly released ENPC Provider Manual, 5th Edition provides fundamental pediatric emergency nursing content with expanded information including dermatologic and environmental emergencies, human trafficking, food allergies, and more. A valuable resource for future reference!

Online modules: Online modules with links to additional information are provided prior to the course date to let you learn at your own pace, apply what you learn and receive immediate feedback, and refer back to information at any time. The modules are a complete case study process, taking you through an entire sequence of care.

Patient experience videos: Learn from pediatric patients and their caregivers about real-life scenarios

Instructor-led classroom discussions and skills stations: ENPC is one and a half days of interactive, classroom learning via Zoom that includes hands-on skill stations, games, and other interactive exercises

Electronic testing: NEW! Electronic, open-book testing allows you to test in an environment where you are most comfortable. No more test anxiety!

Why is ENA's ENPC the right course for you?

  • Evidence-based content developed by pediatric nursing experts

  • Curriculum designed specifically for nurses

  • The education you learn can be applied to every pediatric patient you treat

  • Course education is updated regularly as trauma care evolves

  • 4-year, internationally recognized verification as an ENPC provider is earned upon successful completion

  • Increased confidence in emergency pediatric patient care

  • ENPC courses available year-round at locations conveniently located near you

  • Earn 18.25 contact hours of CNE

Prerequisites

  • Participants must be an RN and possess a current unrestricted nursing license to receive verification

  • LPNs and paramedics are eligible to attend all portions of the course except for the written and psychomotor evaluations. For this reason, they do not receive verification, but are awarded contact hours

Course Materials (included)

Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course (ENPC) Provider Manual, 5th Edition (current edition) is required for the course and is available through your course director.