Establishing a collaborative trauma training program with a community trauma center for military nurses.
A mission of the Navy Nurse Corps is to deploy medical support for military forces on short notice. Navy nurses must possess a working knowledge of trauma management, but meeting this clinical experience is a challenge. Peacetime military hospitals do not routinely care for severely injured patients. This article describes how the Navy established a partnership with a Level 1 Trauma Center, the role and expectations for both Navy and civilian nurses, and an evaluation of the experience.
McNamara
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Naval Hospital Bremerton, Washington 98312, USA.
Schulman
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Jepsen
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Cuffley
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D000413:Alaska; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D006801:Humans; D007373:Interinstitutional Relations; D008888:Military Nursing / Q000193:education*; D015205:Northwestern United States; D011231:Preceptorship / Q000458:organization & administration*; D015397:Program Evaluation; D014193:Trauma Centers / Q000458:organization & administration*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*