title: The effectiveness of a specialized trauma course in the knowledge base and level of job satisfaction in emergency nurses.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to evaluate the level of job satisfaction of the emergency department nurses that care for trauma patients. The hospital is a Level I trauma center and tertiary care center that provides multiple services to more than 1.2 million people in 29 counties. The Trauma Service and the Emergency Department (ED) must define and maintain the same expectations. The level of job satisfaction of the emergency department nurses will define the success of safe and effective patient care in a Level I Trauma Center.
authors.affiliation: Emergency, Trauma & Surgical Critical Care Team, Pitt County Memorial Hospital, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA.
authors.forename: Kate
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Michelle
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Swinyer
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bard
authors.forename: Vicki
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Sparrow
authors.forename: Jennifer
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Deegan
authors.forename: Karen
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Small
authors.forename: Robert
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Janssen
authors.forename: Brian
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Bailey
authors.forename: Eric
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Toschlog
authors.forename: Scott
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Sagraves
authors.forename: Claudia
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Goettler
authors.forename: Michael
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Rotondo
mesh_terms: D003479:Curriculum; D004509:Education, Nursing, Continuing / Q000379:methods; D004521:Educational Measurement / Q000379:methods; D016529:Emergency Nursing / Q000193:education*; D007722:Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice; D006801:Humans; D007588:Job Satisfaction; D009657:North Carolina; D015397:Program Evaluation; D013664:Teaching Materials; D014194:Traumatology / Q000193:education*; D014947:Wounds and Injuries / Q000451:nursing*