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The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) provides a list of recommended references to support candidates preparing for the Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) Exam. These references include key textbooks and resources with comprehensive insights into trauma nursing care.

At BoardCerts, we integrate these recommended resources and the TCRN exam blueprint into the development of our question banks. Our goal is to ensure they align with the exam's core competencies, providing high-quality, relevant, and practical preparation materials for trauma nursing professionals.

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Exam Categories: Percentage Distribution

TCRN Blueprint and Focus Areas

Area of FocusSubtopicsNumber of QuestionsPercent of Exam

Clinical Practice: Head and Neck

  • Neurologic trauma: Traumatic brain injuries, Spinal injuries
  • Maxillofacial and neck trauma: Facial fractures, Ocular trauma, Neck trauma

33

22%

Clinical Practice: Trunk

  • Thoracic trauma: Chest wall injuries, Pulmonary injuries, Cardiac injuries, Great vessel injuries
  • Abdominal trauma: Hollow organ injuries, Solid organ injuries, Diaphragmatic injuries, Retroperitoneal injuries
  • Genitourinary trauma
  • Obstetrical trauma: Imminent or emergent delivery, Complications of trauma in pregnancy

37

24.7%

Clinical Practice: Extremity and Wound

  • Musculoskeletal trauma: Vertebral injuries, Pelvic injuries, Compartment syndrome, Amputations, Extremity fractures, Soft-tissue injuries
  • Surface and burn trauma: Chemical burns, Electrical burns, Thermal burns, Inhalation injuries

25

16.7%

Clinical Practice: Special Considerations

  • Psychosocial issues related to trauma
  • Shock: Hypovolemic, Obstructive, Distributive, Cardiogenic
  • SIRS: MODS, Sepsis, ARDS (Prevention and recognition, Ventilation strategies)
  • Victims of abuse
  • Bariatric
  • Substance use
  • Victims of violence (Evidence collection and preservation, Chain of custody)
  • Self-inflicted injuries
  • Comorbidities
  • Hemostatic resuscitation (Blood administration, Coagulant therapy, Damage control)
  • Complications (DVT/VTE, VAP, CAUTI, TRALI)
  • Special needs (developmentally and intellectually disabled)
  • Pediatrics
  • Geriatrics

25

16.7%

Continuum of Care for Trauma

  • Injury prevention
  • Pre-hospital care
  • Resuscitation
  • Patient transfer (Intrafacility, Interfacility)
  • Acute care (Reassessment, Resuscitation consequences, Tertiary exam, Nutritional support)
  • Rehabilitation (OT, PT, Speech)
  • Discharge planning (Patient/Family education, Home readiness)
  • End-of-life issues (Organ/tissue donation, Advanced directives, Family presence, Palliative care, Brain death)

15

10%

Professional Issues

  • Trauma quality improvement (Performance improvement, Trauma registry, Outcomes follow-up)
  • Research
  • Documentation
  • Patient safety
  • Disaster management (Triage, Decontamination)
  • Trauma team well-being (Peer support, Work-life balance, Staff safety)
  • Regulations and standards (HIPAA, EMTALA)
  • Education and outreach
  • Ethical issues
  • Advocacy
  • Team dynamics

15

10%

TCRN Resource and Study List

The Board of Certification for Emergency Nursing (BCEN) provides a list of resources as study materials to consider when preparing for the Trauma Certified Registered Nurse (TCRN) certification exam. This list is below and can be found on the BCEN website:

  • AACN Procedure Manual for High Acuity, Progressive and Critical Care
  • AACN Core Curriculum for Progressive and Critical Care Nursing
  • ACS TQIP Best Practice Guidelines
  • Advanced Burn Life Support Course Provider Manual
  • Advanced Cardiovascular Life Support Provider Manual
  • Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses Student Manual
  • Advanced Trauma Life Support Student Course Manual
  • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
  • Critical Care Nursing: Diagnosis & Management
  • Disaster Nursing and Emergency Preparedness
  • Emergency Nursing Core Curriculum
  • Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course Provider Manual
  • Mosby’s 2024 Nursing Drug Reference
  • Mosby’s Diagnostic and Laboratory Test Reference
  • Optimal Trauma Center Organization & Management Course
  • Resources for the Optimal Care of the Injured Patient
  • Rural Trauma Team Development Course
  • Trauma Nursing Core Course Provider Manual
  • Trauma Nursing: From Resuscitation Through Rehabilitation
  • Trauma Outcomes and Performance Improvement Course (TOPIC)

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