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ForwardSurgical Care Unit Skills Fair 1.29.2026
Course Description
Increase knowledge and skill to provide safe and quality care on Surgical Care Unit as it relates to emergency evacuation, care of child post-anesthesia, trach care, discharge teaching, pain management, pressure injury prevention, safe patient transfers using Hoyer lift, and burn care.
Target Audience
Nurses
Learning Objectives
Upon completion of this activity, the SCU nurse will be able to:
- Demonstrate patient evacuation procedures during an emergency
- Verbalize criteria for post-anesthesia pediatric patient transfer to acute care.
- Demonstrate trach care and intranasal suctioning.
- Verbalize PRN pain medication regulatory requirements.
- Identify pressure injury preventions strategies when caring for the patient with Orthopedic devices
- Demonstrate safe patient transfer using the Hoyer lift.
- Demonstrate how to wrap burn dressing for hands, faces and shoulders
Additional Information
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 2026 SCU Skills Fair Agenda_CE.pdf | 495.94 KB |
Eliana Maldonado, MSN. RN
Nicole Rainey, BSN, RN, CPN
Joanny Sanchez
Joint Accreditation Statement
In support of improving patient care, this activity has been planned and implemented by Children’s National Hospital. Children’s National Hospital is jointly accredited by the Accreditation Council for Continuing Medical Education (ACCME), the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE), and the American Nurses Credentialing Center (ANCC), to provide continuing education for the healthcare team. Children’s National Hospital Accreditation Provider# 4008362
Nurses: Children’s National Hospital designates this activity for a maximum of 3.5 LIVE ANCC contact hours.
Available Credit
- 3.50 ANCCChildren’s National Hospital will provide 3.50 Nursing Contact Hours for this Live activity.
- 3.50 ParticipationSuccessful completion of this continuing education activity.
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