Pediatric Emergency Medicine Skills Course for Registered Nurses - March 19, 2026

March 19, 2026

This is an intensive one day course designed for Delaware EMSC Emergency Department Registered Nurses who would like more experience in managing pediatric emergency scenarios.  We will provide hands on training in critical pediatric assessment and procedure skills.  This will include pediatric specific triage techniques, airway management, vascular access, immobilization, and resuscitation procedures.  Using high fidelity simulation, this course will also focus on the crisis resource management skills needed to successfully manage a critically ill pediatric patient.

Target Audience

Registered Nurses

 

Learning Objectives

  • Discuss the initial and ongoing assessment of a pediatric patient including system specific interventions
  • Discuss priorities of care in pediatrics
  • Identify potential indicators of child abuse and neglect
  • Describe the management of neonatal emergencies
  • List unique features of the pediatric airway
  • Describe techniques to obtain vascular access in neonatal and pediatric patients
  • Identify indicators of illness and injury in the pediatric patient
  • List appropriate medications used in pediatric resuscitation
  • Discuss the newest recommendations for advanced life support in pediatric patients
  • Manage complex children in the Emergency Department
  • Develop an approach to common and unusual pediatric illnesses encountered in the Emergency Department
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  • Contact information:  If you have any questions about this course, please contact Nemours Children’s Institute for Clinical Excellence (NICE) at (302)651-6719 or [email protected]
Course summary
Available credit: 
  • 7.00 ANCC Nursing Contact Hour

    In support of improving patient care, Nemours Children’s Health 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.

    Nemours Children’s Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.00 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.00 Continuing Education
    This activity is designated for 7.00 continuing education credits.
Course opens: 
02/03/2026
Course expires: 
12/30/2026
Event starts: 
03/19/2026 - 7:45am EDT
Event ends: 
03/19/2026 - 4:00pm EDT
Cost:
$0.00

  7:45 a.m.         Registration and Continental Breakfast

8:00 a.m.       Welcome and Course Overview

8:10 a.m.        Triaging Pediatric Patients

8:50 a.m.       Introduction to Skills

9:00 a.m.       Pediatric Skills Stations

10:30 a.m.     BREAK

10:45 a.m.     Pediatric Skills Stations

12:15 p.m.      LUNCH

12:45 p.m.     Overview of Simulation Sessions

1:00 p.m.       Pediatric Simulation Sessions

2:00 p.m.      BREAK

2:15 p.m.        Pediatric Simulation Sessions

3:45 p.m.       Wrap-up and Questions

4:00 p.m.      Adjourn

PDF icon Pediatric Emergency Medicine Skills Course for Registered Nurses 03-19-2026.pdf 

Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware
1600 Rockland Rd
Wilmington, DE
United States

This course will be held in the 3rd floor lecture hall, classrooms, and simulation center of Nemours Children’s Hospital

 

Course Director(s)

Maria Carmen Diaz, MD, FAAP, FACEP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.
Speaker(s)

Alan Clemson

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kimberly Dawson, MSN, RN, CPEN, TCRN, CHSE, EMT

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kiley Ellis, BSN, RN, CPEN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Tabitha Guthrie, NREMT-B

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Francis Hildwine, BS, NRP

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kelly Lindeblad, MSN, RNC-NIC

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kate Mann, BSN, RN, CPN, CCRN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Elaine Marchese, BSN, RN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Alexa Moran

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Kaley Spencer, BSN, RN, CPEN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Solomiya Veturys, BSN, RN, CPEN

has no relevant financial relationships to disclose at this time.

Accreditation:  In support of improving patient care, Nemours Children’s Health 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.

Nemours Children’s Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.0 contact hours for nurses.  Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

Disclosure: No one in control of content for this educational activity has relevant financial relationship(s) to disclose with **ineligible companies whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.

 *As an accredited provider, Nemours must ensure balance, independence, objectivity, and scientific rigor in its educational activities.  In accordance with the Standards for Integrity and Independence in Accredited Continuing Education, all planners, teachers, and authors involved in the development of CME content are required to disclose their relevant financial relationships that might be germane to the content of the activity.  An individual has a relevant financial relationship if he or she has a financial relationship in any amount occurring in the last 24 months with an ineligible company** whose products or services are discussed in the CME activity content over which the individual has control.  Nemours has policies/processes in place to mitigate relevant financial relationships.  All relevant relationships have been mitigated. 

**An ineligible company is defined as an entity whose primary business is producing, marketing, selling, re-selling, or distributing healthcare products used by or on patients.  For specific examples of ineligible companies visit accme.org/standards.

Available Credit

  • 7.00 ANCC Nursing Contact Hour

    In support of improving patient care, Nemours Children’s Health 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.

    Nemours Children’s Health designates this live activity for a maximum of 7.00 contact hours for nurses. Nurses should only claim credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity.

  • 7.00 Continuing Education
    This activity is designated for 7.00 continuing education credits.

Price

Cost:
$0.00
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