Impact of a TeamSTEPPS Trauma Nurse Academy at a Level 1 Trauma Center

Although trauma resuscitations are stressful, high risk, dynamic, and a prime environment for error, new methods of teamwork training and collaboration among trauma team members have become essential.Contribution to Emergency Nursing Practice
- Growing evidence links trauma teamwork training to superior team performance, patient outcomes, and quality of care.
- Education and training for emergency nurses, as essential members of the trauma team, should ensure clinical and teamwork competence.
- Well-designed education incorporating TeamSTEPPS® and multidisciplinary simulation-based training may improve emergency nurse knowledge, confidence, and team member performance in high-risk resuscitation settings.