TNCC or ENPC Instructor Course

Trauma Nursing Core Course - Instructor

or 

Emergency Nursing Pediatric Course - Instructor 

The instructor course is held via Zoom

The information on this page applies to either the TNCC Instructor Course or the ENPC Instructor Course.

Not ready to be an instructor? Looking for a provider course? Click here.

100% virtual - Via Zoom

Becoming an instructor is rewarding and includes learning how to teach TNCC or ENPC provider courses, different teaching strategies, understanding how people learn, and being familiar with various types of teaching media. Once you complete the ENPC or TNCC instructor program, you can teach in-person, remote, or hybrid at TNCC or ENPC provider courses under an ENA Course Director. 

 

Please note: taking the instructor course allows you to teach at a provider course; i.e., if you're taking the TNCC Instructor course, you can only teach at a TNCC provider course; similarly, if you're taking an ENPC Instructor course, you can only teach at the ENPC provider course; if you take both ENPC and TNCC Instructor then you can teach at both courses.

This course will prepare you to become a TNCC (or) ENPC instructor. The agenda below provides an overview of the content covered in the instructor course.

Agenda:

Before your instructor course, you will: 

• Have completed the latest edition of the provider course (TNCC 9th Edition or ENPC 6th Edition)
• Have been recommended by the course director at your provider course as having instructor potential
• Complete all the ENA's instructor course modules via ENA's website; these modules will cover content related to types of learners, how to teach, flipped classroom method, exams & tests (if needed), and more (provided after registering for the Instructor Course)
• Complete any exams or testing (see "About Testing" below)

At your instructor course, via Zoom: (times have been omitted)

• Competency Validation (pretesting of psychomotor skill station evaluation and validation of electronic examination scores) of Provider Status

• Welcome, Presentation of Disclosures, and Introduction

• *Exercise: Large Group Discussion and Review of Interactive Learning Strategies

• *Exercise: Teaching a Psychomotor Skill Station

• *Exercise: Evaluating a Psychomotor Skill Station

• Next steps in the Instructor Path/Review of the monitoring process

• Course Evaluations

*You will select the topic(s) you want to present to the group. The group will constructively critique your efforts at the end of each topic. After registration, the topics and course material list will be available in your account (via our website).

After your instructor course, you will:

• Undergo monitoring with an ENA Course Director at a provider course. The course director will evaluate your teaching at three different points in a provider course (course discussions, course skills station, and testing).
• If successful, your course director will update ENA's system that you have completed the final step in the instructor course. (Congrats!)

This course is for Registered Nurses only. See below for "Criteria to Attend"

Do not register for the instructor course until you have met all the following:

• An active and unencumbered RN license is required to become a TNCC (or) ENPC Instructor.
• You must have been recommended by an ENA course director at your provider course as an "Instructor Potential"; this recommendation is made in ENA's course management system.

If you wish to attend a TNCC Instructor Course, you must have:

• A current TNCC 9th edition provider card 
• Scored 90% or higher on BOTH the written exam and the practical exam (TNP) 
• The current TNCC 9th Edition Textbook 

If you wish to attend an ENPC Instructor Course, you must have:

• A current ENPC 6th edition provider card 
• Scored 90% or higher on BOTH the written exam and the practical exam (PNP) 
• The current ENPC 6th Edition Textbook 

Options if you do not meet the above:

• If you have completed (Passed) an ENPC 5th Edition course (prior edition of the course), you must either take or challenge a 6th Edition course OR audit the 6th Edition before taking the ENPC Instructor course AND retest the written exam and practical exam and score 90% or greater on both. (see "About Testing" below)
• If you have completed (Passed) a TNCC 8th Edition course (prior edition of the course), you must either take or challenge a 9th Edition TNCC course OR audit the 9th Edition before taking the TNCC Instructor course AND retest the written exam and practical exam and score 90% or greater on both. (see "About Testing" below)
• If you did not score 90% or greater in your provider course but scored 80-89% AND you have taken the latest edition of the provider course, you may still enroll in the instructor program; however, you will have two attempts to score 90% on both tests. There are no refunds, transfers, or credits for failing any exams. (See below regarding "About Testing" for more information).
• If you were not recommended as an "Instructor Potential" by the course director at your provider course:
  • Contact the course director from your provider course and ask them to add the "Instructor Potential" flag from your provider course on your ENA University account. (Reminding them of the date you took your course is useful so they can locate your records on the ENA course portal.)
  • We can add the "Instructor Potential" to your ENA account. Please email Lee@CardiacEd.com and express your desire to become an instructor and why you wish to complete the TNCC (or) ENPC instructor course. After sending the email, please proceed with registering for the instructor course. (After you have registered for our instructor course, we will add an "Instructor Potential" override to your ENA account.)

After completing the steps below, you will earn ENA (TNCC or ENPC) Instructor status.

• Although the instructor course is remote, it will prepare you to teach ENPC (or) TNCC in an in-person, remote, or hybrid format under the supervision of an ENA Course Director

The following steps are required to complete the TNCC or ENPC Instructor Course:

• Step 1: Establish an ENA Course Director as a mentor. 

  • After you complete the instructor course, your course director/mentor will complete your monitoring paperwork and assign your courses to teach.

  • If needed, our ENA course director, Lee Taylor-Vaughan, can serve as a mentor to perform your instructor course monitoring.

• Step 2: Register for the Instructor Course via our website (see "Criteria to Attend" above).

  • In 1-3 business days from registration, ENA will email you access to the online Instructor course modules via ENA University (See Step 3 below).

• Step 3: Prepare for your upcoming Instructor Course (all must be completed BEFORE your instructor course)

  • Complete the online Instructor course modules with ENA University

  • Complete any required testing (if needed) (see "About Testing" below). 

  • Prepare for your instructor course by selecting a teaching topic for discussion ("lecture") and a skills station scenario. You will present the first 10 minutes of each during the Instructor Course to your peers; each peer will evaluate your teaching style. You will find the ENA course materials in your account via our website.

• Step 4: Attend and participate fully in the Instructor Course via Zoom

  • The link to the Zoom session will be in your account on our website 1-2 days before the course. Before the course, ensure that your camera and microphone work and that you know how to screen share. You will be presenting via Zoom, and the day of the course is not a good time to encounter technical issues. 

• Step 5: Complete the monitoring requirement with the Course Director you established in Step 1 (above)

  • Your TNCC (or ENPC) Course Director will monitor your teaching at a live course.

    • Your course director will monitor and "observe" you will participate as an instructor candidate in a live provider course: leading a group discussion, leading a teaching station, and testing students.

  • You must complete all the instructor course requirements within one year of attending the live instructor course.

This course is taught by appointed ENA course faculty. Our faculty are knowledgeable, supportive, and helpful.

Our ENA Faculty are known to be helpful and guide you through obtaining your ENPC or TNCC instructor credentials. 

• ENPC Instructor $385
• TNCC Instructor: $385

Tuition does not include textbook.

Those attending the Instructor course must have the latest version of the provider textbook (Currently ENPC 6th Edition; TNCC 9th Edition). You may purchase them if needed. Textbooks are non-returnable/non-refundable; please ensure you have the correct version before ordering.

About Testing:

Exempt from Testing Criteria:

To be exempt from re-testing, you must have scored 90% or greater on both the written and practical exams at your provider course AND the provider course was within 120 days of the instructor course AND the provider course must also have been the latest version of the course (TNCC 9th Edition; ENPC 6th Edition). If you meet that criteria, then you will not have to retest.

Those who are required to re-test:

• If you have a provider card that is from a prior course version and you audited the latest edition of the course, you will need to re-test both the written and practical exams.
• If you did not score 90% or greater on the written, OR the provider exam was not the course's latest edition, you will need to retest the written exam.
• If you did not score 90% or greater on the practical exam, OR the practical exam was not the course's latest edition, you will need to retest the practical exam.
• If your provider course was longer than 120 days before the instructor course, you will need to retest

Comments about the written exam

The written exam is significantly more challenging than prior versions; up to 70 % fail it on the first attempt, and about 50% pass it on the 2nd attempt. The content is open-book: approximately 50 questions, multiple-choice, timed (2-hours), and two attempts are provided. Feedback from exam takers is that the latest version of the exam is challenging for an open-book exam; additionally, it is highly recommended that you do not attempt the written exam without having the book (eBook or print book) in front of you (you will need to look up items in the textbook and this is not possible to do if you do not have the latest version; ENPC 6th Edition; TNCC 9th Edition).

There are no refunds, transfers, or credits if you do not pass the testing requirements for this course.

Preparing for the test (written or practical):

The testing is almost identical to the provider course testing (i.e., the practical and the written exams), except the written exam is now much more difficult.

To attend the instructor course, you must achieve a higher score (90% or greater) on the written and practical tests.

To prepare for the higher score requirements, we recommend the following: 

• We highly recommend registering and attending the latest edition of the provider course within 90 days of your instructor course; you will have two attempts to pass the provider course; if you score between 80-89%, you will be given two more attempts as part of your instructor course registration to score 90% or greater (on both the written and/or practical exams). Remember, to pass the provider course, you must score 80% or greater, but to be instructor potential, you must score 90% or greater on both tests.
• Review the free review course that will be in your account after registration.
  • After much student feedback, we created a free Pediatric Review (ENPC) and Trauma Review (TNCC) for anyone taking one of our TNCC/ENPC provider or instructor programs. Although each review course is short (approx 65 - 80 minutes), it has been the difference between passing or failing the written exam for many. Additionally, we will award you two additional contact hours upon completion of the respective review course (the review course will be provided for free with your registration). For more information about the review course, click here (do not register for the review course separately, as it will be provided to you for free when you sign up for the instructor course). Note: this review course is not an Exam Review but a content review.
• Obtain, open, and read, from cover to cover, the latest version of the provider textbook. You may purchase a provider textbook while registering for the instructor course or contact our office if you need to purchase a textbook after registration.
• Review any course materials from your provider course.
• Review the pre-course modules from your provider course. You can log in to https://enau.ena.org to access them.
• Practice the TNCC (or) ENPC scenarios with a college or a friend.
  • The scenarios are simple to follow, and non-medical persons can follow them, as they are simply a script. We provide access to the scenarios after registration (via our website).
• Ensure to follow the A-J mnemonic when answering most questions or practical testing.

Taking the test: (This only applies to those needing to re-test)

• ONLY TEST WITHIN 90 DAYS OF YOUR INSTRUCTOR COURSE (This only applies to those needing to re-test)
• Online (via ENA's website) as part of the Instructor Course Modules 
• Timed 2 hours; the exam will automatically grade at the 2-hour mark if you close your browser or if you lose/disconnect from the internet.
• You cannot save the exam and return at a later time; it must be completed in one sitting.
• 50 questions multiple-choice
• Difficult Open-Book questions that you must have internalized the content to answer the question(s)
• You can return to any questions you may have flagged before you submit for grading while in the same sitting of the exam (you cannot save the exam and return to it later).
• Not a group test
• You will not have sufficient time to look up every question on the exam; therefore, prioritize answering the easier questions and flag the more difficult ones.
• Take our online (FREE) Trauma OR Pediatric Review course (BEFORE you attempt the exam). (This will be added to your account, free, after registration).

Contact Hours are issued by ENA: 6 Contact Hours. The Emergency Nurses Association is accredited as a nursing continuing professional development provider by the American Nurses Credentialing Center's Commission on Accreditation, Provider Unit # P0232. The Emergency Nurses Association is approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, Provider #2322.

• Instructor course modules via ENA's website: pre-course work, including testing (if applicable), takes approximately 3-4 hours. (Link to complete emails within 2-3 business days of registration)
• The Zoom portion of the course typically lasts 6-8 hours. (The link to attend will be in your account on our website 1-2 business days before the course.)
• The monitoring portion duration will vary based on your course director. You must monitor three areas of the course. However, some programs allow you to do all three areas in one course (usually two days). It may be that you will need to attend another course to complete other areas if your course director cannot fit you into all three areas in their course. You must monitor all three areas within one year of attending your instructor course.

Q: I have not taken the latest edition of the provider course, but I did pass with a 90% (or more). Will I need to re-test?

A: Firstly, you will need to either take the latest edition (or audit the newest edition), AND ENA requires you to re-test to the course's latest version. (See "About Testing" for more information). 

Q:  It has been longer than 120 days since my provider course. Will I need to re-test?

A: ENA requires you to re-test both your practical and written exams. You must score 90% or greater on each exam. (See "About Testing" for more information). 

Q: What is the practical exam?

A: The practical exam is the nursing process (A - J mnemonic) you tested during your provider course. For ENPC, it is referred to as the PNP (Pediatric Nursing Process); for TNCC, it is referred to as the Trauma Nursing Process.

Q: How many attempts do I have to test?

A: You have two attempts to score 90% or greater on the written exam and two attempts to achieve 90% or greater on the practical exam. (See "About Testing" for more information). 

Q: I have heard that the new version of the written exam is more challenging than it used to be. How difficult is the exam?

A: The new version of the written exam is significantly more challenging than prior versions of the course. You will need the latest version of the textbook to help with some areas of the exam. Most fail the exam without significant preparation. See the "About Testing" area for more details. (See "About Testing" for more information). 

Q: How do I know if I have taken the latest version of the course?

A: You must log in to your https://enau.ena.org account - in the transcript area, you can view your TNCC and ENPC cards. Your card will state the edition. The latest edition of TNCC should be the 9th Edition; the latest edition of ENPC should be the 6th Edition. If you do not have that latest edition (TNCC 9th or ENPC 6th), then we HIGHLY recommend you enroll in a provider course to meet these criteria, OR you may audit the latest edition of the course.

Q: What happens if I do not attend the Zoom session for the instructor course?

A: You will be marked as a no-show; there are no refunds, transfers, or credits available as part of your tuition; however, for a separate fee, our office 'may' be able to assist with transferring you to a different course date if space in that course permits. 

Q: I did not score 90% or greater on the provider test. Can I still attend the instructor course?

A: You can enroll in the instructor course; however, you must still score 90% or greater during your ENA Instructor Course Modules. See "About Testing" above. There are no refunds, transfers, or credits if you do not score 90% or greater during the written and practical exams. (See "About Testing" for more information). 

Q: What if I do not score 90% on the written exam OR practical exam?

A: You must allow 90 days before re-enrolling in another instructor course. ENA requires that you wait 90 days from your instructor course date to re-enroll and pay for a new instructor course.

Q: My employer wants to pay for my registration; how can my employer receive an invoice to pay for the course?

A: Contact our group and corporate sales team at groups@CardiacEd.com. They can assist you in receiving an invoice for the course. Additionally, do keep in mind that your employer can use a Visa/Mastercard/Discover card via our website; credit card payments are the fastest method of registration, whereas when an employer offers to pay us directly, it can take several weeks for a check to be received by our office. Your access to the course will not be issued until full payment is received.

Q: I want to teach independently; how do I become an ENA Course Director?

A: The ENA Course Director rank is not easy to attain. You must be an established instructor, having taught many provider courses, capable of teaching the entire course's content, and undergo training on the ENA's Course management system. You must align with a course director to provide this training; however, in most cases, the rank of course director takes longer than a year to obtain for those teaching multiple courses per year.

Q: I have additional questions about this course that are not on this list; whom can I contact?

A: Our ENA course faculty contact is Lee Taylor-Vaughan; after reviewing this website/page, please direct all questions to him, and he will respond as soon as possible. Lee@CardiacEd.com (Lee works the night shift, so anticipate a slight delay in replying to emails).

Q: You are holding ENPC and TNCC on the same day. Can I take both programs at the same time?

A: Yes, absolutely; however, check that you meet the requirements to attend each course. You will also want to ensure that you are ready for the testing requirements (if needed), and the exams can be exceptionally challenging. Some feel that taking them separately is best as the testing requirements can often be overwhelming.

• There are no refunds, transfers, or credits for this program for any reason. All sales are final. Please ensure that you meet all criteria to attend and that the course date/time (via Zoom) fits your schedule BEFORE submitting payment.
• There are no refunds, transfers, or credits for any exam/testing failure. All sales are final.
• You may need to undergo testing (i.e., written exam, practical exam, or both) as part of your instructor course. 
• During the live portion of the course, you will be on Zoom. You will want to ensure that you can use Zoom before attending the program (I.e., camera, audio, and screen share); we recommend you practice with a friend before attending the live portion of the course. You will be marked as a no-show if your camera is not on during the live portions of the course (this is an ENA requirement).
• If taking this course from your workplace, please ensure that Zoom is a suitable platform with your organization. There are no refunds for technical issues or organization limitations of using Zoom. 

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