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PICU Training Program, Day 5
Class schedule
Dates:
- April 17, 2025
- September 18, 2025
Time: 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Location: Center for Health and Technology Building, Room 3308
Code: DAHS-NCHPTP23D5-BRN
Capacity: 20
Waiting list: Yes
Course description
The PICU Training Program is for nurses newer to the PICU environment including new graduate nurses to nurses with <3 years of experience or adult nurses who care for critically ill children in adult ICUs at UC Davis Medical Center. This class is part five of a five days series. You must register for each session individually if you want to attend subsequent sessions. This course provides participants with a review of in-depth pathophysiology, evidence-based care, and skills through simulation-based scenarios relating to caring for critically ill children. The content for day five includes: common diagnoses and surgeries in the pediatric population, neurological conditions and monitoring, trauma injuries in the pediatric population, and near drowning sequelae.
Target audience
This class is restricted to UC Davis Health PICU, Children's Hospital Critical Care Transport Team, and PCR Pediatric Critical Care RNs.
Prerequisites and preparation
UC Davis employees are required to complete the following Pediatric Learning Solutions modules which are available through UC Learning Center prior to attending class. Additionally, there are 4 recommended but not required modules listed. For planning purposes, please note the required modules will take approximately 4 hours to complete. CEUs will be awarded for these modules, separate from the class.
Required:
- Nursing Management of Chest Tubes
- Craniotomy
- Hydrocephalus
- Meningitis and Encephalitis
- Pediatric Orthopedic Trauma
Recommended:
- Intracranial Pressure Monitoring
- Pediatric Thoracic Trauma
- Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury
- Pediatric Abdominal Trauma
UC Davis employees must bring proof of completion of all 5 required eLearning modules to class. Participants may bring their CEU certificate, certificate of completion or their UC Learning Center training transcript as proof.
C.E. contact hours
Provider approved by the California Board of Registered Nursing, provider number CEP 26, for 6.67 contact hours.
Attendees will not receive C.E. credit if they are more than 20 minutes late; no partial credit can be awarded.
Registration
UC Davis Health employees
$25 registration deposit. Registration deposit is returned upon completion of class. Cancellation must be requested five days prior to class date to receive deposit refund. Please register through UC Learning Center and call our office at 916-734-9790 with your deposit by credit card.
Registrations are approved only after your deposit is provided.
Community registrants
This class is only open to UC Davis Health employees.
Persons with disabilities
Individuals needing special accommodations may call the Center for Professional Practice of Nursing at 916-734-9790.
Parking
Parking is available in parking structure 4, lots 12, 17, 22, 22 Auxiliary, 30, 30 Auxiliary, Broadway, EDD, and DOJ with either a B permit or daily permit. Daily permits are available for purchase with the ParkMobile app using zone number 42201 or at a parking kiosk. Please visit Parking and Transportation Services for more information.
Coordinator
Michelle Linenberger, R.N., M.S.N.-Ed., R.N.-B.C.
Professional Development Specialist
The Center for Professional Practice of Nursing strives to provide quality education to nurses and allied health professionals at UC Davis Health and throughout the community.