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Objective A review of the current literature evaluating trauma nursing education. Background A variety of trauma nursing courses exist, to educate nurses working in trauma settings, and to maintain their continuing professional development. Despite an increase in the number of courses delivered, there appears to be a lack of evidence to demonstrate the effectiveness of trauma nursing education and in particular the justification for this resource allocation. Design Integrative literature review. Data sources A search of international literature on trauma nursing education evaluation published in English from 1985 to 2015 was conducted through electronic databases CINAHL Plus, Google Scholar, PubMed, Austhealth, Science Citation Index Expanded (Web of Science), Sciverse Science Direct (Elsevier) & One file (Gale). Only peer reviewed journal articles identifying trauma course and trauma nursing course evaluation have been included in the selection criteria. Review methods An integrative review of both quantitative and qualitative literature guided by Whittemore and Knafl's theoretical framework using Bowling's and Pearson's validated appraisal checklists, has been conducted for three months. Results Only 17 studies met the inclusion criteria, including 14 on trauma course evaluation and 3 on trauma nursing course evaluation. Study findings are presented as two main themes: the historical evolution of trauma nursing education and evaluation of trauma nursing education outcomes. Conclusion Trauma nursing remains in its infancy and education in this specialty is mainly led by continuing professional development courses. The shortage of evaluation studies on trauma nursing courses reflects the similar status in continuing professional development course evaluation. A trauma nursing course evaluation study will address the gap in this under researched area. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Through a combination of shift work and international clinical assistance, medical trainer and nurse Richard Baldry has obtained invaluable skills and insights in emergency care. He now works for International SOS, which provides medical assistance to corporate business travellers and expatriates around the world. Carol Davis reports on his career.

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Margaret Mary Hunter (1918-1991) was Chief Nursing Officer for the St.John Ambulance Association from 1965-1981. She vigorously promoted the Association's Home Nursing course believing every Canadian household should have some one trained in home nursing. Her greatest achievement came in 1976 when, at her initiative, the Department of National Health and Welfare awarded 1,000,000 dollars jointly to the Association and the Canadian Red Cross Society to develop the multi-media program "There' s No Place Like Home for Health Care". Unfortunately this award-winning instructional program was never widely implemented and, following her retirement, home health care training in the Association declined in importance. Margaret Hunter's efforts to effect change illuminate the complex challenges facing nursing leaders of all generations.

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