Summary - Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses Update Course 2026

Advanced Trauma Care for Nurses (ATCN) is an advanced course designed for the registered nurse interested in increasing his/her knowledge in management of the multiple trauma patient. The ATCN course is taught concurrently with Advanced Trauma Life Support for providers and is endorsed by the American College of Surgeons’ Committee on Trauma. The course is designed for experienced nurses working in the pre-hospital setting, emergency department, critical care unit and operating room who have already completed the initial ATCN course and wouldlike to renew before their certification expires.

Legacy Emanuel Medical Center is the only Trauma Center in the state of Oregon, and one of only 3 centers in the Pacific Northwest, to offer this advanced education course. Our course directors and faculty include specialty trained Trauma Resuscitation Nurses with significant experience in caring for the critically ill trauma patient.

For more information about ATCN please visit https://www.atcnnurses.org/

The ATCN Update course is held in-person at Legacy Emanuel Medical Center over 1 day.

Registrants for the Update Course must have successfully completed the ATCN Traditional Student Course or ATCN Hybrid Course within four (4) years of the current course. If the registrants’ ATCN course validation card has expired, a six-month grace period is permitted.

Approximately 4-6 weeks prior to the course date you will receive your course manuals as well as emailed instructions directly from the course coordinator with further details including:

-Specific location of the course

-Course Schedule

-Module log-in information