Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma

1.5 CE

Course Description: Pediatric abusive head trauma, or shaken baby syndrome, is a severe form of child abuse. Shaking an infant can cause neurological injury. Healthcare providers need to be prepared to accurately identify patients with possible Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma and provide rapid assessment and management. This course will review risk factors, clinical presentation, management, and prevention strategies. This course meets the Kentucky Board of Nursing requirements for continuing education on Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma (AHT).

This course is approved for 1.5 contact hours of continuing education through the Kentucky Board of Nursing and meets the Kentucky State requirements for all nurses.

Nurse Nerd Inc is approved as a provider through the Kentucky Board of Nursing (KBN). KBN approval of individual nursing continuing education providers does not constitute endorsement of program content. Provider #7-0074-12-23-200 Provider expires 12/31/2023

Upon completion of this course participants will be able to:
1. Discuss the incidence and significance of pediatric abusive head trauma.
2. Identify common mechanism of injury and etiology that occurs in pediatric abusive head trauma.
3. Discuss risk factors associated with pediatric abusive head trauma.
4. Discuss the clinical presentation, and physical findings, and management of pediatric abusive head trauma.
5. Outline the steps for reporting abuse in Kentucky.
6. Identify prevention and education needed for prevention.


Your Instructor


Jill Johnson, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC
Jill Johnson, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC

Jill Johnson, DNP, APRN, FNP-BC, CCRN, CFRN, CEN has been a critical care registered nurse for over 30 years. She maintains her clinical skills currently by working in the Emergency Department and Urgent Care Setting. Jill graduated from Midway College with her Associate Degree in Nursing and received her Baccalaureate of Science in Nursing from Eastern Kentucky University. She graduated with honors from the University of Phoenix with a Master’s of Science in Nursing and from Frontier Nursing School of Midwifery and Family Practice where she received a Master of Science in Nursing with a specialty in Family Nursing. Jill completed her Doctorate of Nursing Practice at Case Western Reserve University in May 2010. She is a Visiting Professor at Chamberlain College of Nursing in the Graduate Programs.


Jill is a member of Sigma Theta Tau Honor Society, the American Academy of Nurse Practitioners, Emergency Nurses Association, and the Air & Surface Transport Nurses Association. Jill is a national speaker on various topics and well known for lectures on critical care, emergency, and air medical topics. She has authored and reviewed for numerous publications.


Course Curriculum


  Pediatric Abusive Head Trauma
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