Trauma Trivia Night is a nurse-led, interdisciplinary education initiative designed to strengthen trauma knowledge, enhance communication, and improve clinical readiness across the Kaiser Permanente (KP) Napa Solano Service Area. Developed and facilitated by trauma nursing leadership, the program uses gamification, case-based learning, and collaborative discussion to address practice gaps identified through trauma Quality Improvement (QI) reviews, clinician feedback, and organizational performance metrics.
Participants include nurses, physicians, and pre-hospital partners from the Emergency Department (ED), Intensive Care Unit (ICU), Operating Room (OR), Post-Anesthesia Care Unit (PACU), Medical-Surgical/Telemetry (Med Surg/Tele), and Emergency Medical Services (EMS). Educational content is grounded in national trauma guidelines including EAST, AAST, ATLS, ENA, and STN, as well as KP policies, trauma QI findings, and current evidence-based literature.
The event provides Continuing Medical Education (CME) and trauma specialty credits, supporting equitable, interdisciplinary professional development for all trauma care providers.
The initiative exemplifies Structural Empowerment through nursing-driven outreach, interdisciplinary collaboration, and alignment with trauma program requirements and hospital QI priorities. By transforming QI data, survey results, and operational challenges into an engaging educational intervention, Trauma Trivia Night strengthens communication, shared mental models, and trauma system readiness — key components of high-reliability care. The curriculum evolves annually based on trauma registry trends, QI findings, staff input, and updates to evidence-based standards.
Cultural and linguistic competency and implicit bias content are integrated to promote equitable trauma care. Post-event evaluations consistently show increased clinician confidence, improved interdisciplinary communication, and greater understanding of trauma processes and system barriers. These outcomes demonstrate nursing leadership’s commitment to continuous improvement, team cohesion, and trauma care excellence.
This amazing event was organized and supported by Evan Edminster MSN, RN, CNL, CFRN, TCRN, CEN, NHDP-BC, Amy Brammer, MSN RN TCRN TNS CEN CAISS CSTR NHDP-BC, Patricia Galindo-Angel, Carmel Jenkins (KP NSA CME), Paulette Balesteri (KP NSA CME), Jessica Pemberton, MSN RN CEN TCRN CAISS CSTR, Annelyn Ison, Amenah Carter, George Liao, MD, and Forrest Lindsay-Mcginn, MD.