{"id":7237,"date":"2025-06-28T17:34:31","date_gmt":"2025-06-28T17:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/coronavirus-disease-2019-critical-care-essentials-course-for-nurses-development-and-implementation-of-an-education-program-for-healthcare-professionals\/"},"modified":"2025-06-29T05:08:32","modified_gmt":"2025-06-29T05:08:32","slug":"coronavirus-disease-2019-critical-care-essentials-course-for-nurses-development-and-implementation-of-an-education-program-for-healthcare-professionals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ijssass.com\/journal\/coronavirus-disease-2019-critical-care-essentials-course-for-nurses-development-and-implementation-of-an-education-program-for-healthcare-professionals\/","title":{"rendered":"Coronavirus disease 2019 Critical Care Essentials course for nurses: development and implementation of an education program for healthcare professionals."},"content":{"rendered":"

This article was originally published as: Coronavirus disease 2019 Critical Care Essentials course for nurses: development and implementation of an education program for healthcare professionals.<\/strong><\/p>\n

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Abstract<\/h2>\n

Objective: To describe development, implementation, and evaluation of an evidence-based online critical care nursing education program to upskill a registered nurse workforce in response to Coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) pandemic. Background: As Australian federal, and state governments prepared for the possible influx of critically ill patients associated with COVID-19, initiatives were sought to assist frontline healthcare workers meet the complex care requirements of these patients. Study design and methods: A team of experienced acute and critical care nursing, medical practitioners, and education specialists, online and mobile learning specialists, and front-line workers were assembled. This team developed 10 online educational modules for rapid delivery and upskilling of registered nurses in Victoria, Australia. Nurses undertaking these modules were invited to complete a satisfaction survey. Survey questions were answered in Likert style or free text. Quantitative data were summarised descriptively, whilst freeform answers were explored for themes. Results: An online Critical Care Essentials course was launched in May 2020. In its first month 2,875 students had accessed this course. Course evaluation (n = 395 students) found over 92% responded favourably (Strongly Agree or Agree) to all 14 Likert style questions. Qualitative course feedback revealed four core themes: applicability, accessibility, engagement, and endorsement. Discussion: This innovative project demonstrated how a university department of nursing collaborated with government and industry partners to rapidly respond to develop and implement an online educational program. This program was immediately responsive to local, national, and international urgency. Obtained student feedback was overwhelmingly positive. However, future areas for development and evaluation are presented. Conclusion: An inter-professional and interorganisational model is proposed for the development and implementation of future online programs. This focused online flexible learning, specific to care of critically unwell people with COVID-19, provides an approach to rapid upskilling of registered nurses. This approach appears favourably to its intended target audience. Furthermore, this program could be adapted for a national or international community.
\nWhat is already known about the topic?<\/p>\n

Globally, Coronavirus disease 2019 quickly overran advanced healthcare systems with vast numbers of critically ill patients requiring specialist care.
\nTo address surging critical care numbers, healthcare staff require increased knowledge to care for higher acuity patients.
\nOnline educational packages can be one element of fulfilling healthcare staff training needs.<\/p>\n

What this paper adds:<\/p>\n

Description of development, implementation, and evaluation of a novel evidence-based online criticalcare nursing education program.
\nEvidence of how an online education can be made accessible to frontline healthcare workers to support the demand for a scalable resource that is responsive to emergent global health pandemic.
\nUsing a tripartite model for knowledge translation is one potential approach for the future responses to urgent educative program development.<\/p>\n

Authors<\/h2>\n
    \n
  • Rebecca Jarden<\/li>\n
  • Andrew Scanlon<\/li>\n
  • Nicholas Bridge<\/li>\n
  • Stephen McKeever<\/li>\n
  • Rosemary Turner<\/li>\n
  • Hollie Prescott<\/li>\n
  • John Thompson<\/li>\n
  • Prue Cambridge<\/li>\n
  • Sharon Kinney<\/li>\n
  • Nicholas Leong<\/li>\n
  • Marie Gerdtz<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Keywords<\/h2>\n

    COVID-19, critical care, education, nursing, practical, intensive care units<\/p>\n

    References<\/h2>\n

    References not available for this article.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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