Rapid Upskilling in High Dependency & Critical Care for Registered Nurses
SURGE Critical Care - Specialised Upskilling and RN Growth through Education in Critical Care
In March 2020, as a highly effective pandemic emergency response, the Commonwealth Department of Health swiftly identified, and acted on, the need to upskill nurses to meet potential workforce demand due to COVID-19.
Medcast and its subsidiary Critical Care Education Services were engaged to assist in creating workforce capacity through the rapid deployment of flexible, scalable, online learning on key critical care topics.
Through the SURGE Critical Care (Specialised Upskilling and RN Growth through Education in Critical Care) project the Australian Government funded up to 20,000 new online education places to upskill Registered Nurses in critical care nursing.
The SURGE Critical Care education project was delivered between April and August 2020.
Project Outcomes
The following is a summary of the key outcomes of the evaluation of the project.
The full evaluation report has been published on the department’s website and can be viewed here.
Ongoing Access to Courseware
SURGE Ongoing Access Bundle
If you completed either of the SURGE Critical Care or High Dependency courses you have the opportunity for exclusive ongoing access to the course content for a period of 12 months.
Enrol today to refresh your knowledge and you will also will have access to a series of live critical care revision webinars and a selection of other topics not included in the original courses.
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High Dependency Nursing
EnrolOverview
This course is designed to provide nurses with essential skills relating to the assessment and management of patients who are classified as being highly dependent.
Audience
RNs currently working on general wards requiring upskilling to enable them to work in HDU or Critical Care area.
Duration
13 hours
Units
- Cardiac - Electrocardiography
- Cardiac - Physiology
- Cardiac - Shock States
- Cardiac - Arrhythmias
- Cardiac - Acute Coronary Syndromes
- Fluid & Electrolyte Imbalances
- The Infected Patient
- Monitoring - Pulse oximetry, arterial lines, central lines
- Respiratory - assessment and management
Critical Care Nursing
EnrolOverview
This course is designed to provide nurses with current knowledge and skills to be applied to any Critical Care setting.
Audience
RNs required to work in critical care environments such as Emergency Departments, Intensive Care Units, High Dependency Units, Cardiac Care Units, Interventional Radiology Units (e.g. Cath Labs) and Peri-Anaesthesia Units.
Duration
20 hours
Units
- Fundamental Cardiac Physiology
- Cardiovascular Pathophysiology - Patient with Chest Pain
- Cardiovascular Pathophysiology - Shock States
- Respiratory Physiology
- Monitoring Techniques for the critically ill patient
- Respiratory - Assessment & mechanical ventilation
- Respiratory - Airway management
- Renal
- Neurological disorders
- Endocrine & Metabolic
Critical Care and High Dependency Course Bundle
EnrolOverview
This course will provide discounted access to the Critical Care and High Dependency plus an additional 5 hours of online modules including topics from a range of our other courses.
Audience
RNs required to work in critical care environments such as Emergency Departments, Intensive Care Units, High Dependency Units, Cardiac Care Units, Interventional Radiology Units (e.g. Cath Labs) and Peri-Anaesthesia Units.
Duration
50 hours
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