Short Courses

OVERVIEW
Today, nursing management is viewed as a profession of its own, requiring specialised training, skills. As a fundamental component to drive a team's motivation, performance, and job satisfaction, effective nurse management is of the utmost importance to hospitals and health systems. Building upon this logic, nurse managers with a solid understanding of their nursing leadership style will be more successful in managing their teams, ultimately driving better patient care.
Participants of this course will understand the most effective leadership styles in nursing. Realising that the success of the unit heavily relies on the strength of the nursing leader should implore nursing leaders to understand the different types of leadership styles in nursing management. Once a foundational understanding of the leadership styles in healthcare is established, nursing leaders can take a personal inventory of where they fall into current techniques, while also assessing which methods they might be more successful with in the future.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Define nursing leadership
2. Identify the different leadership styles in nursing
3. Develop excellent personal skills for self-management
4. Develop the ability to manage conflicts at workplaces
5. Demonstrate Team Building
CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Motivation
• Critical Thinking
• Team Building
• Flexible Leadership
• Decision Making
TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Rosini Ravono

FRN, BA, PGD-MPA/IR, MA-GOV(USP)

OVERVIEW
Effective communication skills is at the heart of the nursing practice. Participants will learn how communication is used in investigations, interviewing, counselling, conducting talking therapies, informing clients, conducting case assessment with colleagues and other professionals, reporting cases, among others. Virtual communication has evolved through technology. The advancement of technology equally has led to the improvement of communication. This has brought about the virtual space, involving social media, emails, among other internet and frequency drove messaging platforms.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Define effective communication.
2. Identify different means of communication
3. Demonstrate practical verbal and nonverbal communication skills
4. Develop skills to deal with demanding clients at the workplace
5. Discuss the importance of communication in patient safety and quality nursing care.
6. Understand how effective communication can lead to increased productivity and performance of an organisation

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Effective Communication Skills.
• Quality Patient Care.
• Teamwork
• Compliance to rules and regulations.

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Rosini Ravono

FRN, BA, PGD-MPA/IR, MA-GOV(USP)

OVERVIEW
Mentoring seeks to build wisdom with the ability to apply skills, knowledge and experience to new situations and processes, whereas coaching focuses on meeting particular objectives within a set period. Coaching is mainly concerned with performance and the development of specific skills. A mentor is a close, trusted, experienced counsellor or guide who engages in a long-term, relationship-oriented, development-driven, mentoring relationship. A coach is a content expert capable of teaching skill development, and coaching is a task-oriented, short-term, and performance-driven process. Participants of this short course will learn how to provide mentoring and coaching to new staff and student nurses.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :
1. Define mentoring and coaching
2. Provide participants with an understanding of the purpose, value and nature of mentoring and coaching in transition programmes;
3. Explore the role of the mentor and the quality of the mentoring relationship;
4. Introduce the core principles of coaching for performance to develop critical skills and competencies;
5. Reflect on the experience the impact of being coached and of coaching others.
6. Demonstrate excellent communication skills in providing feedback to staff

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Establish rapport
• Effective coaching and mentoring
• Create a coaching culture
• Improved Productivity in Performance.
• Promote team building and employee Empowerment.
• Increased worker satisfaction and optimal performance

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Rosini Ravono

FRN, BA, PGD-MPA/IR, MA-GOV(USP)

OVERVIEW
In the workplace, motivation can be defined as an "individual's degree of willingness to exert and maintain an effort towards organisational goals". Motivation is closely linked to job satisfaction, which retains workers at their workplaces. Health worker retention reduces costs to the health system of having to recruit, hire, and orientate new workers. Motivation also minimises the likelihood of vacant posts. As many countries currently experience a shortage of qualified health workers, the loss of any health worker, especially doctors and nurses has a burden on any health system. Keeping health care workers satisfied and motivated enables the entire health system to operate effectively. Participants in this short course will understand the factors contributing to motivation and job satisfaction also include healthy career development. Having robust human resources mechanisms in place within a health care system can help to ensure that the right motivational factors are in place at adequate levels to keep health workers satisfied.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Examine the link between motivation, job satisfaction and performance
2. Explain the features of critical theories of motivation and assess how these theories might increase motivation in different situations in the workplace
3. Define personal practices that will help you to create a more motivating work environment including identifying what motivates you
4. Understand the nature of stress and be able to scrutinise stress management interventions
5. Apply this understanding to management practice

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Increased Productivity
• Performance Appraisal Satisfaction
• Empower workers
• Motivated Workforce

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Kishan Kumar

FRN, GCTT, MPH, MEL

OVERVIEW
Strategic planning is vital to an organisation because it provides a sense of direction and outlines measurable goals. Strategic planning is a tool that is useful for guiding day-to-day decisions and for evaluating progress and changing approaches when moving forward. The strategic plan gives you a place to record your mission, vision, and values, as well as your long-term goals and the action plans, and you'll use to reach them. Participants of this short course will learn about strategic planning as an organisational management activity that is used to set priorities to focus energy and resources, strengthen operations. This also ensures that employees and other stakeholders are working toward common goals, establish agreement around intended outcomes/results.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Define strategic planning, mission, vision and goals.
2. Identify the role of the nursing job description for Fiji Registered Nurses.
3. Understand the purpose of Annual Performance Appraisal (My APA)
4. Describe the individual work plan for Team Leaders, Nurse Unit Managers and Deputy Director of Nursing.
5. Discuss the nursing business plan for Director of Nursing at Health Care Institutions.

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Understand Nursing Protocols and Guidelines.
• Understand Nursing Policies.
• Implement Nursing Job Descriptions.
• Monitor and evaluate Nurses Annual Performance Appraisals.

TARGET GROUP: Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Kishan Kumar

FRN, GCTT, MPH, MEL

OVERVIEW
Nursing research process short course provides participants with the knowledge skills on selecting a researchable topic in nursing. Participants will better understand the ten steps of the nursing research process. This knowledge will enable students to develop simple research proposals which are required for scholarships.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Identify factors that are relevant to consider while choosing a research topic
2. Develop individual competence in writing research aims and objectives
3. Develop skills in identifying research literature
4. Understand the different types of research designs and their purpose
5. Use relevant data collection methods to generate evidence in an ethical way
6. Use the knowledge and skills of proposal writing to apply for postgraduate / Masters scholarships.

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Identifying Research Literature
• Writing Skills
• Critical Thinking
• APA Referencing
• Ethical Research

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR

Lecturer

Kishan Kumar

FRN, GCTT, MPH, MEL

OVERVIEW
Using evidence-based practise (EBP) short course will provide an overview of the five steps of evidence-based practise (EBP) in nursing. Participants will be able to use EBP in their roles as care providers by accessing and examining the evidence that supports and affects nursing care practice.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Define evidence-based practice
2. Understand the history of evidence-based practice
3. Identify the different levels of evidence and their sources
4. Develop competence in accessing and examining evidence for decision making
5. Understand how to appraise the evidence for decision making critically
6. Apricate the advantages and challenges of EBP in nursing

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• More individualised nursing care
• Effective and streamlined nursing care
• Maximise effects of nursing care
• Improved clinical judgment
• Implement best practice
TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Kishan Kumar

FRN, GCTT, MPH, MEL

OVERVIEW
Report writing short course will provide learners with the essential skills in developing the structure of a report. They will learn about the different sections of a report and its contents. Participants will be able to identify the key elements of a report and how it can be simply communicated. They will further practise how to present formal reports using Microsoft word.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Identify the purpose of a report
2. Understand the different sections of a report and its contents
3. Understand the six basic elements of a well-written report
4. Develop skills that are required for report writing
5. Demonstrate APA referencing and Grammarly checks
6. Critique reports for improvement

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Academic writing
• APA Referencing skills
• Report writing skills
• Developing Automated table of contents
• Microsoft word Formatting
TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Kishan Kumar

FRN, GCTT, MPH, MEL

OVERVIEW
Conducting the clinical audit course will provide nurses with one-day training in understanding the methods, theory, and practices of the Clinical Audit process. Participants will learn how to compare current practice to evidence-based best practice in the form of standards. This quality improvement seeks to improve the patient care and outcomes through a systematic review of care, against explicit evidence-based criteria and the implementation of change.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Describe the overview of clinical audit in healthcare/ nursing
2. Define of clinical audit
3. Appreciate the uses and advantages of clinical audits in nursing
4. Identify the steps of the clinical audit cycle
5. Describe the different tools and techniques for clinical audit
6. Develop an insight into managing and leading a clinical audit project from start to finish
7. Relate how clinical audit results can be utilised for quality improvement

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Critical thinking
• Audit skills
• Apply theory to practice
• Quality improvement
• Improved patient outcomes

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Kishan Kumar

FRN, GCTT, MPH, MEL

OVERVIEW
Monitoring and evaluation short course will provide learners with the essential skills of developing monitoring and evaluation tools. Participants will be able to describe the four-stage of monitoring and evaluation and how this can be used to assess project outcomes and its impact. Participants will be able to value how monitoring and evaluation can be used

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :
1. Define monitoring and evaluation.
2. State the importance of monitoring and evaluation.
3. Differentiate between monitoring and evaluation
4. Discuss the cycle of planning and evaluation.
5. Develop a framework that links project activities to outcomes and impacts (goals)
6. Develop indicators that effectively identify progress toward project outcomes
7. Value the importance of monitoring and evaluation

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Monitoring and Evaluation skills
• Governance
• Resource Mobilisation
• Strategic planning
• Quality improvement
• Decision making
TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Kishan Kumar

FRN, GCTT, MPH, MEL

OVERVIEW
Risk Management in the Nursing short course provides participants with the knowledge and skills in identifying, assessing, controlling any new risks identified in your work settings. As providers of health services, we need to be aware of the risky nature of providing such services. Participants will better recognise the opportunity to act proactively to avoid problems as opposed to reacting when issues appear. This is a critical skill in the identification and management of risks to ensure patient safety.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :
1. Define risk management
2. Describe the most common health care sentinel events
3. Discuss ways to identify risks at the workplace
4. Explain how risks can be identified and evaluated
5. Plan actions to reduce risks
6. Implement, monitor and follow-up risk management strategies.

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Risk Management
• Identifying risk
• Critical thinking
• Quality improvement
• Decision making

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR:

Sereima Vatuvatu

OVERVIEW
Infection prevention and control in the health setting short course provide participants with the knowledge skills on infection control practices over a broad range of areas within the health care setting. This short course is an introduction to the issues which confront the present-day infection control practices. Participants will better understand their responsibility for preventing and controlling infection at the hospital and public health settings.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Describe the Microbiology and host defence mechanisms
2. Recognise the transmission and prevention of infection
3. Identify standard precautions and blood-borne viruses
4. Explain Antibiotic resistance, Surveillance and quality systems
5. Explain safe Wound management practises
6. Describe the storage and handling of sterile stock
7. Demonstrate Food handling and hygiene
8. Discuss Environmental cleaning
9. List Disinfectants used for infection prevention and control

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Infection prevention and control
• Use of PPEs
• Patient safety
• Quality improvement
• Decision making

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR:

Sereima Vatuvatu

OVERVIEW
Conducting root cause analysis short course provides participants with the technique that helps people answer the question of why the problem occurred in the first place. It seeks to identify the origin of an issue using a specific set of steps, with associated tools, to find the primary cause of the problem, so that you can: determine what happened, learn why it happened and figure out what to do to reduce the likelihood that it will happen again. Participants will better understand how an action in one area triggers an action in another, and another, and so on. By tracing back these actions, you can discover where the problem started and how it grew into the symptom you're now facing.
LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Define root cause analysis (RCA)
2. Identify when an RCA could be conducted and when it cannot be conducted
3. Describe how a risk assessment matrix is used to conducting RCA
4. Demonstrate how the whole process of RCA is conducted
5. Preparation of RCA reports

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Risk Management
• Critical Thinking
• Governance
• Quality improvement
• Decision making

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Sereima Vatuvatu

OVERVIEW
Principles for nursing documentation short course provides participants with the knowledge and skills to perform their recording and documentation responsibilities to acceptable standards. Accurate documentation is an essential component of your professional and legal obligations as a Fiji Registered Nurse.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Identify the uses of Nursing Documentation
2. Describe why quality patient records are essential to the patient, colleagues care teams and healthcare organisations.
3. Identify the risks posed by sparse documentation: to patients and clients, individual staff and organisations.
4. Write appropriate content in the patient record following the 6Cs: complete, correct, precise, client/patient centred, contemporaneous, and collaborative
5. Write in the patient record using appropriate language style and word choices.
6. Write contemporaneously and collaboratively.
7. Understand the dos and don'ts on writing nursing notes

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Legal issue with documentation
• Documentation skills
• Legal and ethical writing
• Quality improvement
TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR:

Sereima Vatuvatu

OVERVIEW
The Clinical governance short course provides participants with the knowledge skills places emphasis on systemic approaches to safety and quality, rather than reactive, short-term fixes. Participants will better understand contemporary clinical governance; how it has developed and its structure and purpose.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Define clinical governance, patient safety, performance management and continuous quality improvement
2. Explain the aims of clinical governance
3. Explain the main components of clinical governance
4. Describe the benefits of clinical governance
5. Discuss the concept of patient safety goals and patient safety indicators

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Risk Management
• Critical Thinking
• Governance
• Quality improvement
• Decision making

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Sereima Vatuvatu

OVERVIEW
This short course provides participants with the knowledge and skills of the collection of data about the individual's health state. You will also learn the techniques of collecting and analysing subjective and objective data. This short course will also discuss the relationship between critical thinking and clinical decision making in nursing and its importance.
LEARNING OUTCOME
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :
1. Define critical thinking and clinical decision making
2. Describe the nursing process
3. Describe effective communication technique that is essential for gathering detailed, relevant subjective and objective data.
4. Identify the steps in Nursing Process from gathered data to formulate a systemic, rational, dynamic process for planning, implementing and providing care for the client.
5. Identify the types of assessment technique and equipment used to conduct physical assessments. (inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation)
6. Demonstrate critical thinking skills, its components and the application of clinical reasoning to health assessments.
CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Critical thinking
• Decision Making
• Effective communication
• Collection of Subjective / Objective Data
• Application of Nursing Process

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR

OVERVIEW
General appearance survey and mental health assessment short course provide participants with the knowledge skills to study the whole person, covering the general health state and any distinct physical characteristics of the entire person and not just to one body system. The participants will learn the four areas concerned are physical appearance, body structure, mobility and behaviour. Covered also will be vital signs and mental status assessment. Mental status is a person's emotional (feeling) and cognitive (knowing) function.
LEARNING OUTCOME
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Review the structures and functions of general appearance, vital signs, and mental status assessment.
2. Identify the anatomical landmark that guides the assessments for general appearance, vital signs and mental status assessment.
3. Demonstrate the assessment skills of obtaining data for general appearance, vital signs and mental status assessment.
4. Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings for general appearance, vital signs and mental status.
5. Demonstrate critical thinking approaches in selected simulations related to physical assessment for general appearance, vital signs and mental status assessment.
6. Demonstrate skills in documenting physical assessment findings

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• General physical assessment
• Mental status assessment
• Critical thinking
• Decision Making
• Documentation of findings

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR

OVERVIEW
This short course on the assessment of the HEENT & respiratory systems, the participants will review the anatomy and physiology of the HEENT & the Respiratory systems. The participants will develop skills in performing physical examinations of HEENT and respiratory systems and further identify the common abnormalities in the HEENT and the respiratory system.
LEARNING OUTCOME
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :

1. Review the structures and functions of the HEENT & respiratory systems.
2. Identify the anatomical landmark that guides the assessments of the HEENT & Respiratory systems.
3. Differentiate between normal and abnormal findings of the HEENT & Respiratory systems.
4. Demonstrate critical thinking approaches in selected simulations related to the physical assessment of the HEENT & Respiratory systems.
5. Develop inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation skills
6. Demonstrate skills in documenting physical assessment findings

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• General Physical assessment
o Inspection
o Palpation
o Percussion
o Auscultation
• Critical thinking
• Decision Making
• Documentation skills
TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR

OVERVIEW
Physical assessment of the Cardiovascular and the Gastrointestinal systems short course will enable participants to review the anatomy and physiology of the Cardiovascular and the Gastrointestinal systems. The participants will develop skills in performing physical examinations of Cardiovascular and the Gastrointestinal systems and further identify the common abnormalities in the HEENT and the respiratory system.
LEARNING OUTCOME
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :
1. Review the structures and functions of the Cardiovascular and the Gastrointestinal systems.
2. Identify the anatomical landmark that guides the assessments of the Cardiovascular and the gastrointestinal systems.
3. Demonstrate the skills of Cardiovascular and Gastrointestinal assessments.
4. Differentiate between the normal and abnormal findings of the Cardiovascular and the Gastrointestinal systems.
5. Demonstrate critical thinking approaches in selected simulations related to the physical assessment of the Cardiovascular and Gastrointestinal systems.
6. Develop inspection, palpation, percussion and auscultation skills
7. Document physical assessment findings

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• General Physical assessment
o Inspection
o Palpation
o Percussion
o Auscultation
• Critical thinking
• Decision Making
• Documentation skills

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR

OVERVIEW
Triage nursing is one of the essential aspects of emergency departments as it has a positive role in the management of patients. The fundaments of triage nursing short course will enable participants to understand the role of triage nurses and how to categorise clients according to the urgency of medical attention. The participants will develop skills in triaging clients in hospital and rural setting.

LEARNING OUTCOME
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to :
1. Define triage
2. Develop a clear understanding of the importance and functions of triage nursing
3. Identify the different triage categories in Fiji
4. Develop competency on triage nursing (hospital and rural nursing)
5. Develop skills in referral writing
6. Demonstrate skills in documenting triage assessment findings

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Triaging skills
• Critical thinking
• Decision Making
• Referral writing
• Documentation skills

TARGET GROUP: Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR

OVERVIEW
Infection Prevention and Control (IPC) is an essential component of health care quality and patient safety. In this short course you will learn how and why healthcare associated infections (HAIs) occur and how IPC reduces their risk and spread

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to:

1. Identify the possible causes of HAIs and describe how they are transmitted.
2. Describe how risk recognition protects patients and health care personnel and identify risk factors associated with HAIs in health care settings.
3. Discuss the chain of infection.
4. Understand the various PPE’s and when to use them.
5. Effectively grasp the 5 moments of hand hygiene.
6. Understand the importance of hand hygiene to prevent the spread of nosocomial infection.

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Reduce the spread of Hospital Acquired Infection
• Minimize prolonged stay of patients in the hospital due to nosocomial infection
• Maximise effects of nursing care
• Competent in hand hygiene
• Enhanced patient care

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR:

Praneel Shankar

PGCPH, PGC- Critical Care Nursing

OVERVIEW
Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) is an infectious disease caused by the SARS-CoV-2 virus. Most people infected with the virus will experience mild to moderate respiratory illness and recover without requiring special treatment. However, some will become seriously ill and require medical attention. This short course will help participants understand COVID-19 better and will aid in optimising nursing care for COVID patients.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to:
• Understand the pathophysiology of COVID 19
• Identify the means of transmission of the Virus
• Identify the clinical presentation of patients presenting with COVID 19
• Plan the supportive care and respiratory support given to patients suffering from the COVID-19 virus.

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Better understanding of the Novel Coronavirus
• Improved clinical judgement when it comes to managing COVID patients.
• Evidence based nursing care for the patients.
• Better patient outcome.

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Kishan Kumar

FRN, GCTT, MPH, MEL

OVERVIEW
Fiji reported its first imported case of COVID-19 on 18 March 2020 and has identified local transmission of cases in the Western and Central Division. This short course provide intensive knowledge on the rationale use of PPE’s in a hospital setting and will demonstrate the correct techniques of Donning and Doffing of these equipment.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able:
1. Understand the safety of staff, other patients, and visitors by providing clear guidance for the use of PPEs
2. Provide information about when PPE use is most appropriate
3. Provide guidance on the appropriate use of PPE, and what level of PPE is required across all settings
4. Provide guidance on what level of PPE is required across all settings to those involved in distributing and managing PPEs.

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• A sound understanding on the usage of PPE’s at health care settings
• Better knowledge on the appropriate use of PPE’s at different scenarios
• Well protected staffs in relation to contagious disease
• Profound knowledge on the donning and doffing process of PPE’s
• Competent in the Donning and Doffing technique of PPE’S

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR:

Praneel Shankar

PGCPH, PGC- Critical Care Nursing

OVERVIEW

This topic will discuss the management of covid-19 hospitalized patients. The approach to hospital management evolves rapidly as new clinical data emerge. The main aim is to evaluate hospitalized patients with documented or suspected COVID-19 signs and symptoms associated with mild, moderate or severe covid-19. This evaluation helps to identify organ dysfunction or other comorbidities that could complicate potential therapy in managing a COVID-19 patient.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to:

1. Classify between patients presenting with mild, moderate or severe symptoms
2. Identify specific treatments given to patients with different levels of severity
3. Understand COVID-19 care pathways for patients with other co-morbidities
4. Analyse and evaluate severity levels of covid-19 patients with the evolving clinical data

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED

• Are able to distinguish between mild, moderate and severe COVID-19 signs and symptoms
• Will be able to outline the management of patient according to their severity level (mild, moderate or severe Covid-19)
• Will be able to safely evaluate patient details to maximize treatment and avoid complications during management

TARGET GROUP

Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Praneel Shankar

PGCPH, PGC- Critical Care Nursing

OVERVIEW

This short course provides an overview of the disinfection processes involved after managing a COVID patient in a health care facility. The disinfection process is vital in preventing the spread of the COVID-19 virus and the spread of other hospital acquired infections in general. The participants will be educated in the cleaning process involved after managing a highly contagious patient which will make their facility ready for other oncoming patients.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to:

1. Provide guidance on Decontamination and Environmental Cleaning in a Health Care Facility.
2. Ensure that Linen and Laundry is handled and processed in a manner which minimizes risk of transmission of infection.
3. Strengthen the classification and collection of COVID 19 Clinical Waste

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED

• Competent staff in triple cleaning of a ward or facility
• Able to differentiate between which cleaning agents to use in the decontamination process
• Reduce the spread of nosocomial infection within the hospital
• Ensure safety of other patients and sub-ordinates with a well decontaminated room.

TARGET GROUP

Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Praneel Shankar

PGCPH, PGC- Critical Care Nursing

OVERVIEW
Risk assessment is a tool that is used by health care workers (HCW) that have either cared for or admitted COVID-19 patients. It is to be completed for all health care workers who have been exposed to a confirmed COVID-19 patient in a health care facility. This will help determine the risk of COVID-19 virus infection of all health care workers who have been exposed to a COVID-19 patient and provide appropriate management recommendations to HCW’s according to their infection risk.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to:
1. Understand the Risk Assessment process and its key terms
2. Identify both personal and procedural hazards at workplace while managing a COVID-19 patient
3. Analyse and evaluate how likely and severe the risk of getting infected is
4. Set risk management standards based on acceptable safe practices required when managing a COVID 19 patient
5. Collect data from on the potential risks and review the risk assessment accordingly

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Confident in using the risk assessment tool as an aid to identify any IPC breeches and the severity of exposure
• You are able to inform the management of the exposed health care worker based on the risk assessment
• Make necessary improvements to minimize the risks involved in managing a covid-19 patient

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses

FACILITATOR:

Lecturer

Kishan Kumar

FRN, GCTT, MPH, MEL

OVERVIEW
The purpose of the vaccine “cold chain” is to maintain product quality from the time of manufacture until the point of administration by ensuring that vaccines are stored and transported within WHO-recommended temperature ranges.
The cold chain is a set of rules and procedures that ensures the proper storage and distribution of vaccines to health services from the national to the local level. It is interconnected with refrigeration equipment that allows vaccines to be stored at recommended temperatures to maintain their potency.
In the prevention and eradication of many common vaccine preventable diseases, proper vaccine storage and handling are important factors. Thus this module provides guidance for workers at health facility level on the management of vaccine cold chain to prevent storage and handling errors that results in revaccination of many patients and significant financial loss due to wasted vaccines.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to:
1. Define the cold chain system
2. Understand the importance of cold chain management
3. Identify the cold chain equipment and their specific use
4. be familiar with the process of maintaining the cold chain at each level
5. Know the importance of maintaining cold chain with vaccines.
6. Be aware of the action plan in emergency of during disasters.
7. Be aware of the heat and freeze sensitive vaccines and the storage.

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
1. Provide potent vaccines
2. Work with EPI policy and guideline
3. Maintain Standards in vaccine management
4. Maintain evidence based practices
5. Minimise AEFI cases in relation to immunisation error

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
Vaccine logistic team
FACILITATOR:

Sagita Devi Sharma

OVERVIEW
Breastfeeding provides your baby with all the nutrients they need for the first six months of life and also lays a healthy foundation for a healthy life. Breast milk is easy for baby to absorb and is the perfect food to help them grow and develop. It is recommended that children be breastfed within one hour of birth, exclusively breastfed for the first six months, and then breastfed until age of two.
The World health Organisation reports that in addition to more successful breastfeeding, skin to skin, between a mother and her new-born baby immediately after delivery also reduces crying, improves mother to infant interaction, and keeping the baby warm

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the short course, the participants will be able to
1. Identify the benefits of breastfeeding
2. Discuss the advantages and disadvantages
3. Understanding the application of breastfeeding policy
4. Master the different breastfeeding positions.
5. Summarize the breastfeeding tips
6. Educate mothers on importance of breastfeeding.
7. Understand the challenges during breastfeeding

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Nurses health educator role
• Ability to motivate mothers to breastfeeding
• Effective communication
• Encourage breastfeeding
• Improve maternal child health
TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses Community Public Health Nurses
FACILITATOR:

OVERVIEW
Burnout can lead to interfering with your own wellbeing and can also affect the quality of care service delivered. Due to the COVID pandemic crisis, health workers are at more risk of burnout than ever before. Long working hours, high patient demands and shortage of staff can be very frustrating. Burnout within health workers is common but we as health professionals fail to identify ourselves or our colleagues who are going through stages of burnout. In this, short course the participant will be able to understand burnouts and strategies to prevent, intervene and recover from burnout and maintain a happy work-life balance with confidence.

LEARNING OUTCOMES
By the end of the Short Course, the participants will be able to:
1. Define burnouts.
2. Develop a better understanding of concepts around burnouts.
3. Identifying the burnouts among others and themselves.
4. Understanding and recognising the stages of burnouts.
5. Develop skills to manage burnouts with the health care workers and themselves.
6. Identify strategies to prevent burnouts by building resilience through self-care.

CAPABILITIES ADDRESSED
• Better understanding about the burnouts among health care workers
• Competent Staff to identify the burnouts among themselves or others
• Effectively utilize different skills, methods, and therapy to address burnouts
• Healthy Work Environment
• Quality Patient Care
• Healthy wellness of Healthcare Workers

TARGET GROUP
Hospital Nurses, Community Public Health Nurses, Nursing Leaders or Any Health Care Workers/ Professionals.

FACILITATOR

Rahul Lakshman

FRN, BNs, PGCMHN, MNs (Mental Health)

Overview
Fundamentals of Wound Care Managements short course introduce some of the concepts which are fundamental to wound management and form the basis of patient and wound management. There are 3 topics to learn in order to complete this short course.
Topic 1: Anatomy, Physiology and Wound Classification
Learning outcomes:
Upon completion of this topic, participants will be able to:
1. Describe skin anatomy and physiology and process of normal wound healing
2. Apply a recognized classification system to a range of wounds.
3. Distinguish between acute and chronic wounds
4. Describe the factors influencing normal wound healing
Topic 2: Patient and Wound Assessment
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this topic of learning the participants will be to:
1. Describe the principles of holistic patient and wound assessment and planning
2. Apply the HEIDIE process to patient and wound assessment and care planning
3. Discuss the principles of wound bed preparation
4. Discuss the therapeutic actions and recommend application of a range of wound care dressing and technologies
5. Interpret diagnostic investigations relevant to wound healing
Topic 3: Wound infection and Infection Control
Learning outcomes
Upon completion of this session the participants will be able to:
1. Distinguish between the stages of the wound infection continuum
2. Discuss the influence of biofilm on wound infection and healing
3. Describe the 5 moments of hand hygiene
4. Discuss the principles of aseptic technique applied to wound care
5. Describe recognized standard of aseptic technique.
Capabilities Addressed
• Patient Assessment
• Wound Assessment
• Wound Care Plan Formulation
• HEIDIE Process application
• TIME/DIME Approach
• Diagnostic test interpretations
Target group: Community health and Clinical Hospital Nurses
Facilitator:

Mr. Tawita Maibintebure

NP