E-learning resources

Multicultural Care

The Erasmus+ project Multicultural Care in European Intensive Care units, MICE-ICU (2016-2018) resulted in a specialized and accredited e-learning course on multicultural care dedicated to nurses working in intensive care environments.
It offers real, interactive e-learning. The syllabus and the course are endorsed by the European federation of Critical Care Nurses associations (EfCCNa).

Content

Entry test of knowledge ·
MODULE I: Cultural awareness and sensitivity
MODULE II: Culturally diverse patients in health care environment ·
MODULE III: Speciﬁcs when caring for culturally diverse patients on ICU wards ·
Ending test of knowledge

The e-learning course is available on the MICE-ICU website

Healthy Work Environment for Critical Care Nurses

The multilingual blended (online and face to face) training course for nurse training professionals to develop Healthy Work Environments (HWE) knowledge, skills and competences for CCU nurses.

The training course is available as an e-learning online platform and includes:

• Online training on Healthy Work Environments (HWE) for nurses in the Critical Care Units (CCU)

• Methods, tools and support materials for trainers involved in the (continuous) development of CCU nurses to design HWE training curricula

• Lesson plans on the six dimensions of HWE.

The course is available in six languages (English, Croatian, Greek, Polish, Romanian and Spanish) and as an Open Educational Resource free of charge

click here for the course

Managing Patients with Chest Drains

The certified Chest Drain Management eLearning course examines what is a chest drain, where and why this is used along with different chest drainage systems. This course provides an excellent introduction to understanding and managing chest drainage. It covers topics such as:

Anatomy of the chest cavity
Function of chest drainage
Different chest drainage systems
Monitoring and management of chest drains
Information about digital drains
Differences between underwater seal drains and Thopaz+
Summary of features and benefits of Thopaz+

Link to the Medela eLearning course

This course is CPD (Continuing Professional Development) certified.
This course is also endorsed by EfCCNa

Other sources of online education

Patient Safety / Infection Control

The WHO Campaign 'Clean Care is Safer Care'

The goal of Clean Care is Safer Care is to ensure that infection control is acknowledged universally as a solid and essential basis towards patient safety and supports the reduction of health care-associated infections and their consequences.

Hand Hygiene & Standard Precautions to prevent Healthcare associated Infections

key concepts of hand hygiene and standard precautions

The Nursing in Critical Care Virtual Issue about Infection Control

A collection of papers about infection control issues

Resuscitation

European Resuscitation Council (ERC) Guidelines 2015 (Video Summaries)

Paediatric sources of online education

OPENPediatrics - the world's best practices - shared worldwide

'WORKING TOGETHER - ACHIEVING MORE'

The European Federation of Critical Care Nursing Associations (EfCCNa) is a formal network of critical care nursing associations in Europe.