Kia ora, thank you for taking on the Fire Warden OR Back-up Fire Warden role for your workplace!

Please ensure at least ONE fire warden is on-site at any given time. If the nominated staff are not on-site, please nominate more to cover all your service hours.

Below are the fire warden responsibilities we will be covering at the training:

• Understand the R.A.C.E Procedure
• Understand how Visual Display Panel (VDP) and Manual Call Points (MCPs) work and the importance of these devices
• Understand the difference between Staged Evacuation and Total Evacuation procedures
• Be able to locate and utilise the Warden Action Card (WAC)
• Monitor evacuation routes, check the routes and fire doors are kept free of obstructions, and report all fire hazards without delay
• Monitor the emergency resources to keep them up-to-date and fit for purpose

The Starship Generic Pain Management Assessment is compulsory for all staff attending the pain study day. 

This course provides a more in-depth learning about giving feedback and explores in detail the BUILD feedback model and the ABC model of appreciation. You will understand how judgments can often play a role in giving the wrong kind of feedback and how to avoid this. You will also be able to practice and prepare for using these models in their lives and create an action plan moving forward.

Course duration: Approximately 70 minutes

Course objectives:

• Understand the risks and potential impact of not speaking up
• Learn about the WHAT, WHY and HOW of appreciation including the ABC model of Appreciation
• Identify the benefits of giving praise
• Learn about the WHAT, WHY and HOW of giving great feedback including the BUILD feedback model
• Explore using the BUILD model in practice and in more detail
• Understand the difference between facts and judgments
• Practice real world scenarios where BUILD may be used
• Make preparations to start practicing and using BUILD
• Learn how to receive feedback as a GIFT
• Create an Action plan for next steps

This course is designed to introduce nursing staff (and other end users) to the Guardrails Safety Software that is installed on all Alaris volumetric pumps and syringe drivers.
Audience:  All new nursing staff (use of equipment and IV administration training) and refresher training for for those unfamiliar with Guardrails - or returning to work. 
Curricular emphases: how to access information and how to use the system to increase uptake and improve patient safety. 
Participants need to provide evidence of how to use Guardrails, how to access Guardrails administration guides - and how to feedback change requests for subsequent updates.

This course will assess your understanding of the Working Safely in Healthcare - ADHB's H&S Handbook. All new workers should complete this assessment within 7 days of starting work as part of the staff health and safety induction.

The H&S Handbook covers all the health and safety requirements of this organisation.

Participants: This course is recommended for all staff and volunteers in the Auckland DHB health system. 

Duration: 45 minutes online

About this course 

There are two modules in this course

• Module 1: Improving Health Literacy
• Module 2: Communicating Effectively to Improve Understanding

Whakaminenga | Who is this for: All Health Professionals interested in Cardiac Surgery, at Te Toka Tumai Auckland

Takawā | Time: 8 hours

Course contact: Qianhui Zhou, Nurse Educator

Method: Face to face

Frequency: Annually

The primary audience is the registered nurses of the four Older Peoples Health wards at Auckland City Hospital, however nurses looking after older adults in both surgical and medical settings will find relevance in the course. Participants completing this course will be able to recognise and articulate ways in which the older adult presents with acute illness, and describe actions they can take to minimise impact on the patient.

About this course: This course is for kaimahi who need to know how to obtain help when they are worried about a patient, visitor or other staff memeber in any part of Te Toka Tumai's grounds or buildings

Duration: 5 minutes

Kia ora, nau mai haere mai. Welcome to the online hub designed to build your knowledge in Cultural safety, Te Tiriti o Waitangi, our history, Māori Health Equity, Institutional Racism and self-awareness. It’s a collection of webinars, podcasts, journal articles, opinion pieces and practical tools to support your learning.

You can navigate your way through the hub and engage in the resources that suit you. You might like to work through this with your team, print articles to read during your commute or watch a video over your lunchtime.

Audience:

Registered nurses of all skill levels and experience from new graduate to experienced senior nurses.

Kia ora! 

This module has been created to enable consistent, safe and competent care for adult patients requiring urinary catheter management across Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

Who is this for: Staff expected to manage an indwelling urinary catheter within their normal duties should complete this.

Time: 15 minutes

Image matching involves use of new technology, software and processes which requires additional training and assessment of understanding.

This course is for in team BLS Assessments. If you are completing your assessment this way, please enroll in this course, print off your BLS Skills assessment sheet and arrange an assessment with your local in team BLS skills assessor. 

Your skills assessor will update your training records to show you as certified. Once this is actioned, you can print off your certificate.

Your skills assessor will update your training records to show you as certified. Once this is actioned, you can print off your certificate.

Mā wai tēnei | Who is this for: All staff who care for patients with indwelling urinary catheters as part of their clinical role

Course contact: Your Nurse Educator is your first point of contact. Then Erika Lackey-Ruwald Nurse Consultant - Practice and Performance Improvement, Manawa Awhi | Nursing Development Unit

Method: Blend of eLearning and Skill Validations

Frequency: Once

Technology: Headphones or earbuds if completing eLearning in a shared workspace

The overall aim of this course is to show how BadgerNet can be used by Inpatient Midwives.

Who is this for: Midwives (and/or specialists) who work in the wards who needs to use BadgerNet

Time: Approximately 1 hour

Kia ora! 

This module has been created to enable consistent, safe and competent care for adult male patients requiring urinary catheter management across Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

Who is this for: This course is for all staff who perform IDC insertion as part of their clinical role within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.

Time: 30 minutes

There is potential for serious harm if a patient receives the wrong type of insulin.

This course will help you to check and prescribe insulin so the patient receives the right product every time.

Aim: Participants will understand ADHB policy and best practice for intrathecal analgesia/catheter 

Audience: Nursing staff involved with patients receiving intraspinal analgesia (primarily in the oncology settings) management, including basic troubleshooting

Purpose: This course will provide participants with the essential knowledge to support the level of skill (development) required to provide care of a patient with an intrathecal catheter confidently, safely and consistently in accordance with legislation and ADHB policy

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If your role requires the use of Continuous Analgesia Infusions, you must complete this course.