Audience:
Registered nurses of all skill levels and experience from new graduate to experienced senior nurses.
Category: Starship
Search results: 1901
Category: Counties BadgerNet program
Participants: encourages multi-disciplinary team participation and enrolment (e.g., nurses, administrators, pharmacists, physicians)
Duration: 2 half-day workshops (17 August and 5 October), plus a final presentation (17 November), and pre-readings
About this course
The Quality Improvement Workshop requires participants to have a project in mind so they can immediately apply the skills and tools taught during the sessions.
What problem would you want to solve?
The Workshop encourages multi-disciplinary team participation and enrolment (e.g., nurses, administrators, pharmacists, physicians).
In order to access the application form and online content you will need to click "Enrol me" below.
Category: Quality Improvement
This course is for those who have attended the balloon pump study day in CVICU.
Time allocation:20mins
Completion criteria: Once the quiz is passing with more than 90%
Category: Cardiology & Vascular
Category: Adult Nursing
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
Category: General
Kia ora! The overall aim of this course is to share with you some resources regarding best practice for the identification of patients and for the collection and labelling of specimens.
The expectations of this course are that you will:
- read the policies
- complete the self-evaluation section - this acknowledges that you have read the policy/guideline and have had an opportunity to discuss any questions you have with your preceptor/nurse educator or manager
Category: Nursing Familiarisation
**Please contact Helmer Zijdel or Suzanne Vercoe for enrolment availability if you wish to attend this training**
About: This study day includes sessions which refresh
pathophysiology, encourage recognition of deteriorating patient vital signs
through scenarios, and share physiotherapy-guided strategies for optimisation
and proactive management of patients at risk of deterioration. There are also
sessions which explore self-care strategies from health psychologists, and the
importance of communication, human factors, and teamwork in healthcare.
Mā wai tēnei / Who is this for:New RNs to critical care complex and RNs across the hospital
Frequency: Once
Takawā / Time: 8 hours
Course contact:
Category: Seminars for Counties Manukau
Image matching involves use of new technology, software and processes which requires additional training and assessment of understanding.
There is increasing demand by clinicians for daily imaging of patients to allow assessment of patient setup and anatomical positioning of treatment targets and critical structures.
This necessitates all existing RTs be trained to a consistent level of knowledge in image matching.
- Audience: All qualified RTs and third year RT students
- The test provides a bench mark that all RTs meet an essential level of competency in image matching.
Category: Radiation Therapy
Whakaminenga / Who is this for: Staff who work in clinical areas and require Immediate rescuer for the area they work in and their scope of practice as per Resuscitation Standards policy (e.g. Registered nurses, Midwives, in-hospital Physiotherapists, Vaccinators)
Takawā / Time: 1.5 hours
Course contact: clinical.education@waitematadhb.govt.nz
Method:eLearning
Frequency: every 2 years
Category: Mandatory Training
This course is designed to provide Registered Nurses with the knowledge and skills to safely manage a patient with an Implanted Port.
Category: Professional Development
This module assists Counties Manukau staff to safely access and de-access an Implanted Port.
This course is worth 1 hour of Professional Development time.
Category: N-S
Whakaminenga / Who is this for: This simulation day is exclusively for Health New Zealand | Te Whatu Ora Counties Manukau nurses
Prerequisites: Port-a-cath® Accessing & De-accessing eLearning
Frequency: Once
About: This training session provides nurses with practical experience and knowledge in the accessing and de-accessing of Implanted Ports / Port-a-cath®. Participants will gain hands-on experience and theoretical understanding in the following areas: clinical indication, patient assessment, managing complications, safe accessing and de-accessing, and post-procedure care.
Prerequisites: Port-a-cath® Accessing & De-accessing eLearning
Frequency: Once
About: This training session provides nurses with practical experience and knowledge in the accessing and de-accessing of Implanted Ports / Port-a-cath®. Participants will gain hands-on experience and theoretical understanding in the following areas: clinical indication, patient assessment, managing complications, safe accessing and de-accessing, and post-procedure care.
Category: Counties Manukau
Whakaminenga | Who is this for: All staff who need an overview of safely managing Implanted Venous Access Devices (IVAD)
Takawā | Time: 30 minutes
Course contact: Your Nurse Educator is your first point of contact. Then Nettie Johnson (Oncology Nurse Educator) and Shan Kong (Oncology Nurse Educator)
Method: Blend of eLearning and Skill Validation
Frequency: Once
Technology: Headphones or earbuds if completing eLearning in a shared workspace
Category: General
Participants: This course is for Waitemata DHB managers/team leaders responsible for managing leave. The session focuses on strategies for effectively managing attendance in your team.
Before enrolling please discuss with your manager how this course will help you meet your performance objectives.
Duration: 3 hours face to face course
About this course
This course focuses on developing your ability to:
- Be familiar with Waitemata DHB’s leave policy and targets
- Discuss a number of leave scenarios and identify appropriate strategies and approaches for effectively managing leave
- Manage attendance leave/leave in your team
- Explain how managing leave helps contribute to a culture of wellbeing in your team/service.
The course focuses on participants being flexible in using these skills. During class there is some theory, discussion and sharing of ideas, with most emphasis on demonstration and practice, in a fun and safe way.
Category: People Management
Participants: This course is suitable for all Waitemata DHB Staff
Duration: 30 minutes online
About this course
This course is for all Waitemata DHB staff. It looks at what is required to make health easy to understand and the role of the health system to achieve this. This course covers Improving Health Literacy.
Category: Patient Safety and Wellness
The purpose of this course is to confirm what in team ALS training you have completed at Te Toka Tumai.
This course is for in team Basic Airway Management skills assessments. If you are completing your assessment this way, please enroll in this course, print off your skills assessment sheet and arrange an assessment with your local in team 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.
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.
About this course: This course is for staff who need to know how to obtain help when they are worried about a patient, visitor or other staff member in any part of Te Toka Tumai's grounds or buildings
Duration: 5 minutes
Category: In Team Par Training
This course is for in team Zoll Manual Defibrillation & Pacing Assessment. If you are completing your assessment this way, please enroll in this course, print off your skills assessment sheet and arrange an assessment with your local in team 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.
Intended audience: Health and Safety Representatives (HSRs), Managers, Charge Nurses, Team Leaders, and Nurse Educators of Waitematā DHB.
Prerequisites: HSRs must have completed the Health and Safety Representatives (Stage 1) course. This course is intended to be taken in your second year as a HSR. There are no prerequisites for Managers, Charge Nurses, Team Leaders, and Nurse Educators.
Duration: 8 hours
Method: face-to-face training
Course Contact: Occupational Health and Safety Service c/o Miguel Jose (Miguel.jose@waitematadhb.govt.nz)
About this course:
The investigation and analysis of work-related accidents and incidents forms an essential part of managing health and safety. Effective incident investigations also helps in the identification of new hazards or associated risk, contributing to a safer and more productive working environment.
Learn what you can do to stop incidents from reoccurring. This one-day training course will provide you with practical skills to systematically investigate incidents, identify the root cause, as well as how to communicate the findings and recommendations to others.
This course covers:
- Why workplace accidents need to be reported and investigated.
- How to complete an incident investigation and identify root cause.
- How findings from investigations helps us to better understand how risk is being managed.
- When the Regulator (WorkSafe) must be notified.
- How to communicate the investigation results to your team.
- Practical exercises and case studies to extend your skills.
Category: Health and Safety Courses
Kia ora!
The purpose of this guideline is to provide clear guidance on how to use the Auckland DHB Incident Management Framework, and outline its implications for reporting consistency with the National Reportable Events Policy, Worksafe New Zealand, Ministry of Health, ACC, the Health and Disability Commissioner and other regulatory requirements that may arise.
The expectations of this course are that you will:
- read the policy
- complete the self-evaluation section - this acknowledges that you have read the policy/guideline and have had an opportunity to discuss any questions you have with your preceptor/nurse educator or manager
Category: Nursing Familiarisation
Whakaminenga / Who is this for: Waitematā nurses wanting to deepen their knowledge and understanding of Gynaecology conditions, treatment and management. Sessions are presented by healthcare specialists with expert knowledge, skill and experience in their specialty area.
Prerequisites: None
Takawā | Time: 8 hours
Course contacts: Charlotte Akehurst
Frequency: This course can be completed every 2 years
About: Endometriosis, Female Pelvic Mesh, Pain Psychology, Female Urinary Retention, Uro-Gynaecology Conditions & Surgery, Gynae-Oncology, Pelvic Health Physiotherapy, Chronic Pain.
Related Courses: Intro to Gynaecology, Pregnancy Loss & Termination.
Category: Medical-Surgical Nursing
Individual Placement Support - Zoom Sessions
Intended audience:
IPS Champions, IPS supervisors, IPS managers, employment consultants,
consumer advisors - Adult community Mental Health Services
Duration: 1 hour
About this course
This is a three part series on Individual Placement Support Run by Work Counts
1. Introduction to Individual Placement Support
- Understand the eight principles underpinning the approach,
- Have knowledge of the research evidence around IS,
- Have knowledge of fidelity reviews,
- Understand New Zealand policy drivers
2. Let's Talk About Work
This one-hour presentation will help participants explore advantages of work, understand the importance of employment and offer strategies to have employment conversations with clients.
3. Managing Personal Information
Please complete this online induction after you have completed the Getting Started course.
Category: Professional Development
Please complete this online induction for Health Care Assistants after you have completed the Getting Started course.
Category: Professional Development
This module has been created to ensure consistent safe and competent IDC of adult males across the Counties Manukau region. Staff who with in their normal duties would be expected to perform male catheterisations should complete this as a first step in gaining clinical competency. This module is a prerequisite for a Male Indwelling catheterisation (IDCm) skill simulation session.
This course is equivalent to 4 hours of Professional Development time
Category: H-M
This module has been created to ensure consistent safe and competent IDC of adult males across Te Tai Tokerau region. Staff who with in their normal duties would be expected to perform male catheterisations should complete this as a first step in gaining clinical competency. This module is a prerequisite for a Male Indwelling catheterisation (IDCm) skill simulation session. |
Category: Professional Development
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
Category: General
This eAssessment about Infection Control is for NICU staff.
Category: Starship
This Course will introduce you to infection prevention and control principles for practice within Counties Manukau. By completing this course you will understand how infection prevention and control principles apply within Counties Manukau and the expectations the organisation has regarding its requirements.
Category: Mandatory Training
Intended audience: All employees who have direct clinical contact
Duration: 1 hour PD credit
Valid for: 2 years (can be repeated annually)
Category: Mandatory Training
Intended audience: All healthcare providers who
have clinical contact with patients but who don’t provide direct hands
on care. For example psychologists, allied health professionals,
biomedical technicians, pharmacists etc
Duration: 30 minutes to complete, 1 hour PD credit
Valid for: 2 years (can be repeated annually)
Category: Mandatory Training
Intended audience: All staff who do not have direct
patient contact and don’t provide direct hands on care. For example
administration staff, volunteers, cleaners, orderlies
Duration: 30 minutes to complete, 1 hour PD credit
Valid for: 2 years (can be repeated annually)
Category: Mandatory Training
Who is this for: anyone in a patient facing role or anyone requiring PPE practical assessment of their donning and doffing technique
Prerequisites: Infection Prevention and Control course
Contact: your educator/manager
Method: practical session and observation sign off
Currently this course is only available to Te Whatu Ora | Waitematā district employees, and primary and community healthcare partners. Please contact your district's infection prevention and control team for your district's PPE training.
Category: Clinical Skills and Areas
Intended audience: All dental workers (Auckland Regional Dental Service)
Duration: 30 minutes to complete, 1 hour PD credit
Valid for: 2 years (can be repeated annually)
Category: Mandatory Training
Intended audience: This workshop is designed for health professionals undertaking or planning to undertake research which requires participant consent.
Duration: 90 minutes
Course contact: Dr Lorraine Neave
About this course:
The focus of this workshop is on identifying and discussing the ethical issues relating to informed consent and strategies to address these.
This clinic will be delivered by Associate Professor Wayne Miles, Clinical Director Research & Knowledge Centre.
Category: Research
Whakaminenga / Who is this for: Nurses working with paediatric and neonatal patients within Waitematā.
Prerequisites: none
Takawā | Time: 8hrs
Course contact: Louise Guy Claudia Tomas, Tilly McGinlay, Karen Purdie
Frequency: This course can be completed every 2 years
About: This study day aims to enhance nurses' critical thinking by exploring innovation, equity, research-based best practices, and practice change. We will focus on supporting fair access and opportunities in innovative change, inspiring reflection and promoting positive change.
Category: Child Health Nursing
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
Category: BadgerNet Programme
Kia ora!
This module has been created to enable consistent, safe and competent care for adult female patients requiring urinary catheter management across Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
Who is this for: This course is for all staff who perform female IDC insertion as part of their clinical role within Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
Time: 30 minutes
Category: Practical Assessment (Audits)
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
Category: Practical Assessment (Audits)
Kia ora!
This module has been created to enable consistent, safe and competent care for adult male patients requiring urinary catheterisation across Te Toka Tumai Auckland.
Who is this for: Staff expected to perform catheterisations for adult male patients within their regular duties should complete this as a first step in gaining clinical competency.
Time: 1 hour
Category: Practical Assessment (Audits)
Category: Paediatrics/Neonates Nursing
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.
Category: Safe use of medicine
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.
Category: General
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.
We gratefully acknowledge Waitemata DHB whose Insulin module provided the basis for this course.
Category: H-M