FREE COURSE
Perioperative Nursing E-Learning Foundational Programme (PeN Programme)
What's in this course?
This course aims to develop nurses’ theoretical and practical understanding of nursing care delivery in the operating theatre environment.
Designed for perioperative nurses
This course has been designed to train in-service perioperative nurses as well as pre-service trainees.
Timing
Thirty 1-hour modules
Varied activities
Interactive presentations, assessments, videos etc.
Level
Basic
Who is the programme for?
The Programme is designed to support continuing professional development of in-service perioperative nurses but also to provide foundational knowledge & skills in operating department nursing for pre-service trainees.
It will provide learners with up-to-date, evidenced based knowledge to critically develop nurses’ theoretical and practical understanding of nursing care delivery in the operating theatre environment.
It also aims to support registered nurses in enhancing their confidence, skills and competences, with regard to the provision of nursing care to patients in the operating theatre environment.
What do you gain?
On successful completion of the Programme you will be able to:
- Critically discuss the evolution and role of Operating Department Nursing.
- Critically discuss the key principles of pre / peri / post operative nursing care.
- Critically discuss contemporary issues in Operating Department Nursing.
- Debate issues relating to safety and quality improvement in the Operating Department.
- Debate issues related to the provision of healthcare as part of an interdisciplinary team.
Programme delivery
This Programme will be delivered through 30 engaging self-guided e-learning modules which include formative assessment and promote active learning.
This course is provided by
ECSACONM
The East, Central, and Southern Africa College of Nursing and Midwifery (ECSACONM) is the professional body for nurses and midwives in the ECSA Region. It is a technical arm of ECSA Health Community whose aim is to strengthen nursing and midwifery education, practice, research, leadership and management for Professional Excellence and the improvement of the quality of communities in the region.
RCSI
Founded as the national training body for surgery in Ireland, the Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland has been at the forefront of healthcare education since its establishment in 1784. Today, RCSI is an innovative, world-leading international health sciences university. Our mission is to educate, nurture and discover for the benefit of human health.
This is a Programme funded by Irish Aid
Course Content
Download our mobile app!
Join the biggest online learning community in global surgery, powered by the United Nations Institute for Training and Research and the Global Surgery Foundation.