{"id":145444,"date":"2021-07-23T10:06:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-23T20:06:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=145444"},"modified":"2021-07-23T15:54:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-24T01:54:16","slug":"nursing-online-covid-19-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2021\/07\/23\/nursing-online-covid-19-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Free online COVID-19 nursing training benefits more than 2,000 worldwide"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">Reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> 2<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">minutes<\/span><\/span><p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-nursing-covid-class.jpg\" alt=\"nurse with a sim patient\" width=\"676\" height=\"381\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-116002\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-nursing-covid-class.jpg 676w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-nursing-covid-class-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/manoa-nursing-covid-class-130x73.jpg 130w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 676px) 100vw, 676px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In spring 2020, <a href=\"https:\/\/nursing.hawaii.edu\/\">University of <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> at M\u0101noa nursing<\/a> faculty developed a three-hour training program, &ldquo;Nursing During Pandemics&#8212;COVID-19&rdquo; for students, frontline nurses and other health professionals as a teaching tool to ensure that they were prepared to navigate the new reality with COVID-19. The free course, made available from April 2020 until April 2021, was delivered online via <a href=\"http:\/\/www.outreach.hawaii.edu\/\"><abbr title=\"东精影业\">东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Outreach College<\/a> and enrolled a total of 2,375 individuals from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>, the <abbr title=\"United States\">U.S.<\/abbr> and other countries. <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> licensed nurses and other health professionals could also earn continuing nursing education (<abbr>CNE<\/abbr>) credits for their participation from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaiicenterfornursing.org\/\">The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> State Center for Nursing<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Related <em>东精影业 News<\/em> story:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2020\/04\/15\/covid19-training-for-nurses\/\"><abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa faculty developed COVID-19 training for nurses<\/a>, April 15, 2020<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Feedback received from the participants indicated that the program has been very beneficial on multiple levels. 东精影业ees commented how the program has strengthened their knowledge about COVID-19 and that they felt more prepared to keep themselves and their communities safe and healthy. <\/p>\n<p>A participant said, &ldquo;Overall, [the training] was very helpful and informative regarding nursing responsibilities\/roles, preparedness and safety during the COVID-19 pandemic. These modules helped to further my knowledge as this information is beneficial and can assist me in my nursing career.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The COVID-19 online training consisted of four modules (30&#8211;60 minutes each) which could be taken individually or as a series. While the program was primarily focused toward nursing students, nurses and health professionals, there were no prerequisites required and the virtual training could also be taken by anyone interested in the subject matter.<\/p>\n<p>About 86&#37; of the total participants came from <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> with the remainder coming from 39 <abbr>U.S.<\/abbr> states and 6 countries. Fifty-three percent of the 2,375 enrolled individuals were students and non-licensed health professionals and 47&#37; were licensed health professionals. Of the total participants, 56&#37; were entry level and advanced practice nursing students of which 45&#37; were enrolled in nursing schools in <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span>. <\/p>\n<h2>Collaboration among <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> units<\/h2>\n<p>The program content was piloted using a live webinar format for all <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa nursing faculty and enrolled nursing students in March 2020. Upon the pilot\u2019s success, <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s School of Nursing and Dental Hygiene approached Outreach College with the program idea and the request to assist with registration. Outreach College happily supported the program at no cost to the partners. The <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> State Center for Nursing, a nursing continuing professional development provider accredited by the American Nurses Credentialing Center, ensured content integrity, provided the <abbr>CNE<\/abbr> credits and supported the post-test and evaluation.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Providing timely, quality educational programs during the pandemic was one of the many ways <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> contributed to the COVID-19 response,&rdquo; said <strong>Mary G. Boland<\/strong>, dean and professor of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa Nursing. &ldquo;One of the strengths of our university is the ability to deliver relevant and current information to broad audiences. This collaboration with Outreach College and the <span aria-label=\"Hawaii\">Hawai&#699;i<\/span> State Center for Nursing highlights the tremendous impact we can have when we work together.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>This effort is an example of <abbr>东精影业<\/abbr> M\u0101noa\u2019s goal of <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf#page=20\">Enhancing Student Success<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), one of four goals identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/manoa.hawaii.edu\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/manoa-2025-strategic-plan.pdf\">2015\u201325 Strategic Plan<\/a> (<span class=\"small-text\"><abbr title=\"Portable Document Format\">PDF<\/abbr><\/span>), updated in December 2020. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The free online course for students, frontline nurses and other health professionals ensured that they were prepared to navigate the new reality with COVID-19.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[26],"tags":[1411,1416,1466,189,49,167,9],"class_list":["post-145444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-covid-19","tag-covid-19-uh-helps","tag-manoa-enhancing-student-success","tag-nursing","tag-outreach-college","tag-school-of-nursing-and-dental-hygiene","tag-uh-manoa","entry","has-media"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145444","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=145444"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":145484,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/145444\/revisions\/145484"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=145444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=145444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=145444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}