National Pain Management eLearning Programme for Nurses and Midwives

A National Advisory Group has been established to develop a national pain management e-learning programme. This group is chaired by Patrick Glackin on behalf of the Office of the Nursing and Midwifery Services Director.

The objective of the Group is to:

• Develop a national pain management e-learning programme for nurses and midwives which can be accessed via HSELand.

Summary

• A national group has been established to develop the e-learning pain management programme
• Terms of Reference and a Project Plan have been agreed.
• An education sub group of subject matter experts are developing the content of the programme.

Professor D Harmon and Mary McNamara Specialist Co-Ordinator CNME Midwest- Co-ordinator of the Programme

ONMSD Lead Contact Person: Patrick Glackin, A/Area Director HSE West, Email: patrick.glackin@hse.ie

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National E-learning Programme — The Practice of Nursing Assessment and Clinical Decision Making for the Older Person

The ONMSD is developing a National E-Learning Programme – The Practice of Nursing Assessment and Clinical Decision Making for the Older Person. The Steering Group for this programme recently agreed the key themes for the e-learning programme. The Working Group has commenced writing up content material, which is based on the processes and actions required by nurses to identify the care needs of older people. The programme will consist of the following sections:

Introduction : Aimed at developing a common understanding of the skills and competence required by the nurse to complete a comprehensive assessment.

Assessment : To focus on Lekan-Rutledge’s (ABA 2009) four level assessment framework associated with risk identification (DoHC 2008).

Clinical Decision Making : To focus on the process involved in formulating and prioritising decisions based on information derived from the four levels of assessment.

Actions: To include the key behaviours and activities required by nurses to holistically diagnose needs, set goals, plan and implement care.

Evaluation: To focus on the role of the nurse in evaluating the effectiveness of care delivered A format for delivery of the material will be agreed by the Working Group and the HSELanD design team.

For further information contact: Teresa Moore, Project Lead and Chair of the Working Group, HSE West /MidWest NMPD Unit Email: Teresam.moore@hse.ie . Tel: 087 983 0592