In 2022, The Harry Crossley Children’s Nursing Development Unit introduced a suite of online short courses for nurses and healthcare professionals working with children.

The aim of these courses is to introduce participants to the essential knowledge and skills to confidently provide the most appropriate care to children and their families, and to improve outcomes and prevent unnecessary deterioration or avoidable harm. Offered asynchronously online, it is intended that these courses increase both the physical and financial accessibility of training in children’s nursing to nurses across the continent.

The ‘Essentials of Nursing’ suite of courses consists of the following courses:

• Essentials of Nursing Sick Children (16 weeks long)
• Essentials of Nursing Critically Sick Children (16 weeks long)
• Essentials of Nursing Sick Newborns (16 weeks long)
• Essentials of Nursing Children with a Tracheostomy (12 weeks long)
• Essentials of Nursing Children with a Cancer or Blood Disorder (6 weeks long)
• Essentials of a Paediatric Clinical Assessment (10 weeks long)
• Essentials of Paediatric Burns Care (11 weeks long)

Click on the links above for more information about course dates, admission requirements, course format and content, costs and to apply.