Essential training for Nursing, Midwifery, Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners, Registered undergraduate Students of Nursing/Midwifery and Medical staff, to recognise your deteriorating patient/client early and initiate appropriate intervention.

Version 2024.

Target

NT Health: 

• Registered undergraduate Students of Nursing/Midwifery 
• Registered Nurses and Midwives
• Registered Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Practitioners and
• Medical Practitioners

Excludes Primary Health Care

Purpose

This self directed learning package has been developed to provide identified NT Health employees knowledge in recognising and responding to clinical deterioration at an awareness level. This course will assist in recognise the deteriorating patient/client early and initiate appropriate interventions. This course will fulfil the Essential Training requirements and can be included in CPD hours.

Learning Outcomes

This course will cover

• Recognition of the deteriorating patient
• Recognition and interpretation of abnormal observation
• Initiation of appropriate interventions and management
• Initiation of timely interventions
• Effective communication

Duration

Expected duration for viewing tutorial and completing the online assessment quiz is 1 hour

Assessment and Grading

Recognition and Response to Clinical Deterioration training is an essential requirement to be completed once, at commencement of employment.

• Read the tutorial
• Complete the online assessment quiz, you must achieve 100% to pass
• A certificate will be made available once the assessment is completed and passed

Completion requirements

Attendees must receive a pass mark of 100% in the online quiz.

Technical requirements

Learning modules may contain sound / voice overs, participant will therefore need to access these modules on a device that has sound enabled. For Participants using NTG computers, please NTG Service Desk for technical advice or assistance 1800 000 254 (Do I have audio enabled on my computer and/or how to get my audio equipment working).

How to enrol

Self-enrol

Use the 'Enrol me' button located at the bottom of this page. If you cannot see the 'Enrol me' button at the bottom of this page, please CLICK HERE and re-check for the 'Enrol me' button at the bottom of this page. Clicking on the 'Enrol me' button will enrol you in the course and take you to the course homepage. 

• NTG Staff – login with your NTG LAN details. These are the same details you use to log onto your work computer.
• For non-NTG staff (ie. external users) login using your MyLearning credentials. 

Non-NTG users who do not have a MyLearning account:

• If you do not have a MyLearning account, you must apply for a MyLearning account using the Application form for non-government users. Please note that the Course Start Date field on the form is future dated by default and cannot be changed. Please ignore the start date listed when you select the date - actual records of enrolment and sign up is recorded in the course logs.

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