Development of an interactive essential training needs dashboard for nurses and midwives working across Epworth HealthCare.

Abstract

Ensuring nurses and midwives have the education and training they need to provide the highest quality evidenced based care to patients is an ongoing challenge for health services globally. Currently, Nurse Unit Managers (NUMs) and Clinical Nurse Educators (CNEs) at Epworth have limited access and oversight of training completion rates outside of Mandatory Training. The purpose of this project is to create an interactive Essential Training Needs Dashboard that will capture each ward or unit requirements of staff development. This will facilitate the creation and delivery of targeted education and improve the quality of patient care. Results indicate that all CNEs and NUMs surveyed believed the Essential Training Dashboard would assist them in their roles. Staff completion rates for essential training will be compared before and after the introduction of the Essential Training Dashboard. This evaluation will demonstrate whether the introduction of an Essential Training Needs Dashboard improves targeting and uptake of advanced nursing skills training tailored to specific clinical areas.