Critical Care Nurse Education
The West Yorkshire & South Yorkshire & Bassetlaw Critical Care Education, Training & Development Strategy has now been published. The objective of the strategy is to drive and support equitable critical care education, quality improvement and the development of critical care staff to deliver safe, evidence based quality patient care.
Education Forum
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The West Yorkshire Critical Care Network Education Forum is co-chaired by Ella Osborn, Practice Educator in Critical Care at Harrogate & District NHS FT.
Ella has worked within critical care at HDFT for nearly 10 years, in a variety of roles. Prior to this she worked in acute surgery. Her employment as an educator commenced in 2022 and she says she has gained so much from it. Most recently Ella has successfully completed her Post Graduate Certificate in Medical and Healthcare Education. Her focus is to help nurses build strong clinical skills, critical thinking and confidence in the high-acuity setting. The Education Forum meet four times per year. |
Digital Steps Resources
These resources have been developed by CC3N to support the roll out of the Digital Steps. There are a number of presentations and videos below that have been created to help you navigate the Digital Leaning System.
CC3N are facilitating a Community of Practice to support staff both getting on the platform and once they're using it, supporting and troubleshooting any issues encountered. This meeting is held the first Friday of each month on MS Teams, between 13.30 - 14.30.
Meeting links can be found on the CC3N NHS Futures page. The Critical Care National Network Nurse Leads Forum (CC3N) - Futures
These resources have been developed by CC3N to support the roll out of the Digital Steps. There are a number of presentations and videos below that have been created to help you navigate the Digital Leaning System.
CC3N are facilitating a Community of Practice to support staff both getting on the platform and once they're using it, supporting and troubleshooting any issues encountered. This meeting is held the first Friday of each month on MS Teams, between 13.30 - 14.30.
Meeting links can be found on the CC3N NHS Futures page. The Critical Care National Network Nurse Leads Forum (CC3N) - Futures
Educational Standards & Competencies
There has been considerable work undertaken by the Critical Care Nurse Education Review Forum, a sub-group of CC3N, to develop both Standards for Critical Care Nurse Education and a Competency Framework which underpins it.
Adult Critical Care Clinical Nurse Educator Best Practice Guidelines 2024
National Critical Care Nursing Education standards Version 3 2023
National Critical Care Nursing Education standards Version 3 2023
Mentor Slides
The mentor slides have been by created by CCNERF to try and provide the need to know information before you start mentoring and assessing staff using the Step competencies.
Competency Framework Mentor / Assessor Guidance
Competency Framework Mentor / Assessor Guidance
Critical Care Best Practice Educational Tools
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Critical Care Best Practice Tools have been produced by the Service Improvement Lead Nurses from WYCCN, NoECCN and NY&HCCN. They cover subjects such as Eye Care, Oral Care, Pressure Area Prevention, Transfer, Arterial Line and CVAD Care, ETT & TT care.
Please feel free to use them as educational tools and resources in conjunction with your own units policies and guidelines. Click on the image to the right to access all the resources. |
Links to Higher Education Institutions