Course Details​​
This course is offered exclusively in digital format. There is no in-person component.

The Paediatric Education for Nursing Staff (PENS) Digital Course is a structured, self-paced program designed to build the knowledge, clinical reasoning, and practical skills needed by nurses, nurse practitioners, and paramedics caring for unwell children and neonates. Explore evidence-based approaches to paediatric emergency care through a comprehensive collection of recorded lectures.

Learn from experienced clinicians and educators as you work through practical clinical insights and real-world learning materials, covering key aspects of paediatric emergency nursing and clinical care.

Access the course online at your own pace, revisit key topics as often as you need, and build your paediatric emergency knowledge around your own schedule.

This course includes the following lectures:

• Sepsis
• Retrieval and Ventilation
• ​All things Eyes, Ears, Nose and Throat
• Recognition of the Sick Child
• Shock and Intravenous Fluids
• Paediatric Resus

• Neonates
• Burns
• Pain Management
• What to Spot
• The Dysregulated Child or Adolescent
• Slings and Things

• Paeds Mental Health in the ED
• Distraction Therapy in Children
• Human Factors
• Circulation and Shock
• Moral Distress
• ADHD Bootcamp & Online Resources

Learn from Experienced Paediatric & Emergency Care Professionals

The PENS Digital Course brings together an experienced multidisciplinary faculty of Registered Nurses, Clinical Nurse Consultants, Nurse Practitioners, Critical Care and Retrieval Paramedics, Paediatric Emergency Physicians, and medical educators. Drawing on expertise across paediatric emergency care, intensive care, retrieval medicine, sepsis, trauma, and mental health, our faculty share practical, evidence-informed insights to support nurses, nurse practitioners, and paramedics caring for acutely unwell children and neonates.

Your course registration includes:​​

• Access to the pre-course MCQ program
• 4 months access to 18 lecutres.

Who should take this course?
The PENS Course is ideal for:

• Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Paramedics caring for acutely unwell children and neonates.
• Clinicians working in Emergency Departments, Paediatric Wards, Community Health, Retrieval Services, and General Practice settings
• Healthcare professionals looking to strengthen their paediatric emergency knowledge, clinical reasoning, and practical skills.

Course Price:

• $400 (plus GST)​​

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