Nursing Praxis in Aotearoa New Zealand · Published 2025-12-22 · DOI 10.36951/001c.144820
The eLearning Programme (Induction) in Critical Care New Zealand (EPICCNZ) was established to support new staff in critical care. The programme was developed during a period of significant recruitment following an increase in critical care beds across Aotearoa New Zealand. A project team was established of critical care nurses and learning design and technology experts. Nine interactive online modules for supporting clinical development during induction were made available nationally in April 2024, with a further two added later. This paper reports on user uptake, satisfaction and experience of EPICCNZ over the initial 12-month period. Anonymised data were collected on numbers of enrolments and completions, and user professional group. At the end of each module, users were given opportunity to complete self-reported feedback using five point Likert scale on module content, quality, satisfaction and programme usefulness. Free text boxes were available for additional feedback. Descriptive statistics and content analysis were used to review the data. Across all modules, there were 8,586 enrolments and 6,189 completions from every critical care unit in Aotearoa New Zealand. Nurses were the largest group (77%) participating in the modules. In the first 12 months, 497 users submitted programme feedback on completion of their final module (50.5%). 99% of users agreed that EPICCNZ was useful for their learning with over 95% of users identifying that EPICCNZ had helped them understand professional practice expectations in critical care in Aotearoa New Zealand and that EPICCNZ was a relevant and useful programme for their learning. This is the first time multiple health districts have been brought together to develop a major national eLearning programme in critical care. With significant uptake and positive user experience EPICCNZ provides a model for the development of high quality, clinically relevant programmes to onboard new staff in this speciality. # Te reo Māori translation ## Te whaiwhaitanga ake me te pānga o tētahi kaupapa whakangungu i-Akoranga ā-motu mō te taurimatanga: Arotakenga o ngā marama tuatahi 12 **Ngā Ariā Matua** Ko te Hōtaka i-Akoranga (Whakaurunga) mō te Taurimatanga i Aotearoa (eLearning Programme Induction in Critical Care New Zealand - EPICCNZ) i whakatūria hei tautoko kaimahi hou ki ngā mahi taurimatanga. He mea waihanga te hōtaka i tētahi wā i nui ai te whakaurunga mai whai muri ake i te pikinga o ngā moenga taurimatanga huri noa i Aotearoa. Ka whakatūria he ohu mahi kaupapa o ngā tapuhi taurimatanga me ngā pūkenga whakairo akomanga, pūkenga hangarau hoki. E iwa ngā kōwae ako pāhekoheko ā-ipurangi mō te tautoko pūkenga tiaki tūroro i te wā whakaurunga i puta ake ki te motu katoa i te Āperira 2024, nō muri ka tāpirihia e rua anō. Ka whakaatu tēnei pepa i te whaiwhaitanga ake a te kaiwhakamahi, i tōna rata me te pānga hoki o te EICCNZ mō ngā marama tuatahi 12. Ko te hunga tapuhi te rōpū nui rawa (77%) i uru ki ngā kōwae. I kohia ngā raraunga whakamuna mō te tokomaha o ngā whakaurunga me ngā whakatutukinga, tae atu ki te rōpū ngaio kaiwhakamahi. I te mutunga o ia kōwae, ka tukua mā ngā kaiwhakamahi e whakahoki ā rātou ake kōrero hāngai mā te rārangi Likert taumata rima mō ngā kōrero o ngā kōwae, mō te kounga, mō te rata me te whaihua o te hōtaka. I reira hoki he pouaka tuhi tuwhera hei tāpiri whakahokinga kōrero anō. Ko ngā tatauranga whakaatu me te tātaritanga kōrero i whakamahia hei arotake i ngā raraunga. Puta noa i ngā kōwae katoa, e 8,586 ngā whakaurunga, e 6,189 ngā whakatutukinga mai i ngā wāhi taurimatanga katoa o Aotearoa. I ngā marama tuatahi 12, e 497 ngā whakahokinga kōrero hōtaka a ngā kaiwhakamahi i te whakatutukinga o ō rātou akomanga whakamutunga (50.5%). E 99% o ngā kaiwhakamahi i whakaae he whaihua te EPICCNZ mō te ako ina koa neke atu i te 95% o ngā kaiwhakamahi i whakaatu ko EPICCNZ he āwhina kia mārama ai ki ngā tūmanako mahi ngaio mō te taurimatanga ki Aotearoa ka mutu he hāngai he whaihua hoki te hōtaka EPICCNZ mō ā rātou mahi akoako. Hei tuatahitanga tēnei i huia mai ētahi rohe hauora katoa ki te waihanga hōtaka matua i-Akoranga ā-motu mō te taurimatanga. Nā te nui o te whaiwhaitanga ake me te rata o te hunga whakauru, ka noho ko te EPICCNZ hei tauira mō te waihanga hōtaka kounga, hōtaka hāngai ki ngā pūkenga tiaki tūroro hei whakauru kaimahi hou ki tēnei mahi mātanga.
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