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Nursing · Intermediate

Essential Nursing Care in Tanzania

A comprehensive TNMC-aligned course for nurses practising in Tanzania: professional standards, vital signs, safe medication administration, patient care, infection prevention and ward documentation. Complete all objectives and the final assessment to earn CPD points toward your annual licence renewal.

CPD credits
10
Lessons
36
Study time
15 h
Level
Intermediate

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Intended for
Nurses
Taught by
Sr. Pendo Kimaro
Accreditation
Tanzania Nurses and Midwives Council (TNMC)
Delivery
Online, in the MOFATE OneHealth app · works offline
Assessment
Practice questions and a final assessment with instant feedback
Certificate
Issued on completion, verifiable online

Course syllabus

6 sessions, 36 lessons. Lesson content is delivered inside the platform after you sign in.

01 Professional standards and ethics in Tanzanian nursing

6 lessons · 2.3 hours

  1. The nurse as a professional: scope, standards and the Nursing and Midwifery Act20 min
  2. Ethical principles: autonomy, beneficence, non-maleficence and justice25 min
  3. Communication, cultural sensitivity and the patient as a person25 min
  4. Advocacy, accountability and reporting concerns20 min
  5. Time management, teamwork and the multidisciplinary team20 min
  6. Reflective practice and lifelong learning for CPD25 min

02 Vital signs monitoring and clinical observation

6 lessons · 2.7 hours

  1. Normal vital signs and why we measure them20 min
  2. Measuring temperature, pulse and respirations correctly25 min
  3. Blood pressure measurement and oxygen saturation (SpO2)30 min
  4. Early warning scores (MEWS/NEWS) and escalation30 min
  5. Monitoring the deteriorating patient: airways, breathing, circulation30 min
  6. Documenting observations and communicating changes25 min

03 Safe medication administration

6 lessons · 2.7 hours

  1. The rights of medication administration20 min
  2. Reading prescriptions and drug charts correctly25 min
  3. Calculating and preparing doses safely30 min
  4. Oral, injectable and IV medication administration30 min
  5. High-risk drugs: insulin, opioids, digoxin and anticoagulants30 min
  6. Medication errors: reporting, learning and prevention25 min

04 Patient hygiene, mobility and pressure injury prevention

6 lessons · 2.6 hours

  1. Why basic hygiene is serious nursing care20 min
  2. Helping patients move safely and using body mechanics25 min
  3. Positioning, repositioning and pressure injury prevention30 min
  4. Nutrition, hydration and elimination care25 min
  5. Care of the confused or restless patient30 min
  6. Falls prevention on the ward25 min

05 Infection prevention in the ward

6 lessons · 2.8 hours

  1. Standard precautions and how infections spread25 min
  2. Hand hygiene: the five moments25 min
  3. Surgical asepsis, clean technique and sterile field30 min
  4. Urinary catheter care and preventing CAUTI30 min
  5. Isolation precautions for respiratory and contact infections30 min
  6. Antimicrobial stewardship: the nurse as a guardian25 min

06 Nursing documentation and clinical handover

6 lessons · 2.4 hours

  1. Why documentation matters: accuracy, legality and continuity25 min
  2. Recording admissions, assessments and vital signs25 min
  3. The SBAR handover: Situation, Background, Assessment, Recommendation25 min
  4. Incident reporting and the open culture20 min
  5. Legal aspects: consent, confidentiality and records30 min
  6. Digital documentation and using the electronic record20 min

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