Generation India Foundation launches free online course for nurses to fight Covid-19

Generation India Foundation – a youth employment not-for-profit-organization – along with its coalition partners, has organised a free training course to upskill nursing staff in India working with or likely to work with Covid-19 patients.

The lessons offer practical, demonstration-based, and immediately applicable support in the areas including infection prevention and control in the Covid-19 crisis; use of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE); the role of nurses in handling Covid-19 patients and taking care of self, Generation India stated.

Generation India has created an online learning experience, showcasing content from leading clinical and medical experts, the NGO mentioned. The course provides a series of assessments to confirm learning outcomes and a completion certificate. Generation aims to train more than 100,000 nurses (countrywide) through this online learning module.