Comment on Jarden R, Scanlon A, Bridge N, et al. 2021. Coronavirus disease 2019 Critical Care Essentials course for nurses: development and implementation of an education program for healthcare professionals.

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We have read the article published in the Australian Journal of Advanced Nursing "Coronavirus disease 2019 Critical Care Essentials course for nurses: development and implementation of an education and implementation of an education program for healthcare professionals". 1 The authors have described their processes of development, implementation, and evaluation of an online educational program to upskill nursing staff to care for acute cases of respiratory failure due to Covid-19 in intensive care units (ICU). They have acknowledged that online education modules are only the beginning of the journey of upskilling nurses for redeployment, voluntary or mandatory, to critical care facilities during a pandemic. 1