The Australian Catholic University supported by DHHS Victoria developed an online program for Victorian nurses just-in-time for the COVID-19 surge. Nurse academics were given 9 weeks to develop and implement the online program. The partnership between the University the state health department, practicing clinicians and OpenLearning resulted in the implementation of a successful online program. The COVID4NURSES program supported over 2000 enrolments with participants – in particular enrolled nurses – demonstrating improved confidence and knowledge acquisition working in the pandemic clinical environment.