Course Title: Contribute to OHS processes
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2009
Course Code: NURS5121C
Course Title: Contribute to OHS processes
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4203 - Certificate IV in Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 nursing)
Course Contact: City: Carylin Lenehan/ Bundoora: Erica Keen
Course Contact Phone: 9925 4837/ 9925 6649
Course Contact Email: carylin.lenehan@rmit.edu.au/erica.keen@rmit.eu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Bruce Killey (City) 99254809
Vivienne Decleva (Bundoora) 99257539
Nominal Hours: 20
Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.
Pre-requisites and Co-requisites
No pre-requisites required
Course Description
This unit specifies the workplace performance required by a worker to contribute to work health and safety (WHS) processes where there is responsibility for own
work outputs and possibly limited responsibility for the work output of others.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTOHS300A Contribute to OHS processes |
Element: |
1) Plan and conduct work safely |
Element: |
2) Support others in working safely |
Element: |
3) Contribute to WHS participative processes |
Element: |
4) Contribute to hazard identification, WHS risk assessment and risk control activities |
Element: |
5) Participate in the control of emergency situations |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Participation in formal lectures
Participate in online learning activities.
Participate in simulations of infection control
Perform elements of competence as designated for this learning segment to the required standard during clinical placement
Teaching Schedule
Not necessarily in this order.
1/Legislation, Rights and responsibilities.
2/Hazard identification, classification and documentation.
3/OHS organisational procedures and housekeeping procedures.
4/Risk management.
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Crisp, J and Taylor, C. 2009. Potter & Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing. 7th Ed. Elsevier: Sydney |
References
Other Resources
N/ A
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may include:
Observation in the workplace.
Written Assignments/projects, case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice.
Questioning: written or verbal
Assessment Tasks
Online assessment
Assessment Matrix
Online assessment task will be required to be completed throughout the delivery, for submission on due date .
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