Course Title: Confirm physical health status

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2017

Course Code: NURS5362C

Course Title: Confirm physical health status

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: City Campus

Program: C4367 - Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance

Course Contact: Veemita Kaul

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4662

Course Contact Email: veemita.kaul@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Nominal Hours: 90

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

There are no prerequisites or corequisites for this unit of competency

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to obtain and interpret information about client health status and to check a client’s physical health. It requires a detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
This unit applies to individuals working directly with clients and who assist in the provision of health care services. Some disciplines may be subject to state/territory regulatory determination regarding delegation and supervision.

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and
where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.
This course includes clinical placement


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTAAP002 Confirm physical health status

Element:

1. Obtain information about physical health status

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Obtain accurate information about physical health status through observation, questioning or review of documentation 1.2 Interpret information based on understanding of the structure and functioning of body systems 1.3 Use information to identify any actual or potential problems regarding health status 1.4 Take into account factors that may have impacted on an identified physical condition

Element:

2. Check physical health status

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Make checks of client health status prior to delivery of health intervention using knowledge of body systems 2.2 Clarify significance of physical health status in relation to a particular intervention in line with job role and organisation requirements 2.3 Clarify implications and significance of physical health status with appropriate people in the case of uncertainty or limits on own capability or authority

Element:

3. Identify variations from normal physical health status

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Identify variations from normal health status using standard methods and protocols 3.2 Identify potential factors responsible for significant variations from normal health status 3.3 Identify potential risk factors associated with variations from normal health status 3.4 Recognise and refer potentially serious issues in line with organisation requirements

Learning Outcomes


The critical learning for this course takes place in clinical placement within the health sector and within simulations in RMIT.


You will be instructed in skills through demonstration, modelling and roleplay.


Skills development is supported by lectures on theory and underpinning knowledge,
classroom discussions, group work, research and reflective practice.

On completion of this course, you should be able to demonstrate the below mentioned outcomes satisfactorily -

  1. Obtain information about physical health status 
  2. Check physical health status
  3. Identify variations from normal physical health status


Details of Learning Activities

 

Learning Activities

A combination of activities will support students learning in this course, such as:


- Face to face and or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course . The students will be provided with self study materials as well.
- Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL), during simulations and classroom based learning
- Observations of performance in the clinical placement or simulated environment will be a valuable part of your learning experience
- Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics
- Online discussion and activities support you to collaborate with other students in your course and debate and debate and discuss ideas( optional activities only) 
- Self directed study time to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts
- To further facilitate learning, students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform


Teaching Schedule

       

Clustered teaching schedule for Recognise Healthy Body systems and Confirm Physical Health Status-

 

No. 

Date

Topics

1

12/07

Introduction to unit, orientation, body basic chemistry

2

19/07

Cells, Tissues and organs

3

02/08

 Skin and body membranes

4

09/08

Skeletal system

5

16/08

Muscle system 

6

23/08

 Nervous system

7

06/09

Endocrine system

8

13/09

 Special senses

Practical 1

9

20/09

Blood

10

27/09

 Written assessment 1

11

11/10

Cardiovascular system

12

18/10

 Lymphatic and immune system

13

25/10

Respiratory system 

14

01/11

 Digestive system and nutrition

15

 08/11

Urinary system

Practical 2

16

 15/11/17

Reproductive system 

17

07/02/18

causes of disease, health status

18

14/02/18

Written assessment 2


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Marieb, E. ( Ninth Edition) Essentials of human anatomy and physiology Benjamin Cummings: San Fransisco

 


References


Other Resources

RMIT Library

http://www1.rmit.edu.au/library


Overview of Assessment

Assessment tasks-

Assessment Task 1: Written assessment 1

This assessment task supports knowledge assessment

Assessment Task 2: Written assessment 2
This assessment task supports knowledge assessment

Assessment Task 3: Clinical placement
This assessment task supports learning outcomes 1, 2 & 3


You will be provided with an assessment overview for the course and a descriptor for each assessment task.
Feedback is provided on each assessment


Assessment Tasks

 

There are three assessment tasks that you must successfully complete in full in order to be deemed competent in this unit:

 

No:

Assessment Code

Name

Dates

1

HLTAAP001,

HLTAAP002-AT1

Written Assessment 1

( Lectures 1-9) 

 

 27/09/2017

2

HLTAAP001, HLTAAP002 -AT2

 

Written Assessment 2

 (Lectures 10-16)

 14/02/2018

3

HLTAAP002 -AT3

 

Clinical Placement; 3 different case studies

 Evidence log book

4.

HLTAAP001- AT4

Practical 1 and 2

To be submitted through Turnitin by 15/11/17



 

The students will receive satisfactory/ not yet satisfactory result for each assessment task. The students can receive Competency achieved/ Not yet competent result for this competency.

The details about the assessments will be posted on blackboard

 

The students are required to receive satisfactory result in each task to receive a competency achieved results for this competency

 


Assessment Matrix

 

Short description of assessment tasks

  1. Written Assessment Closed book 2 hrs
  2. Written Assessment Closed book 2 hrs
  3. Patient case studies with 3 different health conditions. This may be obtained over the three week placements

Performance evidence required

How it is met

The candidate must show evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the job role.

There must be evidence that the candidate has: obtained, correctly interpreted and used anatomical and physiological client information to check the physical health status of at least 3 different people presenting with different conditions

Case study when on the clinical  placements

 

Elements

Performance Criteria

Related Assessment Task

A

B

C

1. Obtain information about physical health status

1.1 Obtain accurate information about physical health status through observation, questioning or review of documentation

 

 

 ü

1.2 Interpret information based on understanding of the structure and functioning of body systems

ü

ü

ü

1.3 Use information to identify any actual or potential problems regarding health status

ü

ü

ü

1.4 Take into account factors that may have impacted on an identified physical condition

ü

ü

ü

2. Check physical health status

2.1 Make checks of client health status prior to delivery of health intervention using knowledge of body systems 

ü

ü

ü

2.2 Clarify significance of physical health status in relation to a particular intervention in line with job role and organisation requirements

ü

ü

ü

2.3 Clarify implications and significance of physical health status with appropriate people in the case of uncertainty or limits on own capability or authority

 

 

ü

3. Identify variations from normal physical health status

3.1 Identify variations from normal health status using standard methods and protocols

ü

ü

ü

3.2 Identify potential factors responsible for significant variations from normal health status

ü

ü

ü

3.3 Identify potential risk factors associated with variations from normal health status

ü

ü

ü

3.4 Recognise and refer potentially serious issues in line with organisation requirements

 

 

ü

Knowledge evidence

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage tasks and manage contingencies in the context of the work role. This includes knowledge of

 

 

Knowledge

Related Assessment Task

A

B

C

Role responsibilities and limitations for different members of the care team in relation to checking client health status

 

 

ü

Concepts underpinning human anatomy and physiology

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ü

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Structure and function of human body systems and their interactions

ü

ü

ü

Anatomical and medical terminology

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ü

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Common disorders, problems and complaints and their signs and symptoms, associated with each body system and its components relevant to the area of work

ü

ü

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Basic pharmacology in relation to cautions and contraindications for relevant health procedures

ü

ü

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Causes of disease – physical, mental and emotional, and key features of each cause

ü

ü

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Major types of cellular adaptation

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Processes of metabolism, nutrition, body temperature regulation, biological maturation, inheritance and ageing

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Variations from normal functioning and appropriate responses in

·         Terms of referral to an appropriate medical, nursing or allied health professional

·         Provision of appropriate health care services

 

 

ü

Other Information

This course will be delivered and assessed in cluster with Recognise Healthy Body Systems( HWSS 6065C) 

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