Course Title: Provide nursing care for clients requiring palliative care

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2015

Course Code: NURS5293C

Course Title: Provide nursing care for clients requiring palliative care

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: Bundoora Campus

Program: C5313 - Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled-Division 2 Nursing)

Course Contact: Leeanne Mond

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4837

Course Contact Email: leeanne.mond@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Erica O’Donoghue

+61 3 9925 4299

Erica.Odonoghue@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 50

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

NIL PRE REQUISITES

This unit is delivered with HLTEN515B AND HLTEN502B

Course Description

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required in providing palliative care to clients with life-limiting illness and their family

The knowledge and skills described in this competency unit are to be applied within jurisdictional nursing and midwifery regulatory authority legislative requirements. Enrolled/Division 2 nursing work is to be carried out in consultation/collaboration with registered nurses
and under direct or indirect supervisory arrangements in line with jurisdictional regulatory requirements


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTEN511B Provide nursing care for clients requiring palliative care

Element:

1. Recognise the special needs of clients requiring a palliative approach to care
2. Contribute to the care plan for the client at end-of-life
3. Implement nursing interventions for clients with life-limiting illness
4. Assist in evaluating the effectiveness of planned interventions
5. Provide support and services to client and family at end-of-life and after death
 


Learning Outcomes


At the end of this unit students should be able to:


• Describe the skills and knowledge required in providing palliative care to clients with life-limiting illness and their family
• Contribute to care planning and implement interventions for those with life limiting illness
 


Details of Learning Activities

Class

Power points

Group Work

Class discussions
 


Teaching Schedule

As per Student Timetable Matrix located on Blackboard

Lesson 1 Effective Communication

Lesson 2 Roles of Healthcare

Lesson 3 Conflict Resolution

Lesson 4 Open Disclosure

Lesson 5 Assessment Questionnaire

Lesson 6 Ageing Process

Lesson 9 Care plan Assessment

Lesson 10 Scenario

Lesson 11 ACFI

Lesson 12 Older Client - Complex

Lesson 13 Myotherapy massage lecture

Lesson 14 Dementia

Lesson 15 Recognise needs

Lesson 16 Symptoms of Palliative care

Lesson 17 Loss & Grief

Lesson 18 Last Rites.

Lab 1 Computer lab

Lab 2 ADL’s

Lab 3 Massage

Lab 4 Handover

Lab 5 Last Rites

 

Conducted in conjunction with HLTEN502B & HLTEN515B
 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Kozier and Erb’s (2014) 3rd ed.,Vols 1,2,3.Fundamentals of nursing. Pearson. Australia
 


References


Other Resources

Library

Blackboard

Power Points

Discussion
 


Overview of Assessment

Underpinning knowledge for this unit of competency will be assessed via the following methods:

 

  • Class group presentation / Debate
  • Written Assessment
  • Clinical Placement


Assessment Tasks

Assessment 1 Interview


Part A: Develop a tool for interview during class time
Part B: Interview a client during Clinical Placement
Part C: Undertake a peer evaluation via Turnitin following the marking guide provided

Assessment 2 Development of Care Plan


In groups of 3-4 as allocated by teacher, develop a care plan related to a scenario provided
Submit the completed care plan via Turnitin (Blackboard)

Assessment 3 Develop a Group DVD


In groups of 2-3 as allocated by teacher, you will be provided with a topic to discuss
The group topic discussion is to focus on ‘cultural, religious and spiritual beliefs of the dying and death process’.
The discussion is to be video recorded as a MP4 file and submitted via Turnitin (Blackboard).
Submission of references is to be included in the Turnitin submission.

Assessment 4 Computer Skills Lab


Students are to undertake 2 tasks to demonstrate how technology is used to enhance nursing communication. This task will be undertaken in class (Computer Lab/Library) or off campus.

Assessment 5 Clinical Placement


Attendance of Clinical LABS & WARD DAYS for skills practice and/or assessment
Satisfactory completion of Clinical Placement as determined by the Clinical Coordinator
 

 

Assessments undertaken with HLTEN502B & HLTEN515B

 

ALL ASSESSMENTS MUST GAIN A ’SATISFACTORY’ IN ORDER TO GAIN OVERALL ’COMPETENT’ GRADE
 


Assessment Matrix

See Assessment Schedule Matrix located on Blackboard

Other Information

Assessment Information

Please refer to RMIT assessment policy for, Special Consideration, extensions of time, equitable assessment arrangements and future assessment adjustments. www.rmit.edu.au/browse:ID=ad)oa9uc111

Additional Information

Re-submission of written work, or other assessments, (once only, Excluding exams) can be granted on recommendation from the teacher and approval coordinator

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a form of cheating in assessment and may occur in oral, written or visual presentations. It is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is your own:http://rmit.edy\u.au/students/academic-integrity

Turnitin

Is an online service, in to which teachers and students submit student assignments into a large database, via Blackboard, refer Turnitin website.
 

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