Course Title: Assess clients and manage client care

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2015

Course Code: NURS5297C

Course Title: Assess clients and manage client 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

Email: Erica.odonoghue@rmit.edu.au

Phone: +61 3 9925 7573

Nominal Hours: 30

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 OR CO REQUISITES

Course Description

This competency unit describes the skills and knowledge required for the Enrolled/Division 2 Nurse to address the principles of best practice in nursing care delivery, client service and health care teamwork in order to provide holistic nursing care to clients at an advanced level in a variety of health care settings


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTEN606B Assess clients and manage client care

Element:

1. Determine the health status and nursing needs of client(s) in consultation/ collaboration with a registered nurse

Element:

2. Participate in management of the plan of care for client/group of clients


Element:

3. Contribute to the multidisciplinary approach to health care

Element:

4. Implement best practice nursing interventions for client/s in consultation/ collaboration with a registered nurse

Element:

5. Evaluate client responses to nursing interventions in consultation/collaboration with a registered nurse


Learning Outcomes


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

  • Understand and implement principles of best practice in nursing care delivery, client service and health care teamwork in order to provide holistic nursing care at an advanced level in a variety of health care settings


Details of Learning Activities

  • Lecture
  • Small Group Work
  • Facilitated Class Discussion
  • Self-directed learning
  • Presentations
  • Formal Classroom


Teaching Schedule

Lesson 1 Determine Health Status

Lesson 2 Care Planning & Time Management

Lesson 3 Client Management

Lesson 4 Assessment Techniques

Lesson 5 Contribute to the multidisciplinary approach to Nursing / Discharge management


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Kozier and Erbs ‘ Fundamentals of Nursing’. (2010). 1st edition. Pearson: Australia.

Tollefson,J. (2010). Clinical psychomotor skills: assessment tools for nursing students. (4th edition). South Melbourne: Cengage Learning.


References


Other Resources

All Powerpoints are posted to student blackboard


Overview of Assessment

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

  • Practical assessment
  • Written Assessment


Assessment Tasks

Laboratory Assessment 1 - 20%

Laboratory Assessment 2 - 20%

Written Assessment - 60%
 


Assessment Matrix

See assessment Matrix on Blackboard

Other Information

Re-Submission of assessment -

Re-submission for students who have attempted to undertake assessment and attended all lab sessions will be given a further opportunity to demonstrate competence. Re-submission may be granted on the recommendation of the teacher to the program coordinator.

Please refer to the RMIT assessment policies for special consideration, extensions of time, equitable assessment arrangements and future assessment adjustments: www.rmit.edu.au.browse:ID=ad)oagg9uc111

Plagiarism
RMIT University requires that you present only YOUR work for assessment. 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. Penalties can include charges of academic misconduct, cancellation of results and exclusion from your course. It is also a disciplinary offence for you to allow your work to be plagiarised by another student. You are responsible for keeping your work in a secure place. When you submit work on blackboard under your logon, you are declaring that this is your own original work. Further information on plagiarism can be found at: http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/academic-integrity

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