Course Title: Implement and evaluate a plan of nursing care

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2015

Course Code: NURS5322C

Course Title: Implement and evaluate a plan of nursing 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

Phone:  9925 4299

Email:  Erica.Odonoghue@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 100

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

This unit must be assessed after successful achievement of pre-requisite:

  • HLTAP401B Confirm physical health status (NURS5236C/5268C)

This unit of competency is clustered with HLTEN506B Apply principles of wound management in the clinical environment (NURS5277C/5278C)

Course Description

This competency unit describes the knowledge and skills required to implement nursing care plans for individual clients and evaluate the care provided in a range of health environments

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:

HLTEN504C Implement and evaluate a plan of nursing care

Element:

1. Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with clients

Element:

2. Assist client in activities of daily living

Element:

3. Assist with movement of clients

Element:

4. Prepare clients for procedures

Element:

5. Provide nursing care to meet identified needs

Element:

6. Monitor and evaluate clients during care

Element:

7. Prepare the client for discharge in consultation/ collaboration with registered nurse

Element:

8. Evaluate nursing care provided

Learning Outcomes


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

  • Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with clients
  • Assist clients with activities of daily living
  • Assist with movement of clients
  • Prepare clients for procedures
  • Provide nursing care to meet identified needs
  • Monitor and evaluate clients during care
  • Prepare the client for discharge in consultation/collaboration with registered nurse


Details of Learning Activities

Class room Power points

Labs

Class activities
 


Teaching Schedule

Lab 1 Hand Hygiene/ No lift

Lab 2 Personal Hygiene

Lab 3 Feeding/ Elimination

Lab 4 Mouthcare/ Eye care

Lab 5 Admission/ Discharge

Lab 6 Assessments

Lesson 1 I(ntro & No Lift

Lesson 2 Hygiene

Lesson 3 PAC, Ulcers

Lesson 4 Communication

Lesson 5 Nutrition & Elimination

Lesson 6 Documentation

Lesson 7 Specimen Collection

Lesson 8 Mobility & Procedure prep.

Lesson 9 Risks

Lesson 10 Sleep & rest

Lesson 11 Care Planning

Lesson 12 Nursing Diagnosis

Lesson 13 Emergencies & Prioritising

Lesson 14 Evaluation of care

Lesson 15 Consolidation
 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Kozier and Erb's, Fundamentals of Nursing. (2014) 3rd edition. Pearson:Australia (3 book set)


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

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

  • Written Assessment
  • Clinical Placement


Assessment Tasks

Written Assessment - Case Scenario

Lab Assessment


Clinical Placement


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

Student must pass Clinical Placement in order to pass overall subject

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