Course Title: Administer and monitor medications in the work environment

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2016

Course Code: NURS5326C

Course Title: Administer and monitor medications in the work environment

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

Kate Hastings

kate.hastings@rmit.edu.au

+(61 3) 9925 7478

Nominal Hours: 180

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-requisites:

  • HLTAP501C - Analyse Health Information
  • HLTEN509B Apply legal and ethical parameters to nursing practice
  • HLTEN502B - Apply effective communication skills in nursing practice
     

Course Description

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required of Enrolled/Division 2 Nurses to administer a limited range of medications


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTEN507C Administer and monitor medications in the work environment

Element:

1. Minimise potential risk to safe administration of medications

Element:

2. Prepare for medication administration within scope of Enrolled/Division 2 nurse

Element:

3. Administer medications within legal parameters

Element:

4. Monitor and evaluate client response to administered medication

Element:

5. Monitor peripheral intravenous therapy

Element:

6. Develop strategies for pain management

Learning Outcomes


At the end of this course students should be able to:
• Minimise potential risk to safe administration of medications
• Prepare for medication administration within scope of enrolled nurse
• Administer medications within legal parameters
• Monitor and evaluate client response to administered medication
• Monitor peripheral intravenous therapy
• Develop strategies for pain management
 


Details of Learning Activities

1. Classroom lectures and teacher delivery

2. Calculation Practice

3. Group Work

4. Class Activities

5. Self-Directed Learning

6. Students own research and homework


Teaching Schedule

As outlined on Blackboard


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

1. Tollefson - Clinical Motor Skills 2. Gatford and Phillips - Nursing Calculations 3. Tiziani - Harvard's Nursing Guide to Drugs 4. McKenna and Lim - Pharmacology for Nursing and Health Professionals


References


Other Resources

Library

Laboratory Access

Links within lecture material


Overview of Assessment

            Required skills and knowledge will be applied to assess the competency through the following assessment tasks.

 

  • Written Examination / Assessment
  • Clinical Placement
  • Practical Laboratory Assessment
  • Clinical Calculations


Assessment Tasks

1. Drug Calculations Test (100% Pass Mark required)

2. Laboratory Practical Skills (100% Attandance required)

3. Portfolio-Medications

4. Clinical Placement (100% Attendance required)

** Students must receive ‘satisfactory’ result in each assessment to achieve overall competency for this unit **


Assessment Matrix

As outlined above

Other Information

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