Course Title: Confirm physical health status

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2016

Course Code: NURS5362C

Course Title: Confirm physical health status

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5357 - Diploma of Remedial Massage

Course Contact: Joshua Davies

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4333

Course Contact Email: joshua.davies@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Julian Ong

Julian.ong@rmit.edu.au

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 pre-requisites for this unit.

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.
 


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


Please refer to the Elements of Competency.


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
- 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
- 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

           

 

RMIT Week

Date

Topics

8

17/2

Introduction to body systems

9

24/02

Cells, Tissues and organs

10

2/03

Cardiovascular system and conditions

11

9/03

Respiratory system and conditions

12

16/03

Musculo-skeletal system and conditions

14

30/03

Endocrine system and conditions

15

6/04

Digestive system and conditions

16

13/04

Urinary system and conditions

17

20/04

Reproductive system and conditions

18

27/04

Integumentary system and conditions

19

4/05

Lymphatic system and conditions

20

11/05

Nervous system and conditions

21

18/05

Special senses and conditions

22

25/05

Immune system and conditions

23

1/06

Body regulations and conditions

24

8/06

Assessments

25

15/06

Assessments


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

 1. Online Quizzes

 2. Clinic Skills Checklist. This is to be completed during student clinic shifts. 

 The tasks to be assessed within this unit replicate the necessary skills and knowledge required to confirm physical health status within the industry.


Assessment Tasks

           

 

All class learning materials, notes and other key learning resources can be accessed via myRMIT at www.rmit.edu.au/learninghub.
A combination of activities will support student’s learning in this course, such as:
• Face-to-face &/or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course
• Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL) in the student & clinical practice environment, during simulations and classroom based learning
• Work experience &/or placements observation of performance in the workplace 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
• Utilise and develop critical research and cognitive skills to find credible sources of health information
• Self-directed study time (eg. readings or activities around theory) 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

 

 The assessment tasks will include-

1. Written assessments/ online quizzes  Due on 15/06/16

3. Workplace performance through evidence guide   at student clinical.  See clinic manual.  Must be completed prior to final clinic shift in Semester 1.

 

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

 

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


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

This course will be delivered in cluster with Confirm Physical Health Status( NURS5362C) but will be assessed independently.

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