Course Title: Contribute to the care of mothers and babies
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2013
Course Code: NURS5203C
Course Title: Contribute to the care of mothers and babies
School: 155T Life & Physical Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5246 - Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 nursing)
Course Contact : Carylin Lenehan
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4837
Course Contact Email:carylin.lenehan@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 80
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
Not Applicable
Course Description
The competency unit describes the knowledge and skills required by an Enrolled/Division 2 nurse working in the area of providing care to mothers and babies in a range of settings, such as postnatal, low risk nursery, child and family health and paediatric settings
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: |
HLTEN520A Contribute to the care of mothers and babies |
Element: |
1. Work as part of a team caring for a mother and her baby 2. Assist in evaluating the outcomes of planned care |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Assist in performing an assessment of the mother and baby in consultation/collaboration with the midwife 2.1 Evaluate the mother's response and progress towards planned care in consultation/collaboration with midwife |
Learning Outcomes
This course will be run as a short course but not run at this time will be undated when course is to be run
Details of Learning Activities
Will be updated when course is to run
Teaching Schedule
Will be updated when course is to run
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
All powerpoints will be posted on Student Blackboard
Overview of Assessment
When course is run the assessment will be updated
Assessment Tasks
Will be updated when course is to run
Assessment Matrix
Will be updated when course is to run
Other Information
Essential knowledge:
The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role
This includes knowledge of:
• Activities of daily living
• Anatomy and physiology and associated terminology related to pregnancy, birth and care of the newborn
• Availability of community resources
• Compliance with current infection control practices and guidelines
• Confidentiality and privacy
• Documentation principles
• Impact of cultural practices and beliefs in relation to birthing
• Members of health care team and their roles
• Organisation policy and procedure
• Workplace health and safety
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