Course Title: Work in the nursing profession

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2013

Course Code: NURS5244C

Course Title: Work in the nursing profession

School: 155T Life & Physical Sciences

Campus: Wodonga

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

City Campus:

Bundoora Campus:

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

NIL PRE REQUISITES

This course is delivered in collaboration with the Australian Health Care System.

Course Description

This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to practice as a nursing professional with clients across the lifespan in a range of health care environments, such as acute care, community care, mental health, aged care, medical / surgical

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:

HLTEN401B Work in the nursing profession

Element:

1. Apply the principles of primary health care delivery
2. Apply the principle of wellness
3. Work in the context of professional nursing practice
4. Handle issues arising in health care
5. Contribute to professional work team
6. Participate in professional skills development
7. Apply the Scope of Nursing Practice Decision Making Framework
 

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Work with an understanding of the historical development of health care
1.2 Work with an understanding of the levels of health care provided in the Australian health care system
1.3 Apply the principles of primary health care and the philosophical framework supporting primary health care system
1.4 Identify the potential risks for the implementation of primary health care
1.5 Work with an understanding of the role of the Enrolled/Division 2 nurse and the collaborative role of other health care professionals in the delivery of primary health care
1.6 Establish appropriate relationships with other members of the health care team within each health care environment
1.7 Interact effectively with allied health team members

2.1 Reflect in own work practice appropriate application of wellness and illness models of care within the Australian health care system
2.2 Apply the wellness model of care appropriately in relation to people with disabilities.
2.3 Identify health care issues that may require nursing care

3.1 Work with an understanding of the historical and current perspectives of the nursing profession and nurse education
3.2 Work with an awareness of the critical aspects and historical development of each nursing environment
3.3 Incorporate theoretical concepts and information related to nursing into nursing practice
3.4 Work with an understanding of the role of relevant professional nursing bodies
3.5 Work within the principles and parameters of nursing practice
3.6 Assist in organisation's audit and accreditation processes

4.1 Respond to death as an aspect of the life span
4.2 Support clients, their family and carers through the grief and bereavement process as appropriate
4.3 Identify resources to assist client, family and carers in relation to grief
4.4 Work with an awareness of a range of classifications of disability and their major causes
4.5 Implement nursing care for clients with disabilities
4.6 Design a learning program for an individual with a disability

5.1 Contribute effectively as a member of a multidisciplinary team implementing care plans in each health care area
5.2 Use a journal or similar tool to examine and document reflective nursing practice
5.3 Contribute to achieving effective team work and supportive group dynamics when working with health care colleagues

6.1 Identify, access and undertake available options for professional skill development
6.2 Participate in and respond appropriately to performance review processes
6.3 Reflect on own nursing practice to identify areas for skill development to enhance performance
6.4 Identify and participate in professional organisations
6.5 Identify sources of employment opportunities
6.6 Outline the interview process and materials required for an employment application

7.1 Apply jurisdictional requirements relating to Scope of Practice Framework
7.2 Reflect Scope of Practice within the Enrolled/Division 2 nurse role
7.3 Adapt to different requirements of the role of the Enrolled/Division 2 nurse within each health care environment

Learning Outcomes


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.
 


Details of Learning Activities

Refer to the latest timetable on Blackboard for actual days.


Learning Strategies will be in the form of:
• Facilitated class discussion
• Scenario/simulation activities
• Small group work
 


Teaching Schedule

Lesson 1: Apply the principles of primary healthcare delivery – Australian Healthcare System
• Discuss the development of the Australian Healthcare system
• Identify & describe the levels of healthcare provided in the Australian Healthcare system
• Identify & describe the principles of primary healthcare
• Identify & describe the philosophical framework, which supports the primary healthcare system


Lesson 2: Apply the principles of primary healthcare delivery – The Healthcare team
• Identify & describe the roles & responsibilities of the EN as a member of a healthcare team
• Identify & describe the roles & responsibilities of members of the healthcare team
• Identify & discuss how to establish relationships and interact with members of the allied healthcare team


Lesson 3: Apply the principles of wellness
• Indentify & describe the wellness & illness models of care within the Australian healthcare system
• Identify & describe wellness models of care for people with disabilities
• Identify & describe healthcare issues that may require nursing care


Lesson 4:Work in the context of professional nursing practice – History of nursing
• Indentify & describe the historical & current perspectives of the nursing profession & nurse education
• Discuss the historical development of each nursing environment e.g. acute or home based care
• Identify & discuss the theoretical concepts & information in relation to nursing practice


Lesson 5: Work in the context of professional nursing Practice
• Identify & describe the functions of professional nursing bodies including
- AHPRA
- NMBV
- RCNA
- ANF
- NENA
• Identify & describe the principles & parameters of nursing practice
• Identify & describe the processes of audit & accreditation


Lesson 6: Health Issues arising in healthcare – Issues of Life and Death
• Identify & describe common terms associated with death & dying including
- Bereavement
- Grief
- Loss
- Funeral Rites
- Reincarnation
- Law of Karma
- Embalm
- Last Rights
• Anointing the sick
• Indentify & describe how to support clients, families & carers through the grief & bereavement process
• Identify resources to assist clients, families & carers with issues of grief & loss


Lesson 7: Health Issues arising in healthcare - Disability
• Identify & describe major classifications of disability, & their major causes
• Discuss the implementation of care for persons with disabilities
• Design a learning program for a person with a disability


Lesson 8: Contribute to professional work team
• Identify & describe the role of the EN as a member of a multidisciplinary healthcare team
• Define & discuss group dynamics & how the EN can contribute to effective team work
• Define & discuss reflective practice & strategies, which can be used


Lesson 9: Participate in professional skills development
• Identify & discuss the areas & strategies for professional skills development
• Identify & describe the benefits of membership with professional organisations
• Identify & discuss the employment opportunities for the EN
• Identify & describe the processes & materials for an employment application


Lesson 10: Apply the Scope of Nursing Practice Decision Making Framework
• Identify & discuss the jurisdictional requirements that govern nursing practice including
• standards of registration
• ANMC Competencies for the EN
• Code of Conduct for Nurses
• Code of Ethics for Nurses
• Professional Boundaries
• Reflect on the EN’s scope of practices, and the role of the EN within different healthcare environments
 


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Kozier and Erbs ‘Fundamentals of Nursing’. (20120) 1st Edition. Pearson: Australia


References

Recommended reading: • Brown, D., Edwards, H. (eds) 2005, Lewis’s medical surgical nursing; assessment and management of clinical problems, Elsevier Mosby.
• Crisp, J. & Taylor, C. 2007, 2nd ed., Potter & Perry’s Fundamentals of Nursing, Australia: Harcourt, Mosby.
• Farrell, M. 2005, Smeltzer & Bare’s Textbook of Medical Surgical Nursing, Australia : Lippincottt Williams & Wilkins.
• Funnell, R., Koutoukidis, G., Lawrence, K. 2009, Tabner’s Nursing Care: Theory and Practice, 5th Ed., Australia : Churchill Livingstone: Elsevier.
• Webster, M. (2005) Merriam-Webster’s Medical Desk Dictionary. Revised Edn. New York: Thompson-Delamar.
 


Other Resources

Classroom power points accessed from blackboard


Overview of Assessment

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

  • Class group presentation
  • Written Assessment
  • Clinical Placement


Assessment Tasks

Assessment: Work in the Nursing Profession HLTEN401B

Group Presentation 60% and Written paper 20%

This assignment is a part of the assessment for the above course. For this course you are also assessed on your performance in Clinical Placement. 20%

In particular it assesses the following elements:
• Apply the principles of primary health care delivery
• Apply the principle of wellness
• Work in the context of professional nursing practice
• Manage issues arising in health care
• Contribute to professional work team
• Participate in professional skills development
• Apply the scope of nursing practice decision making framework

This assignment also assesses the essential knowledge associated with this course

Include evidence of research and references from your reading to support your presentation and submitted written paper.

Group presentation Topics
The group is required to present a short presentation on any of the following topics:

• Discuss the development of Nursing as a profession from the Florence Nightingale era to present day, with particular reference to Nursing as a profession in Australia.
• Discuss the range of health care setting, equity and accessibility to health care.
• Discuss one or more Nursing Theories
• Discuss relevant Nursing documentation
• Discuss Professional development in Nursing
• Discuss Grief and Death in Nursing.
• Discuss the scope of Nursing Practice Decision Making Framework
• Select a type of a patient /condition and develop a learning program to address their needs

The group is required to present their presentation to the class as a team effort.
Then the group is required to submit a 1500 word written paper on their topic with references.
Cover sheets for the written paper must include one per student / group member.
Students must clearly identify what student did what part of their assignment to ensure fairness in marking.
Students will be marked on their work only.

In your presentation and written paper as a group your work must address the following elements in relation to your topic:

• the principles of primary health care delivery
• the principle of wellness
• be set in the context of professional nursing practice
• address issues arising in health care
• working with other professionals in the health team
• identify avenues for further professional skills development
• be able to apply the scope of nursing practice decision making framework

Group written paper should be approximately 1500 words on the topic presented.
Reference list and in text reference should be attached.
Assignment should be formatted as per RMIT policy.
Ensure you provide PowerPoint presentation or any handout to give to your audience.


Assessment Matrix

To gain competency in this course you must have a 60% grade

  • 60 - 69       - CAG
  • 70 - 79       -CC
  • 80 - 89       - CDI
  • 90 - 100     - CHD

Other Information

Delivery : Nominal hours 90

• Classroom 30 hours
• Self-directed learning 3 hours
• Clinical 57 hours
 

Classroom attendance of 80% required

Clinical attendance of 100% required ( this is assessed over two (2) placements - placement 1 and placement 2 - both must be deemed competent )

All assessments in this course must have a competent grade awarded in order to have a competency grade awarded for the course

This course must have a competency graded awarded before commencing phase 2 of the program
 

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