Course Title: Deliver care services using a palliative approach

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: VE 2020

Class Number: 1965

Class Section: BENE

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Course Code: NURS5368C

Course Title: Deliver care services using a palliative approach

Important Information:

This course is delivered and assessed in a cluster with;

• CHCAGE005- Provide support to people living with dementia
• CHCCCS025 Support relationships with carers and families

School: 375T Vocational Design and Social Context

Campus: City Campus

Program: C3401 - Certificate III in Individual Support (Ageing)

Course Contact: Gwen Cawsey

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4581

Course Contact Email: Gwen.Cawsey@rmit.edu.au

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Nominal Hours: 60

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

None

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to communicate effectively with clients, colleagues, management and other industry providers.

 

This unit applies to a range of health and community service contexts where workers may communicate face-to-face, in writing or using digital media and work with limited responsibility under direct or indirect supervision.

National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:	CHCPAL001 Deliver care services using a palliative approach
Element:	1. Apply principals and aims of a palliative approach when supporting individuals
Performance Criteria:	1.1 Recognise the holistic needs of the person extending over time, not just end-of-life 1.2 Support the person, carers and family to express needs and preferences and report information to supervisor 1.3 Communicate with the person, carers and family in relation to the person’s quality of life, pain and comfort and report information to supervisor 1.4 Respect the family and carers as an integral part of the care team and ensure that they have the information and support needed
Element:	2. Respect the person's preferences for quality of life choices
Performance Criteria:	2.1 Create a supportive environment that encourages the person, carers, family members and/or significant others to share information regarding changing needs and preferences 2.2 Use a non-judgemental approach to ensure the person’s lifestyle, social, spiritual and cultural choices and needs are supported and documented in care plan 2.3 Encourage the person, carer, family and /or significant others to freely discuss spiritual and cultural issues in an open and safe environment within scope of role 2.4 Identify needs and issues outside the scope of your role and refer to supervising colleague 2.5 Communicate with individuals, families, carers and /or significant others in a manner that shows empathy and provides emotional suppor
Element:	3. Follow the person's advance care directives in the care plan
Performance Criteria:	3.1 Interpret and follow advance care directives in the care plan in line with own work role and organisation, legal and ethical requirements 3.2 Comply with end-of-life decisions as documented in the care plan and in keeping with legal requirements 3.3 Report the person’s changing needs and issues, in relation to end-of-life, to the appropriate team member for documentation in the care plan 3.4 Monitor the impact of the person’s end-of-life needs, issues and decisions on families, carers and /or significant others and refer to appropriate member of the care team in line with organisation protocols to ensure they are supported 3.5 Deliver services in a manner that supports the right of individuals to choose the location of their end of life car
Element:	4. Respond to signs of pain and other symptoms
Performance Criteria:	4.1 Observe and document the person’s pain and other symptoms in line with care plan directives and promptly report to appropriate member of the care team 4.2 Implement strategies to manage pain and promote comfort in line with care plan and role 4.3 Regularly evaluate and document effectiveness of implemented strategies 4.4 Refer to appropriate member of staff any misconceptions in the workplace surrounding the use of pain relieving medication
Element:	5. Follow end-of-life care strategies
Performance Criteria:	5.1 Regularly check for any changes on care plan that indicate decisions made by the person have been reviewed 5.2 Provide a supportive environment to the individual, families, carers and /or significant others involved in their care at end-of-life 5.3 Respect and support the person’s preferences and culture when providing end-of-life care according to care plan and role 5.4 Maintain dignity of the person when providing planned end-of-life care and care immediately following death 5.5 Recognise any signs of the person’s imminent death or deterioration and report to appropriate member of care team in line with organisation requirements 5.6 Provide emotional support to other individuals, carers, families and /or significant others when a death has occurred in line with role
Element:	6. Manage own emotional responses and ethical issues
Performance Criteria:	6.1 Follow organisation policies and procedures in relation to managing own emotional responses and ethical issues 6.2 Identify and reflect upon own emotional responses to death and dying and raise and discuss any issues or reactions with supervisor or other appropriate person 6.3 Raise any ethical issues or concerns with supervisor or other appropriate person 6.4 Identify and action self care strategies to address the potential impact of personal responses on self 6.5 Access bereavement care and support of other team members as needed

Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements.

 

Details of Learning Activities

Workshops where information is shared through talks and discussions, and exercises are conducted to apply learning. Time is spent during workshops for students to work on assessment tasks. It is an expectation that students also work on tasks outside of workshop time.

Teaching Schedule

This cluster is taught as intensive workshops and regular supervised on the job workplace based training. Intensive delivery is as follows;

Session 1	looking at a palliative approach considering; Personal life choice Ethical and legal requirements Consideration of care plans Patient care strategies
Session 2	Working with those affected  by dementia Communication Strategies for behaviors of concern Documentation
Session 3	Carers and family Carers rights health and well being

Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

References

Other Resources

Overview of Assessment

 

 Assessments will include a combination of tasks including knowledge questions and case study analysis.

Assessment Tasks

Task 1: Knowledge questions

Task 2: Practical assessment task

Task 3: Practical assessment task

Task 4: Practical assessment task

Task 5: Product assessment task

Assessment Matrix

Students will have access to a marking rubric for reference at the time assessment tasks are distributed.

Other Information

Please refer to the rmit student page for extensive information about study support, assessment, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters: rmit.edu.au/students

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