Course Title: Deliver nursing care to acute care clients
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2010
Course Code: NURS5136C
Course Title: Deliver nursing care to acute care clients
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: Bundoora Campus
Program: C4203 - Certificate IV in Nursing (Enrolled/Division 2 nursing)
Course Contact: City: Carylin Lenehan/ Bundoora: Erica Keen
Course Contact Phone: 9925 4837 / 9925 6649
Course Contact Email: carylin.lenehan@rmit.edu.au/erica.keen@rmit.eu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 50
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
HLTAP401A Confirm physical health status
Course Description
This unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required of Enrolled/Division 2 nurses
to contribute to the care of the person with an acute health problem by performing nursing interventions
that support their health care needs and assist them to regain optimal function and lifestyle
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTEN415A Deliver nursing care to acute care clients |
Element: |
1. Identify the impact of acute health problems on the client and their family |
Element: |
2. Contribute to planning care for the client with acute health problems |
Element: |
3. Perform nursing interventions to support health care of clients with acute health problems |
Element: |
4. Contribute to an emergency response |
Element: |
5. Contribute to pre-operative nursing care of a client |
Element: |
6. Contribute to post-operative nursing care of a client |
Element: |
7. Contribute to nursing care of the client receiving a blood transfusion |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Participation in formal lectures
Participate in simulations of acute care
Perform elements of competence as designated for this learning segment to the required standard during clinical placement
Teaching Schedule
Semester 1 & 2
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Tamparo, C and Lewis, M. 2005 Diseases of the human body. FA Davis Company: Philadelphia |
References
Brown, D and Edwards, H. 2008 Lewis’s medical surgical nursing. Elsevier: Sydney |
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Assessment may include:
Observation in the workplace.
Written Assignments/projects, case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice.
Questioning: written or verbal
Assessment Tasks
Observation in the workplace with questioning to address appropriate application of knowledge.
Assignments
Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice.
Simulation
Assessment Matrix
A case study will be issued at the commencement of the course, which will be required to be completed by the end of the course.
This will constitute 100% of the total marks required.
Observation and assessment of clinical competencies will be ongoing during clinical placements.
To achieve competency assignment must be completed by due date and related clinical competencies achieved.
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