Course Title: Work in the nursing profession

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2015

Course Code: NURS5269C

Course Title: Work in the nursing profession

School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences

Campus: Bundoora Campus

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

Erica O’Donoghue

+61 3 9925 7573

Erica.Odonoghue@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

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

On Line learning

Class work

Group work
 


Teaching Schedule

As per student timetable matrix located on blackboard

Lesson 1 Professional Nursing

Lesson 2 History of Nursing

Lesson 3 Decision making framework

Lesson 4 Critical Reflections

Lesson 5 Philosophies of care -Disability

Lesson 6 Loss. Grieving & Death

Lesson 7 Professional Development

Lesson 8 Nursing Jobs

Lesson 9 The Australian Healthcare System

Lesson 10 The Australian Health care System

Lesson 11 Management of Healthcare

Classroom Labs X 3 sessions
 

 

To be assessed with HLTEN516B


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts

Kozier & Erb's (2014) 3rd ed., Vols 1, 2, 3. Fundamentals of Nursing. Pearson. Australia


References


Other Resources


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 1 Poster Presentation - Group work

Assessment 2: Workbook - AHCS

Assessment 3: Class Activities

Assessment 4: Clinical Placement

* HLTEN401B and HLTEN516B delivered and assessed as one subject.

*All assessments must gain a Satisfactory, to achieve an overall Competent grade
 


Assessment Matrix

See assessment matrix on Blackboard
 

Other Information

Re-submission of written work, or other assessments, (once only, Excluding exams) can be granted on recommendation from the teacher and approval coordinator

Plagiarism

Plagiarism is a form of cheating in assessment and may occur in oral, written or visual presentations. It is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is your own:http://rmit.edy\u.au/students/academic-integrity

Turnitin

Is an online service, in to which teachers and students submit student assignments into a large database, via Blackboard, refer Turnitin website.

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