Course Title: Implement and monitor nursing care for clients with acute health problems
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term2 2015
Course Code: NURS5285C
Course Title: Implement and monitor nursing care for clients with acute health problems
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5313 - Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled-Division 2 Nursing)
Course Contact: Jaye Keating
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4845
Course Contact Email: Jaye.keating@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Pam Maher
+61 3 9925 4299
Nominal Hours: 70
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 OR CO REQUISITES
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
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: |
HLTEN512B Implement and monitor nursing care for clients with acute health problems |
Element: |
1. Identify the impact of acute health problems on the client and their family |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Undertake nursing interventions based on predetermined plans of care
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Element: |
2. Contribute to planning care for the client with acute health problems |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Clarify the clinical manifestations of acute health problems on body systems |
Element: |
3. Perform nursing interventions to support health care of clients with acute health problems |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Gather and record admission data for the client with an acute health problem, for inclusion in a care plan according to organisation policy |
Element: |
4. Contribute to an emergency response |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Confirm the roles and responsibilities of members of the emergency response team |
Element: |
5. Contribute to pre-operative nursing care of a client |
Performance Criteria: |
5.1 Contribute to collection of pre-operative client health assessment data, addressing all relevant factors |
Element: |
6. Contribute to post-operative nursing care of a client |
Performance Criteria: |
6.1 Contribute to post-anaesthetic observation of a client following surgery |
Element: |
7. Contribute to nursing care of the client receiving a blood transfusion |
Performance Criteria: |
7.1 Confirm the rationale for performing a blood transfusion |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit students should be able to:
- Identify the impact of acute health problems on the client and their family
- Contribute to planning care for the client with acute health problems
- Perform planned nursing interventions for acute care clients
- Contribute to an emergency response
- Contribute to the pre-operative and post-operative nursing care of clients
Details of Learning Activities
Class Power points
Group Discussions
Labs
Teaching Schedule
Lesson 1 Introduction
Lesson 2 Peri Op
Lesson 3 Neurological
Lesson 4 Cardiac
Lesson 5 Respiratory
Lesson 6 Blood
Lesson 7 Sepsis
Lesson 8 Burns
Lesson 9 Shock
Lesson 10 Musculoskeletal
Lesson 11 Infectious Diseases
Lesson 12 Renal
Lab 1 Emergency
Lab 2 Blood Transfusions
Lab 3 Emergency Treatment
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Kozier & Erb's (2014) 3rd Edition. Fundamentals Of Nursing Vols. 1,2,3 Pearson:Australia |
References
Other Resources
Overview of Assessment
Underpinning knowledge for this unit of competency will be assessed via the follwoing methods:
- Written Assessment
- Practical Assessment
- Clinical Placement
Assessment Tasks
Written assessment
Exam
Lab sKills
Assessment Matrix
See 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 by Program Coordinator.
Plagiarism
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Turnitin
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