Course Title: Implement and evaluate a plan of nursing care
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: NURS5321C
Course Title: Implement and evaluate a plan of nursing care
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City 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
Program Co-Ordinator: Pam Maher
Phone: 9925 4299
Email: Pamela.maher@rmit.edu.au
Nominal Hours: 100
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
This unit must be assessed after successful achievement of pre-requisite:
- HLTAP401B Confirm physical health status (NURS5236C/5268C)
This unit of competency is clustered with HLTEN506B Apply principles of wound management in the clinical environment (NURS5277C/5278C)
Course Description
This competency unit describes the knowledge and skills required to implement nursing care plans for individual clients and evaluate the care provided in a range of health environments
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: |
HLTEN504C Implement and evaluate a plan of nursing care |
Element: |
1. Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with clients |
Element: |
2. Assist client in activities of daily living |
Element: |
3. Assist with movement of clients |
Element: |
4. Prepare clients for procedures |
Element: |
5. Provide nursing care to meet identified needs |
Element: |
6. Monitor and evaluate clients during care |
Element: |
7. Prepare the client for discharge in consultation/ collaboration with registered nurse |
Element: |
8. Evaluate nursing care provided |
Learning Outcomes
At the end of this unit students should be able to:
- Establish and maintain therapeutic relationships with clients
- Assist clients with activities of daily living
- Assist with movement of clients
- Prepare clients for procedures
- Provide nursing care to meet identified needs
- Monitor and evaluate clients during care
- Prepare the client for discharge in consultation/collaboration with registered nurse
Details of Learning Activities
Classroom teacher delivery
Group work
Self directed learning
Research
Assignment
Teaching Schedule
Class 1 Lifespan ageing
Class 2 Theories of Development
Class 3 Stages of Development
Class 4 Documentation
Class 5 Data Collection
Class 6 Assessment Skills
Class 7 Systems assessment
Class 8 Pain, Neurological & Neurovascular
Class 9 Age and Gender
Class 10 Factors influencing healing
Class 11 Consolidation
Class 12 Scenarios and charting
4 X practice labs
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Kozier and Erbs ‘Fundamentals of Nursing’ textbook |
References
Kozier and Erbs ‘Fundamentals of Nursing’ textbook |
Other Resources
Wound Care made Incredibly Visual - 2nd Edition
2012 Lippincott Williams & ?Wilkins
Overview of Assessment
Underpinning knowledge for this unit of competency will be assessed via the following methods:
- Written Assessment
- Clinical Placement
Assessment Tasks
Examination
Vital Signs
Assessment Matrix
See assessment matrix on Blackboard
Other Information
Plagiarism
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Turnitin
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ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Re-submission of assessment
One further opportunity to demonstrate Clinical Lab competence, will be provided to students if not deemed Satisfactory at the time of clinical assessment.
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.
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