Course Title: Confirm physical health status

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2022

Course Code: NURS5362C

Course Title: Confirm physical health status

Important Information:

Please note that this course may have compulsory in-person attendance requirements for some teaching activities.  

To participate in any RMIT course in-person activities or assessment, you will need to comply with RMIT vaccination requirements which are applicable during the duration of the course. This RMIT requirement includes being vaccinated against COVID-19 or holding a valid medical exemption.  

Please read this RMIT Enrolment Procedure as it has important information regarding COVID vaccination and your study at RMIT: https://policies.rmit.edu.au/document/view.php?id=209.  

Please read the Student website for additional requirements of in-person attendance: https://www.rmit.edu.au/covid/coming-to-campus  

  

Please check your Canvas course shell closer to when the course starts to see if this course requires mandatory in-person attendance. The delivery method of the course might have to change quickly in response to changes in the local state/national directive regarding in-person course attendance.

School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5357 - Diploma of Remedial Massage

Course Contact: Laura Yeomans

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4289

Course Contact Email: laura.yeomans@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

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

None.

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to obtain and interpret information about client health status and to check a client’s physical health. It requires a detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology.


This unit applies to individuals working directly with clients and who assist in the provision of health care services. Some disciplines may be subject to state/territory regulatory determination regarding delegation and supervision.
 


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTAAP002 Confirm physical health status

Element:

1. Obtain information about physical health status

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Obtain accurate information about physical health status through observation, questioning or review of documentation 1.2 Interpret information based on understanding of the structure and functioning of body systems 1.3 Use information to identify any actual or potential problems regarding health status 1.4 Take into account factors that may have impacted on an identified physical condition

Element:

2. Check physical health status

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Make checks of client health status prior to delivery of health intervention using knowledge of body systems 2.2 Clarify significance of physical health status in relation to a particular intervention in line with job role and organisation requirements 2.3 Clarify implications and significance of physical health status with appropriate people in the case of uncertainty or limits on own capability or authority

Element:

3. Identify variations from normal physical health status

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Identify variations from normal health status using standard methods and protocols 3.2 Identify potential factors responsible for significant variations from normal health status 3.3 Identify potential risk factors associated with variations from normal health status 3.4 Recognise and refer potentially serious issues in line with organisation requirements


Learning Outcomes


The critical learning for this course takes place in clinical placement within the health sector and within simulations in RMIT.  You will be instructed in skills through demonstration, modelling and role play.

Skills development is supported by lectures on theory and underpinning knowledge,classroom discussions, group work, research and reflective practice.  On completion of this course, you should be able to demonstrate the below mentioned outcomes satisfactorily -

  1. Obtain information about physical health status 
  2. Check physical health status
  3. Identify variations from normal physical health status


Details of Learning Activities

Workshops on campus and on line will be held each week in class. Students will review all aspects of human anatomy systems and relate that knowledge to a remedial massage setting.


Teaching Schedule

Week

Class Topics and Assessments

1

Introduction to CPHS

Human body and orientation

2

Cells, tissues and organs

3

Integumentary system

4

Skeletal system

5

Muscular system

6

Nervous system

 WK 6

ASSESSMENT 1 - Case Study 1 (online)

7

Endocrine system

8

Special senses

9

Cardiovascular system / Blood

10

Lymphatic and Immune Systems

 WK 10

ASSESSMENT 2 - Case Study 2 (online)

11

Respiratory system

12

Digestive system

13

Urinary system

14

Reproductive system

 WK 14

ASSESSMENT 3 - Case Study 3 (online)

15

Revision of all Systems

16

Resubmission queries in Class

18

RESUBMISSIONS

Refer to Canvas

ASSESSMENT 4 – Clinical Checklist (In Clinic)


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

To be deemed competent you must demonstrate an understanding of all aspects required of the competency. Assessment methods have been designed to measure your achievement of each competency in a flexible manner over multiple tasks.

 

Assessment Task 1 - Case Study #1

Assessment Task 2 - Case Study #2

Assessment Task 3 - Case Study #3

Assessment Task 4 - Clinical observations 


Assessment Tasks

Assessment Task 1 - Case Study #1 - written responses,reflecting all aspects of knowledge learnt from class. Due date refer to Canvas

Assessment Task 2 - Case Study #2 -written responses,reflecting all aspects of knowledge learnt from class. Due date refer to Canvas

Assessment Task 3 - Case Study #3 -written responses,reflecting all aspects of knowledge learnt from class. Due date refer to Canvas

Assessment Task 4 - Clinical observations Due date refer to Canvas


Assessment Matrix

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