Course Title: Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health problems

Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5365 Diploma of Nursing

Course Title: Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health problems

Portfolio: Vocational Education

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.

Important Information:

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

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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.  

 

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
NURS5389C	City Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2018, Term1 2019, Term2 2019, Term1 2021
NURS5389C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term2 2022
NURS5390C	Bundoora Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2018, Term1 2019, Term2 2019, Term1 2021
NURS5390C	Bundoora Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term2 2022

Flexible Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
NURS5390C	Bundoora Campus	TAFE	174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science	Face-to-Face or Internet	VE 2018 (NH17)

Course Contact: Queenie William (BU) / Rebecca Rose-Moore (CTY)

Course Contact Phone: Queenie: 99252346

Course Contact Email: queenie.william@rmit.edu.au / rebecca.rose-moore@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This course describes the skills and knowledge required to contribute to the care of the person with an acute health problem by performing clinical nursing skills and interventions that support the person’s health care needs and assist them to regain optimal function and lifestyle.

This course applies to enrolled nursing work carried out in consultation and collaboration with registered nurses, and under supervisory arrangements aligned to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia regulatory authority legislative requirements. 

This course includes a Work Integrated Learning experience in which your knowledge and skills will be applied and assessed in a real or simulated workplace context and where feedback from industry and/or community is integral to your experience.

This course includes clinical placement.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

There are no pre-requisites for this unit of competency.

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	HLTENN011 Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health problems
Elements:	1. Identify impact of acute health problems on a person, family or carer. 2. Contribute to planning care for a person with acute health problems. 3. Perform nursing interventions to support health care of a person with acute health problems. 4. Contribute to pre- and post-operative nursing care of a person. 5. Contribute to an emergency response in the acute care environment.

Learning Outcomes

Overview of Assessment

This assessment will incorporate a variety of methods including written, oral, practical tasks and activities.

 

You will be asked to personally demonstrate to your teacher/assessor the practical skills gained during this course to the relevant industry standards. Assessment activities will occur throughout this course and feedback will be provided at regular intervals