Course Title: Implement, monitor and evaluate nursing care plans
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2021
Course Code: NURS5377C
Course Title: Implement, monitor and evaluate nursing care plans
School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5365 - Diploma of Nursing
Course Contact: Rosemarie Russell
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 7478
Course Contact Email: rosemarie.russell@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Mini George
Nurse Educator
Nominal Hours: 110
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
There are no pre-requisites for this unit of competency
Course Description
This course describes the skills and knowledge required to implement nursing care as outlined in a person’s plan of care, evaluate outcomes of care provided, record and report progress, and respond to an emergency situation.
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
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTENN004 Implement, monitor and evaluate nursing care plans |
Element: |
1. Prepare a person for care procedures. |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Explain the procedures, preparation required and timeframe involved and gain the person’s consent. 1.2 Maintain the person’s privacy and dignity and use a culturally appropriate approach during preparation and procedures. |
Element: |
2. Implement care procedures to meet identified needs. |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Assist the person to address their personal and oral hygiene and their dressing and grooming needs in achieving health outcomes. 2.2 Identify contributing factors and implement appropriate strategies to prevent and manage skin breakdown. 2.3 Confirm the person’s nutritional and elimination needs and apply strategies to meet identified needs. 2.4 Assist the person’s respiratory function by demonstrating and promoting deep breathing and coughing exercises. 2.5 Use appropriate measures to promote the person’s comfort, rest and sleep. 2.6 Actively encourage the person to contribute to their own independence and mobility through active and passive exercises. 2.7 Identify and respond appropriately to signs and symptoms of an emergency situation or condition. 2.8 Use emergency codes correctly and initiate basic life support according to organisation policy and procedures. |
Element: |
3. Monitor a person's identified care needs. |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Maintain ongoing assessment of the person through observation and by using monitoring equipment and devices. 3.2 Prioritise work activities to address the person’s urgent needs, maintaining a balanced approach to own workload. 3.3 Record and report concerns in the person’s condition or behaviour to the registered nurse, and report situations of risk according to organisation policy and procedures. |
Element: |
4. Evaluate outcomes of care provided. |
Performance Criteria: |
4.1 Consult and collaborate with interdisciplinary team to identify and evaluate own contributions to the person’s care. 4.2 Evaluate the person’s progress towards planned outcomes as documented in the care plan. 4.3 Make required changes to nursing care plan in line with best practice in nursing. 4.4 Record and report all aspects of the evaluation of nursing care provided. |
Learning Outcomes
Details of Learning Activities
Learning Activities
The unit is designed to incorporate a variety of learning methods including written, oral, practical tests and activities.
The learning approach for this unit includes:
- Classroom face to face/online tutorials - Introduce you to the key concepts within the course. Provide you with formative feed back and facilitate your learning as you progress through your course.
- Laboratory sessions - Provide you with a practical experience in a simulated environment.
- Clinical experience - Provide you with a practical experience in a nursing environment
- Self directed learning.
Teaching Schedule
| Week | Topic | Assessment/Learning Activities |
| 6 |
Lesson 1 Assessment Overview Introduction; Prepare a person for care and The Nursing Process. Introduction to the course including:
|
There is 1 scheduled class this week. There is no lab allocated this week Please complete your Compulsory Activity. The requirements for the assessment tasks for this course will be discussed. Students are required to start working on Assessment Task Compulsory Activity (Not Graded) |
| 7 |
Lesson 2 Mobility and Hygiene Needs |
There is 1 scheduled class this week. There is no lab allocated this week. Students should continue working on completing Assessment Task. |
| 8(1/2) |
Lesson 3 Basic Life Support and Documentation |
There is 1 scheduled class this week. There is no lab allocated this week. Students should continue working on completing Assessment Task. |
| 9 |
Lesson 4 Nutrition and Promoting Sleep and Rest. Lesson 5 Respiration |
There are 2 scheduled classes this week. There is no lab allocated this week. Students should continue working on completing Assessment Task. |
| 10 |
Lesson 6 Circulatory System |
There is 1 scheduled class this week. There is no lab allocated this week. Students should continue working on completing Assessment Task. AT1: Knowledge Assessment Due : TBC |
| 11 |
Lesson 7 Urinary and Bowel Elimination
Lesson 8 Pain and Special Senses. |
There are 2 scheduled classes this week. There is no lab allocated this week.
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| 12 |
Lab 1 Basic Life Support Lab 2 Revision - Basic Life Support
|
There is no scheduled class this week. There are 2 labs allocated this week. Basic Life Support Practical Assessment |
| 13 | Resit Care Labs |
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Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
2018 Recommended Text (Books can be purchased or accessed in Library and on line via the Library) Lewis's Medical-Surgical Nursing: Assessment and Management of Clinical Problems, 4th edition, (2014) Brown, D., Edwards, H., Seaton, L., & Buckley, T. 1st and 2nd year) Nursing Diagnosis Handbook An Evidence-based Guide to Planning Care, 11th edition, (2017) Ackley, B., Ladwig, G., & Flynn Makic, M. (1st and 2nd year) Tabbner's Nursing Care: Theory and Practice, 7th edition, (2016), Koutoukidis, G., Stainton,K., & Hughson, J. (1st and 2nd year)
Overview of Assessment
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
Assessment Tasks
There are 3 overall assessments for this course.
You must be deemed satisfactory for each of these assessment tasks.
- Assessment Task 1 : Knowledge Assessment
- Assessment Task 2: Practical Assessment
- Assessment Task 3: Clinical Placement
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
Other Information
Please refer to the RMIT Student Page for extensive information about study support, assessments, extensions, appeals and a range of other matters:http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students
Placement
Please note an opportunity to repeat clinical placement is not guaranteed and will be at the discretion of the Clinical Coordinator/Program Manager.
Special Consideration
Use the special consideration process if your circumstances are such that you cannot fulfil assessment requirements. For example, if you are unable to complete any piece of assessment by a due date, you will need to apply for an extension.
Re submissions
You are permitted to have a maximum of 2 re-submissions for this course, however each individual assessment may only be resubmitted once. Re submissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the program coordinator after consultation with the teacher.
All re submissions must be completed and submitted no more than 7 days after your work has been assessed.
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
RMIT has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to: http://www1.rmit.edu.au/students/academic-integrity for more information.
Working with Children Check and Police Check
This course requires a Working with Children Check and Police Check
Attendance
You are required to attend all sessions in order to engage in the required learning activities and ensure the maximum opportunity to gain competency.
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