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

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term1 2018

Course Code: NURS5390C

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

School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science

Campus: Bundoora Campus

Program: C5365 - Diploma of 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

Lee Vaessen

Teacher Bundoora

lee.vaessen@rmit.edu.au

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

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

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.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTENN011 Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health problems

Element:

1. Identify impact of acute health problems on a person, family or carer.

Performance Criteria:

1.1 Identify actual and potential health issues of the person presenting with an acute health problem using information from a preliminary health assessment and in discussion with relevant interdisciplinary health care team members. 1.2 Explain to the person, family or carer the potential physical and psychological impacts of acute health problems on daily living activities. 1.3 Identify the pathophysiology of the person's underlying or presenting condition, and confirm with the person, family or carer.

Element:

2. Contribute to planning care for a person with acute health problems.

Performance Criteria:

2.1 Contribute effectively to discussions about the care of the person with registered nurse and other members of the health team. 2.2 Gather information and accurately document and report changes in the person's condition to appropriate interdisciplinary health care team members.

Element:

3. Perform nursing interventions to support health care of a person with acute health problems.

Performance Criteria:

3.1 Assist in providing care for the person with a compromised airway including clearing of airways and interpreting health status using monitoring devices. 3.2 Provide care to the person requiring nutrition administered through a feeding tube or intravenous line. 3.3 Use critical thinking and problem-solving approaches in prioritising and modifying nursing interventions to reflect changes in the person's condition. 3.4 Contribute to the person's understanding of health care provided to assist them to regain optimal function through nursing interventions and health education. 3.5 Observe the person to identify any psychological support and care required due to the impact of acute health problems. 3.6 Ensure nursing interventions for pre- and post-procedure care for the person are in accordance with organisation policy and procedures.

Element:

4. Contribute to pre- and post-operative nursing care of a person.

Performance Criteria:

4.1 Contribute to pre-operative nursing management of the person for specific surgical procedures. 4.2 Ensure pre-operative care takes into account the relationship between pre-operative care and post-operative complications. 4.3 Contribute to post-anaesthetic observation of the person following surgery including identifying deterioration when the person is not regaining consciousness. 4.4 Assist the person recovering from a range of anaesthesia to regain optimal health status, and take appropriate actions to reduce risks associated with immobility. 4.5 Promote the person's post-operative comfort using pain management strategies and nursing care actions.

Element:

5. Contribute to an emergency response in the acute care environment.

Performance Criteria:

5.1 Identify and confirm the roles and responsibilities of members of the emergency response team. 5.2 Prepare and check emergency equipment. 5.3 Identify emergency situations and respond to first aid requests from emergency response team, including accessing and preparing drugs used during advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Learning Outcomes


The critical learning for this course takes place in clinical placement within the health sector and within simulations in RMIT laboratories.

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:

  1. Identify impact of acute health problems on a person, family or carer.

    1.1 Identify actual and potential health issues of the person presenting with an acute health problem using information from a preliminary health assessment and in discussion with relevant interdisciplinary health care team members.

    1.2 Explain to the person, family or carer the potential physical and psychological impacts of acute health problems on daily living activities.

    1.3 Identify the pathophysiology of the person’s underlying or presenting condition, and confirm with the person, family or carer.

  2. Contribute to planning care for a person with acute health problems.

    2.1 Contribute effectively to discussions about the care of the person with registered nurse and other members of the health team.

    2.2 Gather information and accurately document and report changes in the person’s condition to appropriate interdisciplinary health care team members.

  3. Perform nursing interventions to support health care of a person with acute health problems.

    3.1 Assist in providing care for the person with a compromised airway including clearing of airways and interpreting health status using monitoring devices.

    3.2 Provide care to the person requiring nutrition administered through a feeding tube or intravenous line.

    3.3 Use critical thinking and problem-solving approaches in prioritising and modifying nursing interventions to reflect changes in the person’s condition.

    3.4 Contribute to the person’s understanding of health care provided to assist them to regain optimal function through nursing interventions and health education.

    3.5 Observe the person to identify any psychological support and care required due to the impact of acute health problems.

    3.6 Ensure nursing interventions for pre- and post-procedure care for the person are in accordance with organisation policy and procedures.

  4. Contribute to pre- and post-operative nursing care of a person.

    4.1 Contribute to pre-operative nursing management of the person for specific surgical procedures.

    4.2 Ensure pre-operative care takes into account the relationship between pre-operative care and post-operative complications.

    4.3 Contribute to post-anaesthetic observation of the person following surgery including identifying deterioration when the person is not regaining consciousness.

    4.4 Assist the person recovering from a range of anaesthesia to regain optimal health status, and take appropriate actions to reduce risks associated with immobility.

    4.5 Promote the person’s post-operative comfort using pain management strategies and nursing care actions.

  5. Contribute to an emergency response in the acute care environment.

    5.1 Identify and confirm the roles and responsibilities of members of the emergency response team.

    5.2 Prepare and check emergency equipment.

    5.3 Identify emergency situations and respond to first aid requests from emergency response team, including accessing and preparing drugs used during advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation.


Details of Learning Activities

Face to Face learning 

Skills sessions in the Nursing Laboratory 

Self Directed Learning

Online resources CANVAS

Clinical Placement


Teaching Schedule

   

WEEK 2018

LESSON/LAB

TOPIC

ASSESSMENT

 Week 1

 8th Feb     

 

Lesson 1

 

Intro Acute Health Problems

  

Week 2

14th Feb 

 

15th Feb 

 

LAB 1

 

Lesson 2

 

ECG, Nursing Assessments

 

Acute Medical Care PART A

  

Week 3

23rd Feb 

 

Lesson 3

 

Acute Medical Care PART B

  

Week 4
                   1st March 

 

2nd March 

 

LAB 2

 

Lesson 4

 

Pre-op checklist, Post op care

 

Acute Medical Care PART C

  

Week 5

8th March 

 

Lesson 5

 

Acute Trauma

  

Week 6

14th March       

 

16th March

 

LAB 3

 

Lesson 6

 

LMA, Scenarios

 

Operating Theatre PART A

  

Week 7

 NIL LESSON

NIL LAB

    

Week 8

28th March 

           
6th April 

 

Lesson 7

 

Lesson 8

 

Operating Theatre PART B

 

 

 

 

 ASSESSMENT TASK 2

Peri-Operative Presentations

Week 9

13th April 

 

Lesson 9

 

Emergency Care

  

Week 10

13th April 

 

LAB 4

 

Emergency Scenarios

  

Week 11

26th April 

 

Lab Assess

 

 

 ASSESSMENT TASK 3

Simulated Lab Assessment

Week 12

4th May

 

Lesson 10

 

Post operative care

  

Week 13

Week 14

 NIL LESSON    

Week 15

23rd May 

 

Exam

 

 

 ASSESSMENT TASK 1

Written Exam 2hrs


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources

RMIT library online and on campus


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

 

Students must pass each of the following assessment tasks to demonstrate competent.

Assessment tasks

 

Assessment

Assessment 1

Written Exam

Assessment 2

Peri-operative Presentation

Assessment  3

Simulated Lab Assessment

Assessment 4

Clinical Placement 

 

                       

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 Tasks

ASSESSMENT   
 ASSESSMENT 1  ASSESSMENT TASK 1: Written Exam 
 ASSESSMENT 2  ASSESSMENT TASK 2: Peri-Operative Presentations
 ASSESSMENT 3  ASSESSMENT TASK 3: Simulated LAB Assessment
 ASSESSMENT 4  ASSESSMENT TASK 4: Clinical Placement 
 


Assessment Matrix

 

Assessment Matrix

 

Element / Performance Criteria Covered

Assessment 1

Assessment 2

Assessment 3

Assessment

4 

1.1

 

 

 

x

1.2

x 

 

 

x

1.3

x 

 

x 

x

2.1

 

 

 

x

2.2

x 

 

x 

x

3.1

 

 

 x

x

3.2

 

 

 

x

3.3

x 

 

 x

x

3.4

x 

 

 

x

3.5

x 

 

 

x

3.6

x 

x 

x 

x

4.1

x 

x 

x 

x

4.2

x 

x 

x 

x

4.3

 

x 

x 

x

4.4

x 

x 

x 

x

4.5

 

x 

x 

x

5.1

 x

 

x 

 

5.2

 

 

x 

 

5.3

 x

 

x 

 

 

                

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.

 

You must be graded satisfactory on all assessment tasks to be deemed competent for this course.

 

Other Information

 You are permitted to have a maximum of 2 resbumissions for this course, however each individual assessment may only be resubmitted once.  Resubmissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the program coordinator after consultation with the teacher.   All resubmissions must be completed and submitted no more than 7 days after your work has been assessed.   Please note an opportunity to repeat clinical placement is not guaranteed and will be at the discretion of the Clinical Coordinator/Program Manager.

 

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