Course Title: Apply nursing practice in the respiratory care setting
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: VE 2018
Class Number: 1999
Class Section: NH17
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Course Code: NURS5405C
Course Title: Apply nursing practice in the respiratory care setting
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
Program Coordinator - Zaw Pedroni
Nominal Hours: 80
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 competency.
Course Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to provide nursing care to a person with respiratory impairment in settings such as hospitals, community settings, hospices and long term care facilities.
Enrolled nurses providing respiratory nursing care need to hold and apply specialised in-depth knowledge, effectively integrate theory and practice, and make reliable clinical assessments and judgements.
This unit applies to enrolled nurses, registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia, seeking specialisation in enrolled nurse work that is carried out in consultation and collaboration with registered nurses, and under direct or indirect supervisory arrangements aligned to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia regulatory authority legislative requirements.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTENN023 Apply nursing practice in the respiratory care setting |
Element: |
1. Contribute to the interdisciplinary health care team in caring a person with respiratory impairment |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Work with the health care team, consulting with the registered nurse and team members in providing nursing care to the person with respiratory impairment 1.2 Evaluate, interpret and communicate person's respiratory function to relevant members of the health care team 1.3 Identify physical, psychological, social and economic factors relevant to the person's health care status, and the outcomes of planned care |
Element: |
2. Assist a person in maintaining optimal respiratory health |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Identify factors impacting a person's respiratory status and re-prioritise care activities for the person rapidly when circumstances change 2.2 Participate in risk assessment identification and risk management processes for the person with complex respiratory impairment 2.3 Support the person, and family or carer as required, during pre-, intra- and post-diagnostic procedures, providing accurate information on the procedures 2.4 Identify responses of the person, family or carer to nursing interventions and their understanding of how to manage the respiratory impairment after discharge 2.5 Provide the person, family or carer with information about available community resources, and how to access them 2.6 Identify when the acuity of a person is beyond own skills and knowledge and promptly consult with registered nurse and relevant interdisciplinary health care team |
Element: |
3. Actively promote improvement and advancement of respiratory nursing care |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Make appropriate proposals for nursing interventions in consultation with registered nurse to promote improved outcomes for the person and their condition 3.2 Evaluate nursing interventions provided and consider identified outcomes against evidence-based best practice in respiratory care nursing 3.3 Evaluate responses of the person, family or carer to health promotion and education resources, and continuously improve promotions and resources based on feedback 3.4 Seek out opportunities and participate in professional development, acquiring knowledge to guide own practice and acting as a resource for colleagues |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, you should be able to:
- Contribute to the interdisciplinary health care team in caring a person with respiratory impairment
1.1 Work with the health care team, consulting with the registered nurse and team members in providing nursing care to the person with respiratory impairment
1.2 Evaluate, interpret and communicate person’s respiratory function to relevant members of the health care team
1.3 Identify physical, psychological, social and economic factors relevant to the person’s health care status, and the outcomes of planned care
- Assist a person in maintaining optimal respiratory health
2.1 Identify factors impacting a person’s respiratory status and re-prioritise care activities for the person rapidly when circumstances change
2.2 Participate in risk assessment identification and risk management processes for the person with complex respiratory impairment
2.3 Support the person, and family or carer as required, during pre-, intra- and post-diagnostic procedures, providing accurate information on the procedures
2.4 Identify responses of the person, family or carer to nursing interventions and their understanding of how to manage the respiratory impairment after discharge
2.5 Provide the person, family or carer with information about available community resources, and how to access them
2.6 Identify when the acuity of a person is beyond own skills and knowledge and promptly consult with registered nurse and relevant interdisciplinary health care team
- Actively promote improvement and advancement of respiratory nursing care
3.1 Make appropriate proposals for nursing interventions in consultation with registered nurse to promote improved outcomes for the person and their condition
3.2 Evaluate nursing interventions provided and consider identified outcomes against evidence-based best practice in respiratory care nursing
3.3 Evaluate responses of the person, family or carer to health promotion and education resources, and continuously improve promotions and resources based on feedback
3.4 Seek out opportunities and participate in professional development, acquiring knowledge to guide own practice and acting as a resource for colleagues
Details of Learning Activities
All learning activities you will undertake within the course are designed to provide students with the skills and knowledge required to perform to the standard expected in the health industry.
Learning activities include:
Face to Face tutorials- introduce you to the key concepts within the course
Online Activities - provide you with formative feedback and facilitate your learning as you progress through your course
Clinical placement - provide you with practical experience in a nursing environment.
Teaching Schedule
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Labs Sessions |
Assessment |
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Week 1 commencing 23/07/18
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Lesson 1: Review of anatomy and physiology, mechanisms of breathing and oxygen therapy |
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Week 2 commencing 30/07/18
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Lesson 2: Respiratory disorders, causation signs and symptoms, diagnosis and nursing management |
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Week 3 commencing 06/08/18 |
Lesson 3: Respiratory assessment, diagnostics and devices Nursing management and patient education. |
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Week 4 commencing 13/08/18
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Lesson 4: Case study - tying it all together |
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Week 6 Commencing 27/08/18
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Lab 1: Tracheostomy care | ||
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Week 7 Commencing 03/09/18
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Lab 2: Tracheostomy care |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
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 competency.
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Assessment tasks
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.
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Assessment Tasks
Assessment Task 1: Online Quiz
You will need to achieve 100% to gain a satisfactory result. Maximum 3 Attempts.
Assessment Task 2: Case Study
You will need to achieve above 60% to gain a satisfactory result.
Assessment Task 3: Practical Assessment
You will need to successfully complete a practical lab assessment.
Assessment Task 4: Clinical Placement
You will need successfully complete Clinical Placement.
You will need to be graded satisfactory on all assessment tasks to be deemed competent for this course.
Assessment Matrix
| Element |
Performance Criteria |
Assessment Task 1 | Assessment Task 2 | Assessment Task 3 | Assessment Task 4 |
| 1 | 1.1 |
x | |||
| 1.2 | x | x | x | x | |
| 1.3 | x | ||||
| 2 | 2.1 | x | x | x | |
| 2.2 | x | x | x | x | |
| 2.3 | x | x | x | ||
| 2.4 | x | x | |||
| 2.5 | x | x | |||
| 2.6 | x | ||||
| 3 | 3.1 | x | x | x | |
| 3.2 | x | x | x | ||
| 3.3 | x | x | |||
| 3.4 | x |
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:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/contact-and-help/support-services
Attendance
You are to attend all sessions in order to engage in the required learning activities, ensure the maximum opportunity and gain competency in the course.
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 must be competent in all elements to successfully complete the course
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 our 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.
Academic Integrity and Plagiarism
RMIT has a strict policy on plagiarism and academic integrity. Please refer to
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/student-essentials/rights-and-responsibilities/academic-integrity
Working with Children Check and Police Check
This course requires a Working with Children Check and Police Check
Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer
If you think you have some or all of the knowledge and competencies described, please discuss the Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit Transfer options with may be available to you with your Course Coordinator:
For more information go to:
https://www.rmit.edu.au/students/search?q=prior+learning
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