Course Title: Implement, monitor and evaluate nursing care

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2024

Course Code: NURS5414C

Course Title: Implement, monitor and evaluate nursing care

School: 535T Social Care and Health

Campus: City Campus

Program: C5417 - Diploma of Nursing

Course Contact: Suzie Cicero

Course Contact Phone: 03 9925-1812

Course Contact Email: suzie.cicero@rmit.edu.au


Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff

Lynne Edwards

lynne.edwards@rmit.edu.au

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

Nil

Course Description

In this course you will learn performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to implement nursing care as outlined in a person’s nursing care plan, evaluate outcomes of care provided, record and report progress, and respond to emergency situations.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTENN038 Implement, monitor and evaluate nursing care

Element:

1. Prepare a person for nursing care procedures.

Performance Criteria:

1.1. Explain procedures, preparation required and timeframe involved, and gain consent. 1.2. Apply culturally safe approaches for all peoples including specific approaches required for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. 1.3. Maintain privacy and dignity during preparation and procedures.

Element:

2. Implement nursing care procedures to meet identified needs.

Performance Criteria:

2.1. Provide assistance to address personal and oral hygiene and dressing and grooming needs to achieve health outcomes. 2.2. Identify contributing factors and implement strategies to prevent skin problems and manage skin integrity. 2.3. Confirm nutritional and elimination needs and apply strategies to meet identified needs. 2.4. Assist respiratory function by demonstrating and promoting deep breathing and coughing exercises. 2.5. Use measures to promote comfort, rest and sleep. 2.6. Encourage the person to contribute to their own independence and mobility through active and passive exercises. 2.7. Identify and respond to signs and symptoms of emergency situations and conditions. 2.8. Use emergency procedures and initiate basic life support according to organisational policies and procedures.

Element:

3. Monitor identified nursing care needs.

Performance Criteria:

3.1. Maintain ongoing monitoring through observation and using equipment and devices. 3.2. Prioritise work activities to address urgent needs and maintain a balanced approach to own workload. 3.3. Record and report concerns in the person's condition and behaviour to the registered nurse, and report situations of risk according to organisational policies and procedures.

Element:

4. Evaluate outcomes of nursing care provided.

Performance Criteria:

4.1. Identify and evaluate own contribution to nursing plan of care. 4.2. Evaluate progress towards planned outcomes as documented in the plan of care. 4.3. Make required changes to nursing plan of care in line with nursing best practice. 4.4. Record and report evaluation of nursing care provided.

Learning Outcomes


On successful completion of this course you will have developed and applied the skills and knowledge required to demonstrate competency in the above elements. 


Details of Learning Activities

This unit is designed to be delivered in a Blended Learning mode.  Blended Learning involves learning through various modes, for example, online learning and learning in a classroom and clinical labs. 

  

The Blended Learning approach for this unit includes: 

  

  • Online learning - provide you with formative feedback and facilitate your learning as you progress through your course 

      

  • Classroom teaching - introducing you to key concepts within the course 

      

  • Labs - provide practice and simulation 

      

  • Clinical experience - provides you with practical experience in a nursing health care environment 

      

  • Self directed learning -  such as reading to expand your knowledge and understanding of information delivered 

      
  

 

All learning activities you will undertake within the course are designed to provide you with the practical skills, knowledge and attitudes required to perform to the standard expected in the health industry. 

  


Teaching Schedule

 

Delivery Schedule 
 

Date, Week, Session 

Topic, Activity, Assessment 
 

Week 1 

Lesson 1 Basic Life support 
 

Week 2  

Lesson 2 Preparing a person for care 

Lab 1 
 

Week 3 

Simulation Assessment Task 2 

Lesson 3 Mobility, manual handling and hygiene needs 
 

Week 4 

 

Lesson 4 Sleep, Rest and Nutrition  

Lab 2 
 

Week 5 

Lesson 5 Respiration 
 

Week 6  

Lesson 6 Circulatory system 
 

Week 7 

Lesson 7 Elimination 
 

Week 8  

Lesson 8 Pain and special senses 

Lab 3 
 

Week 10 

Lab 4 
 

Week 11 

Lab 5 & Lab 6 
 

Week 13  

Knowledge Assessment Task 1 

Written Assessment Task 3 
 

Week 15 

Clinical Placement AT4 

 

Theory and Practical Classroom Requirements 

On occasions timetable and assessment dates may need to change. If this occurs, you will be notified.  

Please check your student emails and Canvas announcements daily.  

Full laboratory uniform is required for laboratory sessions. Students not appropriately attired will be asked to leave.  

100% attendance at clinical laboratory classes is mandatory  


Learning Resources

Prescribed Texts


References


Other Resources


Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral/written presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS.

During the Diploma of Nursing (HLT54121), you will complete 400 hours of compulsory unpaid clinical placements, across four phases (semesters).  Aged Care 120 hours, Mental Health and Primary Health 80 hours each and Acute Care 120 hours.

You must meet all the unit/course requirements before you are eligible for clinical placement, this includes immunisations, NDIS check, Working with Childrens and Police check. If you do not meet these requirements, you may incur a penalty in the form of a fine.


Assessment Tasks

Task 

        

Method and Type 

        

Ungraded 

        

 

  

Due Date 

        

Knowledge 

        

Product Based 

        

Practical 

        

Knowledge Assessment AT1  

        

• 

        

 

        

 

        

S/NYS 

        

TBC 

        

Practical Simulation AT2 

        

 

        

 

        

• 

        

S/NYS 

        

TBC 

        

Practical Assessment AT3 

        

 

  •       

 

        

 

        

S/NYS 

        

TBC 

        

Clinical Placement AT4 

        

 

        

 

        

• 

        

S/NYS 

        

TBC 

        


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

Student Attendance 

  

All students are required to: 

  

  • Attend and participate appropriately in all activities scheduled. 

      

  • Complete pre-class preparation – e.g., recommended reading and learning activities on Canvas. 

      

  • Study all material provided to maximise chances of meeting the Unit's objectives. 

      

  • Meet the 80% attendance requirement for lectures. Evidence in the form of a medical certificate or statutory declaration must be provided if one cannot attend. It will be the student's responsibility to 'catch up'. It is the student's responsibility to seek assistance from their educator. 

      

  • All students must demonstrate 80% engagement with the learning resources provided. This includes but is not limited to the Canvas practice knowledge quizzes, which must be completed on time. Canvas analytics will be used to identify student engagement.  This can affect student progression. 

      

  • All students must meet the 100% attendance requirement for practical sessions. Evidence in the form of a medical certificate or statutory declaration must be provided if one cannot attend to qualify for a make-up session. The 'make-up' session time and date will be at the discretion of the RMIT Nursing Program Coordinator. Non-attendance to the make-up session without evidence to support the non-attendance can result in no further opportunity. 

      

  • Failure to meet the 100% practical sessions attendance requirement can result in exclusion from the clinical skills assessments, leading to a Not Yet Satisfactory result and ultimately Not Yet Competent. 

      

  • Four hundred (400) clinical placement hours must be completed by the end of the program to meet the program requirements. 

      
  

Clinical Placement 

  

Please note an opportunity to repeat clinical placement is not guaranteed and will be at the discretion of the Program Manager.  The above requirements will be considered in the decision making. 

  

    

Important information regarding Assessment Tasks: 

  

Refer to individual assessment task instructions for information on when and how to submit and specific assessment conditions. 

  

    

Assessment Attempts: 

         

Student will be permitted 3 attempts to complete self-marking assessments.  if a student requires guidance, it is their responsibility to reach out to the Lead Campus Educator Guidance can be requested from your educator. 

  

All other assessments: 

     

You are permitted 2 attempts on written and practical assessments. 

  

Resubmissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the Program Coordinator, after consultation with the teacher. Attendance and course engagement will be taken into consideration when deciding. 

  

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