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

Part B: Course Detail

Teaching Period: Term2 2024

Course Code: NURS5424C

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

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

Jesica Domingo

jesica.domingo@rmit.edu.au

Nominal Hours: 150

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 gain knowledge of the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to meet the assessed health care needs of people with acute health conditions.


National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria

National Element Code & Title:

HLTENN043 Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health conditions

Element:

1. Identify acute health conditions.

Performance Criteria:

1.1. Undertake comprehensive nursing assessment to identify acute health condition. 1.2. Identify pathophysiology and psychosocial impact of the acute health condition and confirm nursing and health care needs. 1.3. Identify common aetiology of acute health conditions for common disorders of the human body.

Element:

2. Contribute to nursing care, education and planning for acute health conditions.

Performance Criteria:

2.1. Contribute to health education and planning care of acute health conditions in consultation with the multidisciplinary health care team. 2.2. Implement nursing care appropriate to the plan of care for acute health conditions. 2.3. Contribute to person-centred care discussions with the multidisciplinary health care team. 2.4. Contribute to discharge planning.

Element:

3. Perform and evaluate nursing interventions for acute health conditions.

Performance Criteria:

3.1. Analyse and problem solve to prioritise and implement nursing interventions to reflect changes with an acute health condition. 3.2. Gather, observe, evaluate, report and document responses to provided care including variations from expected outcomes and concern for the deteriorating person. 3.3. Develop and prioritise the plan of care. 3.4. Implement and evaluate nursing care for delegated elements of acute health conditions based on comprehensive nursing assessment.

Element:

4. Contribute to nursing care for planned interventional treatments and procedures.

Performance Criteria:

4.1. Contribute to the plan of care that considers the status of acute care presentations. 4.2. Implement nursing management for planned interventional treatments and procedures. 4.3. Identify and implement post treatment and procedural nursing care and associated documentation. 4.4. Implement post treatment and procedure observations and documentation and report unexpected outcomes and observations. 4.5. Recognise acute deterioration, prioritise and escalate care, implement the escalation process and report to the registered nurse. 4.6. Identify and implement pain management interventions to minimise immobility risks and promote optimal health status and recovery.

Element:

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

Performance Criteria:

5.1. Identify and implement enrolled nurse's role and responsibilities in an emergency response. 5.2. Use emergency equipment in an emergency situation. 5.3. Identify and implement the emergency response plan including preparing and using emergency equipment, medicine, documentation, after care required in an emergency response and resuscitation.

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,  learning in a classroom, simulated lab session, class peri-operative presentation, SDL and clinical placement.

The Blended Learning approach for this unit includes:

  • Face to Face lectures 
  • Simulated acute practise
  • Self directed learning 
  • Clinical placement


Teaching Schedule

 

Delivery Schedule

 

Date, Week

Topic, Activity, Assessment

 

Week 1

Module 1 - Chest pain assessment PQRST

Module 2 – Electrocardiogram (ECG)/Pacemakers/Defibrillators

LAB 1 Chest pain/ ECG/Venipuncture

Module 3 - Venipuncture

 

Week 2

Module 4 – Terminology and Kahoot quiz (AT1)

Module 5 – Peri-operative care

AT2 PQRST/ECG/Venipuncture LAB 1st attempt

Module 6 – Post op complications

 

Week 3

Module 7 – GIT and Isolation nursing

Module 8 – Stoma Care (too short – was 30min short)

Module 9 – Integumentary/burns and immune disorders

 

Week 4

Module 10 – Orthopaedic and  (neurovascular obs), muscle traction, passive active exercises, antiembolic tmt, TEDs

Module 11 – Paediatric surgery and vascular surgery (amputations)

 

Week 5

Module 12 – Renal and IDC care

LAB 2 IDC removal/insertion

Module 13 – Reproductive and Endocrine

 

Week 6

Module 14 – Respiratory & Thoracic surgery  Trach care+suction

AT4 IDC insertion/removal LAB 1st attempt

 

Week 7

Module 15 – NGT/PEG management, ICC/UWSD/ Cpap, Bipap

LAB 3 NGT/suction/ICC lab

 

 

Mid Semester Break

 

Week 8

Module 16 – Head + oral surgery + oral care/suction, maxfac, Opthalmic

AT7 NGT feed and Suction LAB 1st attempt

Classroom 1st attempts AT3 ATSI CAGs Scenario and AT5 Surgery/Terminology  QUIZ

 

Week 9

Module 17 - Plastic surgery/Hand/DT care dressings

LAB 4 Drain tube

 

Week 10

Classroom 1st attempts:AT8 Bowel resection scenario and AT1 acute illness QUIZ

Module 18 - CNS disorders, surgery and neurological assessment

AT9 Drain removal LAB 1st attempt

 

Week 11

Classroom 2nd attempts AT3 ATSI CAGs Scenario and AT5 Surgery/Terminology  QUIZ

Module 19 – Deteriorating patient, escalating care, BLS and resus

 

Week 12

LAB 5 Emergency response

2nd attempt LAB AT6 emergency response (with meds assessment)

 

Week 13

Classroom 2nd attempts AT8 Bowel resection scenario and AT1 acute illness QUIZ 

Acute Remediation LAB

2nd attempts LAB AT2 AT4 AT9 AT6

 

Week 14

CP4 WARD day LAB

 

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

80% attendance to 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

Knowledge

Product Based

Practical

Assessment Task 1 - Acute illness Quiz

MCQ

 

 

S/NS

Assessment Task 2 Chest pain ECG/Veno LAB

 

 

Observational checklist

S/NS

Assessment Task 3 ATSI CAGS critical thinking scenario

Case Study

 

 

S/NS

Assessment Task 4 IDC LAB

 

 

Observational checklist

S/NS

Assessment Task 5 Surgical procedures and Terminology Quiz

MCQ

 

 

S/NS

Assessment Task 6 Emergency scenario LAB

 

 

Observational checklist

S/NS

Assessment Task 7 NGT feed and Suction LAB

 

 

Observational checklist

S/NS

Assessment Task 8 Bowel resection critical thinking scenario

Case Study

 

 

S/NS

Assessment Task 9 Changing and removing drain LAB

 

 

Observational checklist

S/NS

Assessment Task 10 Clinical placement 4

 

 

Observational checklist

S/NS

   

 


Assessment Matrix

Other Information

Recommended  text

Year Published: 2015

Title: Kozier and Erb's Fundamentals of Nursing: Volume 1

Creator: Audrey BermanLinks to an external site.

Contributor: Barbara Kozier - author, Links to an external site.Glenora Lea Erb 1937- author.Links to an external site.

Edition: Third Australian Edition

Publisher: Pearson Australia

Subjects: Nursing -- Australia -- TextbooksLinks to an external site.

ISBN: 9781486020027 (v. 1 : paperback)

 

Tollefson, J., & Hillman, E. (2019). Clinical psychomotor skills : assessment tools for nurses, 5-point Bondy assessment scale (7th edition.). Cengage Learning. Link to online resourceLinks to an external site.

Use the Library Subject GuideLinks to an external site. to access useful texts for this course. Additional readings, where required, have been provided in downloadable PDFs or as a direct link as a digital copy in the RMIT library.

 

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