Course Title: Confirm physical health status
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2020
Course Code: NURS5362C
Course Title: Confirm physical health status
School: 174T School of VE Engineering, Health & Science
Campus: City Campus
Program: C4367 - Certificate IV in Allied Health Assistance
Course Contact: Jade Cusworth
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 8382
Course Contact Email: jade.cusworth@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Nominal Hours: 90
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 prerequisites or corequisites for this unit of competency
Course Description
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to obtain and interpret information about client health status and to check a client’s physical health. It requires a detailed knowledge of anatomy and physiology.
This unit applies to individuals working directly with clients and who assist in the provision of health care services. Some disciplines may be subject to state/territory regulatory determination regarding delegation and supervision.
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: |
HLTAAP002 Confirm physical health status |
Element: |
1. Obtain information about physical health status |
Performance Criteria: |
1.1 Obtain accurate information about physical health status through observation, questioning or review of documentation 1.2 Interpret information based on understanding of the structure and functioning of body systems 1.3 Use information to identify any actual or potential problems regarding health status 1.4 Take into account factors that may have impacted on an identified physical condition |
Element: |
2. Check physical health status |
Performance Criteria: |
2.1 Make checks of client health status prior to delivery of health intervention using knowledge of body systems 2.2 Clarify significance of physical health status in relation to a particular intervention in line with job role and organisation requirements 2.3 Clarify implications and significance of physical health status with appropriate people in the case of uncertainty or limits on own capability or authority |
Element: |
3. Identify variations from normal physical health status |
Performance Criteria: |
3.1 Identify variations from normal health status using standard methods and protocols 3.2 Identify potential factors responsible for significant variations from normal health status 3.3 Identify potential risk factors associated with variations from normal health status 3.4 Recognise and refer potentially serious issues in line with organisation requirements |
Learning Outcomes
The critical learning for this course takes place in clinical placement within the health sector and within simulations in RMIT.
You will be instructed in skills through demonstration, modelling and roleplay.
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 demonstrate the below mentioned outcomes satisfactorily -
- Obtain information about physical health status
- Check physical health status
- Identify variations from normal physical health status
Details of Learning Activities
A combination of activities will support students learning in this course, such as:
- Face to face and or online lectures to cover theoretical and practical concepts for each topic in the course . The students will be provided with self study materials as well.
- Students will learn to apply their skills and knowledge to work integrated learning (WIL), during simulations and classroom based learning
- Observations of performance in the clinical placement or simulated environment will be a valuable part of your learning experience
- Tutorial activities (individually and in teams) to discuss, debate, critique and consolidate your ideas and extend your understanding around key concepts within specific topics
- Online discussion and activities support you to collaborate with other students in your course and debate and debate and discuss ideas( optional activities only)
- Self directed study time to enhance and strengthen your knowledge and understanding of theoretical concepts
- To further facilitate learning, students are strongly encouraged to use a range of communication tools between themselves and their course instructor as well as between themselves and fellow students by using the online learning platform
Teaching Schedule
Teaching schedule for Confirm Physical Health Status
Please check the dates on timetable( Canvas) for the class sessions and times.
Session No. |
Topics |
1. |
Introduction to unit,causes of disease, health and wellness and disease prevention |
2 |
orientation of human body, body basic chemistry |
3 |
Cells, Tissues and organs |
4 |
Skin and body membranes |
5 |
Skeletal system/ practical |
6 |
Muscle system |
7 |
Nervous system |
8 |
Endocrine system |
9 |
Special senses |
10 |
Blood |
11 |
Assessment task 1( online in class) |
12 |
Cardiovascular system |
13 |
Lymphatic and immune system |
14 |
Respiratory system |
15 |
Digestive system and nutrition |
16 |
Urinary system |
17 |
Reproductive system |
18 |
Assessment task 2( online in class) |
|
Assessment task 3 to be completed at clinical placement |
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
References
Other Resources
RMIT Library
http://www1.rmit.edu.au/library
Overview of Assessment
Assessment tasks-
Assessment Task 1: Written assessment 1
This assessment task supports knowledge assessment
Assessment Task 2: Written assessment 2
This assessment task supports knowledge assessment
Assessment Task 3: Clinical placement
This assessment task supports learning outcomes 1, 2 & 3
You will be provided with an assessment overview for the course and a descriptor for each assessment task.
Feedback is provided on each assessment
Assessment Tasks
There are three assessment tasks that you must successfully complete in full in order to be deemed competent in this unit:
S.No |
Name |
Week no. |
1 |
Assessment Task 1 ( Lectures 1-10) |
Week 11 |
2. |
Assessment Task 2 (Lectures 11-17) |
Week 18 |
3 |
Clinical Placement; 3 different case studies |
Clinical Placement commencing Oct. 2020 Evidence log book |
You will be provided with an assessment overview for the course and a descriptor for each assessment task through Canvas
Feedback is provided on each assessment
The students will receive satisfactory/ not yet satisfactory result for each assessment task. The students can receive Competency achieved/ Not yet competent result for this competency.
The details about the assessments will be posted on canvas
The students are required to receive satisfactory result in each task to receive a competency achieved results for this competency
Assessment Matrix
Other Information
Important information regarding Assessment Tasks:
You may be eligible to resubmit your assessments.
Resubmissions are not automatic and will only be approved at the discretion of the Program Coordinator, after consultation with the teacher.
All students will be contacted by their course coordinator in regards to resubmission completion dates.
EXTENSION OR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION
If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to attend on the due date of an assessment (e.g. test, examination, oral, etc.) OR you do attend, but your performance has been affected, you may submit an APPLICATION FOR SPECIAL CONSIDERATION within 5 working days of the due date. If Special Consideration is granted, you will be given the opportunity to complete/repeat the assessment task at a later date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/specialconsideration or speak to your Program Coordinator.
If due to illness or other unforeseen circumstance, you are unable to submit by the due date (e.g. assignment, report, project etc.), you may submit an APPLICATION FOR EXTENSION OF TIME FOR SUBMISSION OF ASSESSABLE WORK for an extension of time of up to seven (7) calendar days or less. This must be lodged with the Program Coordinator 1 working day before the original due date. If granted, you will have the opportunity to submit up to 7 days later than the original due date. For advice on this application please visit www.rmit.edu.au/students/assessment/extension or speak to your Program Coordinator.
Where an extension of greater than seven days is needed, you must apply for SPECIAL CONSIDERATION.
If you require further information please contact your teacher or Program Coordinator.
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
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