Course Title: Apply effective communication skills in nursing practice
Part B: Course Detail
Teaching Period: Term1 2015
Course Code: NURS5266C
Course Title: Apply effective communication skills in nursing practice
School: 155T Vocational Health and Sciences
Campus: City Campus
Program: C5313 - Diploma of Nursing (Enrolled-Division 2 Nursing)
Course Contact: Leeanne Mond
Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 4837
Course Contact Email: leeanne.mond@rmit.edu.au
Name and Contact Details of All Other Relevant Staff
Course Coordinator: Pamela Maher
Email: Pamela.maher@rmit.edu.au
Phone: +61 3 9925 4299
Nominal Hours: 40
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
Not applicable
Course Description
This competency unit describes the skills and knowledge required for effective communication in complex communication situations and its application to nursing practice; the function and purpose of small groups; meeting procedures; and the dynamics of group work and evaluation as a tool for continuous improvement.
The unit is co-delivered with conjunction with HLTEN515B Implement and monitor nursing care for older together with HLTEN511B Provide Nursing care for Clients requiring Palliative care.
National Codes, Titles, Elements and Performance Criteria
National Element Code & Title: |
HLTEN502B Apply effective communication skills in nursing practice |
Element: |
1. Use effective communication skills in complex situations |
Element: |
2. Deliver complex information effectively |
Element: |
3. Identify and address actual and potential constraints to communication |
Element: |
4. Evaluate effectiveness of communication in complicated situations |
Element: |
5. Use information technology |
Element: |
6. Lead small group discussions |
Element: |
7. Give and receive feedback for performance improvement |
Element: |
8. Use the principles and processes of open disclosure effectively |
Learning Outcomes
These are described in the elements.
Details of Learning Activities
· Classroom Delivery
· Self Directed Learning
· Laboratories
· Clinical Placement Hours
Teaching Schedule
Lesson 1: Effective Communication
Lesson 2: Roles of Healthcare
Lesson 3: Conflict resolution
Lesson 4: Open Disclosure
Lesson 5: Assessment 1 Questionnaire
Lesson 6: Theory of Ageing
Lesson 7: Disease Process:
Lesson 8: Activities of Daily Living
Lesson 9: ACAS/ACAT
Lesson 10: Care Planning
Lesson 11: Aged Care Funding Instrument
Lesson 12: Complex Issues
Lesson 13: Massage in Palliative Care
Lesson 14: Dementia
Lesson 15: Needs Recognition
Lesson 16: Symptoms of Dying
Lesson 17: Loss & Grief
Lesson 18: Last Rites
Computer Lab 1. Computer IT Lab
Nursing Lab 2. Activities of Daily Living - Part 1 & 2
Nursing Lab 3. Remedial Massage in Palliative care - Part 1 & 2
Nursing Lab 4. Documentation
Nursing Lab 5. Pain Part 1, Last Rites Part 2
Learning Resources
Prescribed Texts
Kozier and Erb’s (2014) 3rd ed.,Vols 1,2,3.Fundamentals of nursing. Pearson. Australia |
References
Listed within PowerPoint slides and Blackboard |
Other Resources
Other Textbooks
Accessible as eBooks via the RMIT Library (also able for download or purchase)
Brown, D., Edwards, H. (eds) 2014, 4th ed., Lewis’s medical surgical nursing: assessment and management of clinical problems, Marrickville, NSW, Elsevier Australia
Tollefson, J., (2014) Clinical Psychomotor skills: assessment tools for nursing students. 5th ed.,South Melbourne. Centgage Learning
Additional resources:
Online via RMIT Blackboard (students require frequent access to computers, internet and printing facilities)
Overview of Assessment
The underpinning knowledge and skills for this competency will be assessed via the following methods
- Classroom Activities
- Clinical Placement
- Written Assignment
Assessment Tasks
· Lab computer hurdle
· Classroom presentation
· Group work – Care Plan
· MP4 video assessment
Assessment in this course is conducted in conjunction with: HLTEN515B Care for older Clients and HLTEN511B Care for clients requiring palliative care, includes online tests, submissions, worksheets and practical assessments.
Assessment Matrix
See assessment matrix on Blackboard
Other Information
Assessment Information
Please refer to the RMIT assessment policies for, special consideration, extensions of time, equitable assessment arrangements and future assessment adjustments. www.rmit.edu.au/browes:ID=ad)oagg9uc111
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Re-submission of assessment
One further opportunity to demonstrate Clinical Lab competence, will be provided to students if not deemed Satisfactory at the time of clinical assessment.
Re-submission of Written work, or other assessments , (once only. Excluding Exams) can be granted on recommendation from the teacher and approval by Program Coordinator.
Plagiarism
Plagiarism is a form of cheating in assessment and may occur in oral, written or visual presentations. It is the presentation of the work, idea or creation of another person, without appropriate referencing, as though it is your own: http://rmit.edu.au/students/academic-integrity
Turnitin
Is an online service, in to which teachers and students submit student assignments into a large database, via Blackboard, refer Turnitin website
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