HLTENN047 - Apply nursing practice in the primary health care setting
Nominal hours
Location
Sunshine
Werribee
Prerequisites
Co-requisites
(Corequisite units must be studied concurrently with this unit)
Overview
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to work in a primary health care environment including community-based, educational, occupational and informal settings, and in general practice.
Primary health care involves a person-centred and comprehensive approach to health care. It is made accessible to people by being located as close as possible to where they live and supporting their full participation in the spirit of self-reliance and self-determination.
This unit applies to enrolled nursing work carried out in consultation and collaboration with registered nurses and under supervisory arrangements aligned to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) regulatory authority legislative requirements.
Assessment
For Melbourne campuses
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• analyse health information and the clinical presentation of one person to reach a plan of care
• address the needs of one person using primary health care principles
• review and update a plan of care for one person to address primary health care needs
The tasks must be undertaken in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) professional practice standards, codes and guidelines.
Students will also be expected to demonstrate the following knowledge:
• health challenges facing Australian communities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
• environmental health issues facing Australian communities including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities
• environmental health issues facing Australian communities
• philosophy underpinning primary health care
• philosophy underpinning Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHO)
• acute mental health episodes
• management of first aid and other emergency treatments specific to a community
• age specific health issues across the lifespan for infants, children, adolescents, adults and older people
• social determinants of health and wellness
• cultural determinants of health and wellness
• problem-solving strategies.
• evidence-based practice
• health including the illness continuum
• literature and professional bodies associated with primary health care management
• service delivery models:
• preventative
• curative
• rehabilitative
• National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS) requirements
• role of Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and principles of cultural safety
• telehealth, health informatics and technology
• national immunisation programs:
• immunisation schedule
• catch up immunisation schedule
• screening for all ages.
Required reading
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
As part of a course
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):