HLTENN043 - Implement and monitor care for a person with acute health conditions
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 meet the assessed health care needs of people with acute health conditions.
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:
• or one or more persons with an acute health condition:
• analyse health information and the clinical presentation to reach an accurate conclusion on possible health care planning and nursing interventions related to their acute health condition in consultation with a registered nurse
• perform nursing interventions for acute health treatment in the workplace including pre-operative preparation and post operative care
• implement nursing interventions including:
• monitoring of vital signs and neurological observations
• assessing chest pain
• inserting and removing indwelling urinary catheter (IDC)
• replacing, removing and shortening a drain device
• analyse health information and clinical presentation of one Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander person to reach an accurate conclusion on possible culturally safe health care planning and nursing interventions.
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:
• role of Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and principles of cultural safety
• acute health conditions including:
• renal disorders
• gastrointestinal disorders
• neurological disorders
• respiratory disorders
• cardiovascular disorders
• integumentary disorders
• central nervous system disorders
• musculoskeletal disorders
• reproductive disorders
• sensory disorders
• endocrine disorders
• clinical manifestations of acute disease states and illnesses requiring nursing interventions
• signs of deterioration
• escalating care
• comprehensive approach to care in the acute care environment including nursing interventions and outcomes
• techniques for recording electrocardiograph (ECG)
• pre- and post-operative nursing care as charted
• post-operative nursing care:
• level of consciousness
• vital signs
• fluid intake and output:
• urinary retention
• vomiting
• wound and drain care
• intravenous therapy
• IDC
• pain assessment
• surgical drains and dressings
• neurovascular observations
• skin colour
• intercostal catheter
• underwater seal drainage (UWSD)
• pressure area care
• oral care
• passive and active exercise
• documentation
• techniques to perform interventions:
• oropharyngeal and tracheostomy suctioning
• UWSD tube management
• intercostal catheter care
• ostomy and stoma care
• musculoskeletal traction
• anti-embolic treatments.
• care of drainage devices
• care of suprapubic catheter
• inserting and removing IDC
• applying isolation nursing practices
• inserting and removing nasogastric (NG) tubes
• feeding through NG tubes and percutaneous feeding tube
• nasogastric and percutaneous nutrition.
• performing blood specimen collection (venepuncture)
• medical devices:
• continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP)
• peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) and midline management
• pacemakers and defibrillators
• principles of acute surgical nursing and associated interventions:
• shock
• sepsis
• burns
• angina
• dehydration
• principles of surgical nursing and associated surgical procedures and terminology:
• elective and emergency surgery
• anaesthetics
• amputation
• general surgery
• thoracic surgery
• colon and rectal surgery
• obstetrics and gynaecology
• gynaecologic oncology
• neurological surgery
• ophthalmic surgery
• oral and maxillofacial surgery
• orthopaedic surgery:
• hand
• sports medicine
• paediatric orthopaedics
• spine surgery
• foot and ankle
• joint replacement
• trauma
• oncology
• otolaryngology
• paediatric surgery:
• neonatal
• prenatal
• trauma
• oncology
• urology
• vascular surgery
• plastic and maxillofacial:
• hand surgery.
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):