HLTENN044 - Implement and monitor care for a person with chronic 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 chronic 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:
• analyse health information and clinical presentation of two persons, at least one must be Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander
• perform nursing interventions in the workplace contributing to the support of two people who have chronic health conditions
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:
• broad context for chronic disease:
• role of World Health Organization (WHO) in the management and prevention of chronic disease
• Australian health priorities for chronic disease and prevention
• common chronic health conditions in Australia
• Australian health priorities for chronic disease and prevention in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• impacts of chronic disease:
• social
• emotional
• physical
• psychological
• financial
• rehabilitation strategies and equipment used for treatment of chronic health conditions:
• physiotherapy
• diabetic support
• occupational therapy
• hydrotherapy
• complementary therapies
• ambulatory aids
• prosthetic devices
• chronic health conditions:
• renal disorders
• gastrointestinal disorders
• neurological disorders
• respiratory disorders
• cardiovascular disorders
• integumentary disorders
• central nervous system disorders
• musculoskeletal disorders
• reproductive disorders
• sensory disorders
• endocrine disorders
• techniques for performing nursing interventions
• strategies to address and manage chronic disease in the relevant work context:
• prevention
• use of treatments
• principles of and practices for person-focused nursing practice
• maintenance of positive life roles
• behavioural changes
• stages of change to establish readiness for attitudinal and behavioural change
• principles of optimal restorative, palliative and end of life care
• role of Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and principles of cultural safety.
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):