HLTENN057 - Contribute to the nursing care of a person with diabetes

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Unit code: HLTENN057 | Study level: TAFE
Credit points
N/A
Location
St Albans
Sunshine
Werribee
Prerequisites
N/A
Overview
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Overview

This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to provide nursing care to a person with diabetes including assessing needs, planning and implementing nursing interventions, evaluating outcomes, and educating the person on the condition and available resources.

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:
• provide nursing care to three people with diabetes involving:
• a person who has become hypoglycaemic
• a person who has become hyperglycaemic

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:
• anatomy, physiology and pathophysiology related to diabetes and diabetic conditions including:
• type 1 diabetes
• type 2 diabetes
• gestational diabetes mellitus
• insulin administration devices
• potential problems related to care of a person with diabetic conditions:
• hypoglycaemia
• hyperglycaemia
• diabetic ketoacidosis (DKA)
• Hyperglycaemic Hyperosmolar Nonketotic Syndrome (HHNS)
• Hyperosmotic Hyperglycaemic Syndrome (HHS)
• retinopathy
• infection
• psychosocial issues
• health promotion goals and expected outcomes:
• glycaemic control
• optimal nutrition
• weight loss or gain
• smoking cessation
• foot and eye care
• oral hypoglycaemic therapy
• insulin therapy
• blood glucose monitoring
• factors influencing self-esteem of the person with diabetes
• issues related to diabetes care delivery and diabetes related services
• underlying environmental and social factors contributing to diabetes in the Australian general population, including the factors involved with higher rates experienced by Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
• role of Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)
• Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and principles of cultural safety
• organisational processes for evaluation of care plans.

Required reading

The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by the VUPolytechnic and/or via the VU Polytechnic e-learning system.

As part of a course

This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):

Diploma of Nursing
HLT54121 | Diploma | Duration:

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