Unit of competency
Modification History
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Release 2 |
Release 2 HLTENN050 Apply nursing practice in the rehabilitation care setting supersedes and is equivalent to Release 1 HLTENN050 Apply nursing practice in the rehabilitation care setting. Updated: Mapping details and minor corrections. |
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Release 1 |
HLTENN050 Apply nursing practice in the rehabilitation care setting supersedes and is equivalent to HLTENN018 Apply nursing practice in the rehabilitation care setting. |
Application
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to assist people with disability and chronic illness who require rehabilitation to attain and maintain optimum function and lifestyle.
Enrolled nurses working in rehabilitation environments hold and apply specialised in-depth knowledge, integrate theory and practice and make reliable clinical assessments and judgements.
This unit applies to enrolled nurses, registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), seeking specialisation in enrolled nurse work that is carried out in consultation and collaboration with registered nurses, and under direct or indirect supervisory arrangements aligned to the NMBA regulatory authority legislative requirements.
The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian Standards and industry codes of practice.
No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Pre-requisite Unit
Nil
Competency Field
Enrolled Nursing
Unit Sector
Enrolled Nursing
Elements and Performance Criteria
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PERFORMANCE CRITERIA |
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Elements describe the essential outcomes |
Performance criteria describe the performance needed to demonstrate achievement of the element. |
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1. Work in rehabilitation nursing environment. |
1.1. Provide nursing care for the person with physical disability and chronic illness. 1.2. Provide nursing care that supports a multidisciplinary health care team to achieve cost effective health care outcomes. 1.3. Work in the rehabilitation care team to foster positive group dynamics with other health care professionals. 1.4. Contribute to long-term management and planning requiring rehabilitative care to maintain optimum function and lifestyle. 1.5. Identify opportunities for person to self-manage rehabilitative care needs. |
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2. Contribute to rehabilitation process. |
2.1. Contribute to a safe and therapeutic environment and support activities that promote return of optimal function and minimise functional decline. 2.2. Apply requirements of manifestations of areas of dysfunction and associated pathophysiology of clinical manifestation. 2.3. Analyse and problem solve to propose actions and implement nursing interventions in line with changes to level of dysfunction. 2.4. Undertake physical assessment to develop and implement rehabilitation nursing plan of care. 2.5. Clarify psychosocial impact of dysfunction on daily living activities. 2.6. Communicate to reach agreement on multidisciplinary health care team goal setting for optimal rehabilitation and minimal functional decline. 2.7. Identify and apply strategies to prevent complications and chronic illness. |
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3. Promote improvement of nursing care and advancement of rehabilitation nursing. |
3.1. Review and evaluate plan of care and modify according to progress toward planned outcomes. 3.2. Evaluate and document nursing care provided. 3.3. Evaluate nursing interventions and outcomes against evidence-based best practice in rehabilitation nursing care. 3.4. Seek opportunities and participate in professional development to guide own practice and act as a resource for colleagues. |
Foundation Skills
Foundation skills essential to performance are explicit in the performance criteria of this unit of competency.
Unit Mapping Information
HLTENN050 Apply nursing practice in the rehabilitation care setting supersedes and is equivalent to HLTENN018 Apply nursing practice in the rehabilitation care setting.
Links
Companion Volume implementation guides are found in VETNet - https://vetnet.gov.au/Pages/TrainingDocs.aspx?q=ced1390f-48d9-4ab0-bd50-b015e5485705
