Elements and Performance Criteria
- Work as part of the multidisciplinary health care team for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Contribute appropriately to support the role of the multidisciplinary health care team in the managing care of the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Contribute to achieving effective team work and supportive group dynamics when working with health care colleagues
- Establish appropriate relationships with other members of the health care team
- Incorporate the philosophical framework for managing care for the client with an orthopaedic condition into own nursing practice
- Recognise the contributions of emergency service personnel, referring agencies and other hospital department staff to the initial/emergency care needs of the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Recognise specialist nursing and medical services as essential to the long term management and planning strategies for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Clarify the impact of client's orthopaedic condition on the client and/or their family
- Perform a holistic assessment of the client in consultation/collaboration with the registered nurse
- Incorporate an understanding of anatomy and physiology into nursing practice
- Work with a knowledge of the various manifestations of orthopaedic conditions and associated pathophysiology of each clinical manifestation
- Discuss with the client the psychosocial impact of an orthopaedic condition on their activities of daily living
- Identify and discuss with the client and/or their family common problems and complications for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Communicate effectively with clients, family and health team members
- Clarify the care needs of the client with an orthopaedic condition in terms of the phases of care required
- Contribute to planning appropriate care for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Use contemporary assessment tools accurately
- Establish a database of resource personnel to assist in decision making for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- In consultation/collaboration with the registered nurse, use a problem solving framework to plan appropriate nursing management strategies
- Develop an individualised plan of care for the client with an orthopaedic condition in consultation/collaboration with the client and the health care team
- In consultation/collaboration with the registered nurse, incorporate into own practice health teaching and discharge planning for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- In consultation/collaboration with the registered nurse, incorporate referral to community services into discharge planning strategies
- Implement care plan for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Ensure rehabilitation principles appropriately underpin nursing interventions for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Practise contemporary nursing interventions for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Act as a resource for staff and clients
- Implement an individualised plan of care for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Assist to evaluate the outcomes of planned nursing actions for the client with an orthopaedic condition
- Monitor client's response to planned nursing interventions and progress toward planned goals and interventions, and document and report to the appropriate members of the health care team
- Initiate appropriate first aid/emergency treatment in response to adverse reactions or orthopaedic condition complications
- Report and document first aid/emergency treatment and the client's response to the treatment