Unit of Competency Mapping – Information for Teachers/Assessors – Information for Learners
HLTENN021 Mapping and Delivery Guide
Apply nursing practice in the critical care setting
Version 1.0
Issue Date: April 2024
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Unit of Competency | HLTENN021 - Apply nursing practice in the critical care setting |
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Employability Skills | |||
Learning Outcomes and Application | This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to practise within the critical care environment. Enrolled nurses working in critical care nursing need to hold and apply in-depth knowledge, effectively 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, 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 Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia regulatory authority legislative requirements.The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice. | ||
Duration and Setting | X weeks, nominally xx hours, delivered in a classroom/online/blended learning setting. Skills must have been demonstrated in the workplace with the addition of simulations and scenarios where the full range of contexts and situations cannot be provided in the workplace. The following conditions must be met for this unit: use of suitable facilities, equipment and resources in line with the Australian Nursing and Midwifery Accreditation Council’s Standards including: simulation models or manikins suitable for advanced cardiopulmonary resuscitation and clinical skills arterial lines CPAP and BiPAP machines PICC lines underwater seal drains and tubes ventilation equipment progressive notes of a de-identified person’s medical history infusion pumps, patient controlled analgesia pumps and syringe drivers organisation policy and procedures on which the candidate bases the planning modelling of industry operating conditions including access to real people for simulations and scenarios in enrolled nursing work. Assessors must satisfy the Standards for Registered Training Organisations (RTOs) 2015/AQTF mandatory competency requirements for assessors. In addition, assessors must hold current registration as a Registered Nurse with Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia. |
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Competency Field |
Development and validation strategy and guide for assessors and learners | Student Learning Resources | Handouts Activities |
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Elements of Competency | Performance Criteria | |||||||
Element: Elements define the essential outcomes of a unit of competency. | ||||||||
Element: The Performance Criteria specify the level of performance required to demonstrate achievement of the Element. | ||||||||
Element: Apply theoretical concepts and principles in providing critical care nursing |
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Element: Contribute to interdisciplinary health care team in caring for a person in the critical care environment |
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Element: Perform complex nursing interventions to assist a person in critical care to attain and maintain optimal health |
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Element: Develop own practice in the critical care nursing environment |
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