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Evidence Guide: HLTNAT604C - Provide acute homeopathic treatment

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HLTNAT604C - Provide acute homeopathic treatment

What evidence can you provide to prove your understanding of each of the following citeria?

Manage acute treatment using homœopathic medicines within a naturopathic framework

  1. Explain factors which may interfere with the effectiveness of the treatment
  2. Explain mode of administration and management of the treatment to the client
  3. Request client to monitor responses and contact practitioner as required
  4. Obtain consent for treatment
  5. Provide homœopathic medicines using homœopathic diagnostic techniques, within a naturopathic framework
  6. Recognise responses to treatment and promptly attend to if necessary
  7. Explain clearly time, location and purpose of future sessions to the client
  8. Document recommendations
Explain factors which may interfere with the effectiveness of the treatment

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Explain mode of administration and management of the treatment to the client

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Request client to monitor responses and contact practitioner as required

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Obtain consent for treatment

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Provide homœopathic medicines using homœopathic diagnostic techniques, within a naturopathic framework

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Recognise responses to treatment and promptly attend to if necessary

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Explain clearly time, location and purpose of future sessions to the client

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Document recommendations

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Advise and resource the client

  1. Educate client in relevant and practical techniques for promotion and maintenance of optimum health
  2. Answer client queries with clarity, using the appropriate language
  3. Use appropriate interpersonal skills when explaining treatment plans and recommendations to the client
  4. Promote client independence and responsibility in treatment wherever possible
Educate client in relevant and practical techniques for promotion and maintenance of optimum health

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Answer client queries with clarity, using the appropriate language

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Use appropriate interpersonal skills when explaining treatment plans and recommendations to the client

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Promote client independence and responsibility in treatment wherever possible

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Review treatment

  1. Evaluate progress with the client
  2. Use homœopathic questioning to confirm appropriateness of homœopathic treatment and quality of treatment response
  3. Identify and record effects of previous treatment
  4. Review previous treatment plan
  5. Negotiate changes to the plan with the client to ensure optimal outcomes
  6. Evaluate need for ongoing and/or additional treatment
  7. Refer client to a homoeopath where constitutional prescribing with homoeopathy is identified as useful
  8. Refer client to a homoeopath where chronic prescribing with homoeopathy is identified as useful
Evaluate progress with the client

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Use homœopathic questioning to confirm appropriateness of homœopathic treatment and quality of treatment response

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Identify and record effects of previous treatment

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Review previous treatment plan

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Negotiate changes to the plan with the client to ensure optimal outcomes

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Evaluate need for ongoing and/or additional treatment

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Refer client to a homoeopath where constitutional prescribing with homoeopathy is identified as useful

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Refer client to a homoeopath where chronic prescribing with homoeopathy is identified as useful

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Instructions to Assessors

Evidence Guide

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, Required Skills and Knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate this competency unit:

The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills

Observation of performance in the workplace or a simulated workplace (defined as a supervised clinic)

Consistency of performance should be demonstrated over the required range of situations relevant to the workplace

Where, for reasons of safety, space, or access to equipment and resources, assessment takes place away from the workplace, the assessment environment should represent workplace conditions as closely as possible

Assessment may contain both theoretical and practical components and examples covering a range of clinical situations

Assessment of sole practitioners must include a range of clinical situations and different client groups covering at minimum, age, culture and gender

Assessment of sole practitioners must consider their unique workplace context, including:

interaction with others in the broader professional community as part of the sole practitioner's workplace

scope of practice as detailed in the qualification and component competency units

holistic/integrated assessment including:

working within the practice framework

performing a health assessment

assessing the client

planning treatment

providing treatment

Context of and specific resources for assessment:

An appropriately stocked and equipped clinic or simulated clinic environment

Relevant texts or medical manuals

Relevant paper-based/video assessment instruments

Appropriate assessment environment

Demonstration model/client

Method of assessment

Observation in the work place

Written assignments/projects or questioning should be used to assess knowledge

Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice.

Explanations of technique

Oral questioning and discussion

Clinical skills involving direct client care are to be assessed initially in a simulated clinical setting. If successful, a second assessment is to be conducted during workplace application under direct supervision.

Access and equity considerations:

All workers in the health industry should be aware of access and equity issues in relation to their own area of work

All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment

In recognition of particular health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues impacting on health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people

Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues, in particular relating to factors impacting on health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities

Related units:

This unit should be assessed in conjunction with the following related units:

HLTCOM404C Communicate effectively with clients

HLTHOM612C Work within a homœopathic framework

HLTNAT601C Provide naturopathic treatment

Required Skills and Knowledge

This describes the essential skills and knowledge and their level required for this unit.

Essential knowledge:

The candidate must be able to demonstrate essential knowledge required to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role

This includes knowledge of:

Administration and storage procedures associated with homœopathic medicines

Anatomy and physiology of the body systems

Basic knowledge of materia medica, to include polycrests and other acute medicines

Basic knowledge of the various approaches to prescribing including consideration of:

aetiology

central theme of a medicine

constitutional basis

isopathy

keynote characteristic symptoms

ladder-like prescribing

miasmatic indications

prophylactic use

tautopathy

totality of characteristic symptoms

use of organopathics

Case analysis and management according to naturopathic principles

Legal and regulatory implications of treatment

Medical reports and diagnostic procedures

Obstacles to cure

Pathophysiology and disease processes

Perceived risks and medicine responses

Potency choices

Signs and symptoms of disease and disorder/dysfunction

The capabilities and limitations of homœopathic treatment, within a naturopathic framework

The central philosophies and beliefs of homœopathic practice, to include the law of similars, the minimum dose, individualisation of the prescription, single medicine prescribing and removal of obstacles to cure

The disease process and the natural history of disease

The pathogenesis of the medicines administered

The contribution of the different schools of thought and historical theories of homœopathic clinical practice

The effects of iatrogenic disease

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Essential knowledge (contd):

The possible responses to the homœopathic medicine/s and contra-indications to treatment

The role of homoeopaths, other complementary health professionals and support services

The similarities and differences between naturopathic and homœopathic treatment

Treatment options other than homœopathic

Types of further investigation available (knowledge and understanding)

Essential skills:

It is critical that the candidate demonstrate the ability to effectively do the task outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit, manage the task and manage contingencies in the context of the identified work role

This includes the ability to:

Access reference material on the effects of current conventional drug therapies and their withdrawal

Administer homœopathic medicines

Apply differential assessment

Communicate effectively with clients

Explain any perceived risks and possible medicine responses

Identify and analyse medicine response to previous treatments

Implement treatment plans to achieve optimal health, rehabilitation, or to improve quality of life. These involve:

a case requiring referral to a homoeopath, or other health care professional

complete documentation of all recommendations and client responses

demonstration of the application of commonly used treatment practices

incorporation of the philosophies of homeopathy into naturopathic practice

preparation of the client for treatment according to naturopathic practice

provision of acute homœopathic treatment

review of treatment plan

treatment according to the individual, the condition and the presence of complicating factors. it must be the safest, most efficacious method that is also cost effective to the client

treatment of a range of acute conditions

use of counselling as a treatment method, where competence exists

use of homœopathic questioning

Manage medical emergencies

Manage time throughout consultation and treatment

Negotiate strategies to overcome any obstacles to cure

Negotiate the management of treatment with the client's current therapies

Recognise the need for constitutional homœopathic prescribing

Use equipment and resources competently and safely

Utilise a range of repertories

Utilise at least two of the most commonly used Homœopathic materia medica

Write referrals, appraisal letters for insurance companies and other documentation

Range Statement

The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.

Factors which interfere with the effectiveness of treatment may include:

Dental work

Eating or smoking within ten to twenty minutes before or after treatment

Other medical treatment being undertaken

Client's physical and psychological readiness and/or wellness

Cultural factors

Contra-indications to treatment

Post treatment activity

Mode of administration may include:

Olfactory

Sublingual

Cutaneous

Via fluid medium - alcohol or water

Via pillules

Via powder

Via pulsing method

Consent for treatment refers to:

Informed consent according to the local and national regulations and legal guidelines

Homœopathic medicines refer to:

Low potency single medicines for acute conditions

Providing homœopathic medicines within a naturopathic framework refers to:

The infrequent repetition of appropriate acute single medicines according to the law of similars

Complexes, based on naturopathic case taking principles

Homœopathic diagnostic techniques refer to:

Homœopathic acute case taking and questioning

Consideration of the client sensitivities and susceptibility

Consideration of individualisation of the prescription

Responses may include:

Allergic reaction to excipients

Intensification of symptoms

Cure

Amelioration

Therapeutic aggravation

Non-therapeutic aggravation

Palliation

Suppression

Proving

No response

Attendance to responses may include:

No change in treatment

Change of posology

Referral of the client to a homoeopath or other health care provider

Discussing reaction with the client

Adjusting treatment if necessary

Seeking appropriate expertise

Adhering to clinic guidelines for response to accidents and emergencies

Use of First Aid procedures according to St John, Australian Red Cross or other appropriate First Aid training

Accessing local emergency services

Advise and resource the client refers to:

Referring client to other information sources

Providing relevant literature or information materials

Providing advice regarding self-care

Advising client of suggested resources

Providing details which help to fully inform client of relevant information

Providing of referrals to other health professionals

Availability of products required or suggested for treatment

Relevant and practical techniques that promote and maintain optimal health may include:

Removal of obstacles to cure

Nutritional adjustments

Exercise

Lifestyle modifications

Homœopathic questioning includes:

Presenting symptoms

Duration of symptoms

Location of symptoms

Sensations

Modalities

Concomitants

Effects of previous treatment may include:

Client is better

Client is worse

Case is being suppressed

No change/wrong medicine given

Client is proving medicine

New state is emerging

Disease is progressing

On-going and/or additional treatment may include:

Repetition of the first medicine

Change of potency

Change of posology

Change of medicine

Intercurrent medicine

Waiting

Placebo

Referral to a homoeopath

A chronic condition may include:

Conditions of longer than approximately six months duration

Conditions that are not self-terminating

An acute manifestation of a chronic disease