NURS4414 – Clinical Skills for Enrolled Nursing
Module code
NURS4414
Module title
Clinical Skills for Enrolled Nursing
Prescription
To enable students to safely practise skills in a simulated clinical setting under the direction of a Registered Nurse.
Programmes
- HS1702
NZQA Level
Level 4
NZQA Credits
15
Delivery method
- Web-Enhanced
Learning hours
- Total learning hours
- 150
Resources required
- Learning Outcomes
- 1. Maintain a safe environment, identify potential hazards in a simulated clinical environment and describe appropriate responses to emergency situations.
2. Demonstrate skills, understanding and culturally safe care associated with assisting health consumers to safely perform activities of daily living.
3. Demonstrate beginning skills and safety in assessment, reporting, and documentation of consumer health status.
4. Demonstrate safe medication administration within the scope of enrolled nurse practice.
5. Identify the principles of a therapeutic relationship and demonstrate effective communication styles and approaches to respond to the holistic needs of the health consumer, family/whanau and other members of the health care team. - Teaching and Learning Strategy
- ??Lectures, tutorials, simulation, group discussions, guest speakers, independent learning, e-learning.?
- Learning and Teaching Resource
- A full set of resources will be issued for this course including course work and assessment materials, a list of required texts/library books, web-based resources, manuals/standards documents. Students will also be encouraged to use the library and other resources that can be accessed at Wintec.
- Assessment Criteria
- Assessment in this course is competency-based.
- Content
- Infection control, hazard identification in the Wintec community/home environment, ward environment Manual Handling
Hand Hygiene, Personal Hygiene, Vital signs, Therapeutic communication, Assessment, Nutrition, Manual handling, Elimination, Medication management, Sensory, Wound care, Rest and sleep
Patient assessment, documentation and reporting.
Medication management skills and documentation requirements.
Therapeutic communication and introduction to Mental Health
