HLTENN056 — Apply nursing practice in the cardiovascular care setting
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86 assessable components: 3 elements (16 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 64 knowledge evidence requirements. An audit-defensible tool maps every question and task back to these — that mapping is the coverage matrix Auditori generates alongside the assessment.
Elements & performance criteria
1 Contribute to multidisciplinary health care team in caring for a person with cardiovascular condition.
- 1.1Contribute information to nursing plan of care that reflects nursing needs and includes nursing actions to maximise cardiovascular function and minimise potential complications.
- 1.2Identify role of specialist nursing and medical services in dealing with cardiovascular conditions and work within that context.
- 1.3Identify factors relevant to the health situation, including physical, psychological, social and economic impacts.
- 1.4Review clinical data collected and monitor cardiovascular condition.
- 1.5Communicate to multidisciplinary health care team members.
2 Perform nursing interventions in the cardiovascular health care setting.
- 2.1Prioritise nursing interventions according to person’s needs.
- 2.2Undertake pre-, intra- and post diagnostic procedures in line with scope of practice and organisational policies and procedures.
- 2.3Participate in risk identification, assessment and management processes.
- 2.4Apply decision-making framework to modify nursing interventions and use problem-solving approaches in response to changes in condition.
- 2.5Identify where acuity of a person exceeds own knowledge, skill and assessed competence and consult with multidisciplinary health care team.
- 2.6Administer prescribed emergency medication based on principles of drug actions and in accordance with organisational policies and procedures and own scope of enrolled nursing practice.
- 2.7Make nursing care proposals in consultation with registered nurse to promote improved outcomes for the condition.
3 Evaluate effectiveness of nursing interventions and planned support for continuing self-care.
- 3.1Evaluate nursing interventions and identified outcomes against evidence-based best practice in cardiovascular nursing care.
- 3.2Identify responses of the person, families and carers to nursing interventions and their understanding of ongoing management of cardiovascular impairment.
- 3.3Identify opportunities to provide information on available community resources and how to access them.
- 3.4Assess, prior to discharge, the person’s understanding of their cardiovascular condition, medications, therapeutic regimes and follow up care required.
Performance evidence
- perform nursing care interventions with three people with a cardiovascular condition in the workplace through: administration of non-invasive continuous positive airway pressure (CPAP) and bilevel positive airway pressure (BiPAP)
- use of peripherally inserted central catheter (PICC) and midline management
- monitoring of electrocardiograph readings for abnormalities
- underwater seal drain (UWSD) management
- The tasks must include use of advanced communication and medical terminology to communicate effectively with the person, families and carers, and the registered nurse and other health professionals to record or report the outcomes.
- The tasks must be undertaken in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) professional practice standards, codes and guidelines.
Knowledge evidence
- issues and manifestation:
- physiology and pathophysiology related to cardiovascular issues
- execution of emergency care for cardiovascular issues
- clinical manifestations of chronic disease states
- cardiovascular conditions:
- congestive heart failure
- acute pulmonary oedema
- pulmonary embolism
- arrhythmia:
- ventricular tachycardia
- ventricular fibrillation
- asystole
- symptomatic brady and tachycardia
- atrial fibrillation
- congenital heart defects:
- accessory pathways
- septal defects
- Tetralogy of Fallot
- dextracardia
- ischaemic heart disease, angina and myocardial infarction
- heart valve dysfunction
- sub-acute bacterial endocarditis
- pericarditis
- acute chest pain
- cardiomyopathy
- carotid stenosis
- abdominal aortic aneurysm
- peripheral vascular disease
- deep vein thrombosis
- actual and potential problems relating to cardiovascular conditions:
- electrolyte imbalance
- fluid overload
- hypoxia and hypoxaemia
- chest pain
- structural heart damage
- sepsis
- haemorrhage
- neurovascular damage including cerebral vascular accident
- vessel occlusion
- pneumothorax
- pacemaker lead displacement
- arrhythmia
- exercise intolerance
- cardiovascular procedures:
- cardiac stents
- percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) with and without stent
- pacemaker
- cardiac access vascular graft (CAVG)
- mitral valvotomy
- electrophysiology studies, with and without ablation
- implantable cardioverter defibrillator (ICD)
- cardioversion
- echocardiogram
- exercise stress test
- nuclear medicine scans
- transoesophageal echocardiogram (TOE)
- hyper and hypo tension
- pericardiocentesis
- abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA) repair
- varicose veins
- amputations
- actions designed to maximise cardiovascular function and minimise potential complications
- reflective practice and evidence-based best practice for cardiovascular nursing
- organisational processes for evaluation of nursing interventions.
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