HLTENN060Apply nursing practice in the paediatric care setting

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What an assessment for HLTENN060 must cover

37 assessable components: 3 elements (16 performance criteria), 4 performance evidence and 17 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 nursing care in the paediatric setting.

  • 1.1Identify roles and responsibilities of members of the multidisciplinary health care team in the paediatric environment and support the team in managing nursing care needs.
  • 1.2Work in the multidisciplinary health care team to foster positive group dynamics with other health care professionals.
  • 1.3Provide nursing care and advocate for the rights of the paediatric person, families and carers.
  • 1.4Provide information to the paediatric person, families and carers on community resources and how to access them.
  • 1.5Identify where acuity of a paediatric person exceeds own knowledge, skill and assessed competence and consult with multidisciplinary health care team.

2 Clarify the impact of the paediatric condition on the person, families and carers.

  • 2.1Perform person-centred nursing assessment to identify pathophysiology of presenting and underlying conditions and related issues.
  • 2.2Communicate at the developmental stage of the paediatric person.
  • 2.3Collect health information about the health condition and identify self-management strategies and current treatment regime.
  • 2.4Provide person-centred nursing care to address health condition and nursing interventions.
  • 2.5Evaluate impacts and complications of the paediatric person’s condition.
  • 2.6Prioritise workload according to needs and re-prioritise care rapidly in changing circumstances.
  • 2.7Support paediatric person, families and carers using developmental care, atraumatic care and family-centred care principles, during pre-, intra- and post diagnostic procedures.

3 Promote improvement of paediatric nursing care.

  • 3.1Propose nursing interventions in consultation with registered nurse to promote improved outcomes and health condition.
  • 3.2Evaluate nursing interventions and outcomes against evidence-based best practice in paediatric nursing.
  • 3.3Evaluate responses of the paediatric person, families and carers to health promotion and educational resources, and participate in organisational continuous improvement processes of these resources.
  • 3.4Seek opportunities and participate in professional development to guide own practice and act as a resource for colleagues.

Performance evidence

  • analyse health information and the clinical presentation of three people in the paediatric workplace environment to reach a substantiated conclusion about possible health care planning and nursing interventions related to their health condition
  • collect urine specimen from a paediatric person
  • assess and document vital signs
  • perform developmentally appropriate pain assessment

Knowledge evidence

  • strategies to limit painful procedures: distraction therapy, procedural sedation, family strategies
  • childhood perceptions of health status
  • developmental milestones and factors influencing growth and development
  • cognitive and psychosocial development from birth to adolescence
  • factors influencing self-esteem
  • factors influencing learning needs
  • factors influencing interactions with parent, families and carers with paediatric person including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and cultural safety issues
  • techniques to participate positively as a member of a multidisciplinary health care team
  • Aboriginal health worker role
  • techniques to support interpersonal and therapeutic relationships including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and cultural safety
  • paediatric differences in anatomy and physiology
  • clinical manifestations of common paediatric conditions and associated pathophysiology: allergies, asthma, cancer, cerebral palsy, epilepsy, infectious disease, injury, mental health condition, paediatric dermatology, type 1 and type 2 diabetes, respiratory infection
  • special health requirements related to paediatric conditions and issues: sleep disorders, nutritional disorders, feeding alternatives, health perceptions of the paediatric person, separation from parents, families and carers, congenital conditions, psychomotor dysfunction, alcohol and other drug induced disorders and injuries, physical and psychological abuse, near drowning, bed wetting
  • complementary therapies used in comprehensive practice
  • role of Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)
  • Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and principles of cultural safety
  • organisational processes for evaluation of nursing interventions for improvement

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Questions about assessing HLTENN060

What does an assessment tool for HLTENN060 need to cover?

To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTENN060 needs to address all 37 unit components: 3 elements with 16 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 17 knowledge evidence requirements, and the foundation skills. A coverage matrix mapping each question and task to these components is what an auditor looks for.

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