HLTENN061 — Apply nursing practice in the contemporary aged care setting

1 Identify health care needs of older person in contemporary aged care setting.

• 1.1Identify physical and psychological effects of ageing on the human body and apply to provision of information and support.
• 1.2Adjust communication strategies when communicating with an older person with sensory loss.
• 1.3Apply physical and psychosocial assessment when evaluating health of older people.
• 1.4Identify funding arrangements and associated documentation requirements that impact aged care provision and ensure funding and documentation requirements are met.
• 1.5Recognise crisis situations and emergency management responses including infectious and other serious risk outbreak.
• 1.6Apply the principles for Dignity of Risk and consumer choice in the aged care settings.
• 1.7Identify advanced care directive and advanced care choices.

2 Manage care using person-centred approach to support continued independence.

• 2.1Reflect, analyse and problem solve to prioritise and adapt nursing interventions to reflect changes in condition.
• 2.2Structure nursing care according to needs and re-prioritise care activities when circumstances change.
• 2.3Reflect on own nursing interventions to ensure they support independence and person-centred care.
• 2.4Plan and initiate pre-, intra- and post diagnostic procedures for the older person in accordance with best practice evidence.
• 2.5Identify and evaluate rehabilitation principles that underpin nursing interventions for the older person and apply to nursing care.
• 2.6Confirm therapies and capacity for self-management with families and carers.
• 2.7Identify condition and current therapies and review ability for self-management.
• 2.8Identify where acuity of a person exceeds own knowledge, skill and assessed competence and consult with multidisciplinary health care team.

3 Assess and respond to loss and grief.

• 3.1Identify effects of grief and loss on physical, emotional, cognitive, behavioural, social and spiritual domains.
• 3.2Analyse and problem solve to encourage the person, families and carers experiencing loss and grief reaction to verbalise feelings and provide support.
• 3.3Assess nursing care needs while advocating for choice of care including right to refuse care and treatment.

4 Promote improvement and advancement of aged care nursing.

• 4.1Document outcomes and proposed actions and communicate to the registered nurse using a collaborative approach for follow up with multidisciplinary health care team.
• 4.2Apply person-centred care and elder abuse principles and apply compulsory reporting requirements for suspicion and allegation of elder abuse.
• 4.3Evaluate nursing interventions and identified outcomes against evidence-based best practice in aged care nursing.
• 4.4Seek opportunities and participate in professional development to guide own practice and act as a resource for colleagues.

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To satisfy the Principles of Assessment and Rules of Evidence, an assessment for HLTENN061 needs to address all 51 unit components: 4 elements with 22 performance criteria, 4 performance evidence requirements, 25 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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