HLTENN064 — Apply nursing practice in the rural and remote setting
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What an assessment for HLTENN064 must cover
77 assessable components: 3 elements (18 performance criteria), 6 performance evidence and 53 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 Establish impact of rural and remote context on nursing practice.
- 1.1Establish systemic impacts of location on health care services as a context for work.
- 1.2Identify individual situations where time, distance and environmental issues affect care.
- 1.3Gather, review and analyse information to identify gaps, benefits and limitations of health care service options and capacity for effective response.
- 1.4Engage with the community health care network to determine interrelationships and opportunities for collaborative work practice.
2 Adjust assessment and care practices to rural and remote context.
- 2.1Prioritise and coordinate work team responsibilities in the context of location being beyond the timely reach of specialist medical assistance.
- 2.2Adjust assessment tools and techniques within the constraints of environmental impacts on care and availability of resources in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
- 2.3Address concerns with registered nurse related to stabilisation and transport of a person and requirements for further assessment and management.
- 2.4Evaluate options for transporting a person and waiting for medical assistance in relation to environmental issues, risks, transport availability and the person’s condition.
- 2.5Re-prioritise nursing care activities rapidly in changing circumstances.
- 2.6Use emerging health technologies to provide specialist health care services.
- 2.7Apply efficient, sustainable, flexible and responsive collaborative nursing practice models to rapidly changing needs of health care.
3 Contribute to improved outcomes in rural and remote communities.
- 3.1Review own practice and professional isolation in the work environment and identify opportunities for professional development.
- 3.2Use professional and community collaboration and networking to inform practice improvements.
- 3.3Act as a resource for colleagues and other health professionals providing mentoring and coaching within authorised scope of practice.
- 3.4Participate in organisational processes for continuous improvement of health care service delivery using own practice experience to inform contributions.
- 3.5Seek and use community feedback on practice and service delivery.
- 3.6Identify and take opportunities to empower community members to seek health care and participate in health promotion and illness prevention initiatives.
- 3.7Provide community health education to target areas of risk and concern and address chronic disease risk factors and illness prevention using culturally accepted modes of communication.
Performance evidence
- work as part of the multidisciplinary health care team within scope of practice in the Australian rural and remote workplace setting that involves: three emergency situations involving stabilisation and transport
- three non-emergency situations
- respond to the required clinical interventions for three people to treat and manage the person’s condition, illness or injury via communication modes including phone, video or radio
- conduct one activity in the workplace with the multidisciplinary health care team that supports improved outcomes of nursing practice in rural and remote contexts
- conduct one health education session to engage the community in development and ownership of health programs that meet locally specific health needs
- The tasks must be undertaken in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) professional practice standards, codes and guidelines.
Knowledge evidence
- changing demands for services in rural and remote communities using telehealth
- economic, political and socio-economic factors impacting rural and remote health care:
- federal, State/Territories and local government funding arrangements that impact availability of health services and health programs
- expansion of scope of practice for nurses
- shortage in health workforce
- ageing population
- prevalence of chronic disease
- social disadvantage
- organisations in rural and remote areas and models of health care provided:
- My Aged Care
- National Disability Insurance Scheme (NDIS)
- National Disability Insurance Agency (NDIA)
- consumer directed care (CDC)
- mobile health service
- person-centred care (PCC)
- primary health care (PHC)
- Aboriginal Community Controlled Health Organisations (ACCHO)
- tertiary level care, community and regional hospitals
- nursing practice models used in rural and remote contexts:
- team nursing and shared care approach.
- total patient care and patient-focused care
- quality caring model used in acute care
- process engagement and community health nursing used in chronic disease management
- assessment tools, techniques and procedures, and nursing guidelines used in rural and remote contexts
- provision of remote nursing care:
- how and when to access emergency response services
- communication systems, equipment and methods
- emergency situations and how the care approach can be adjusted in the rural and remote context
- non-emergency situations and how the care approach can be adjusted in the rural and remote context
- emerging health technologies, their features and how they are used and accessed:
- telehealth services
- mobile health services with specialised diagnostic equipment
- Hospital in the Home (HIH) services
- types of participants in a rural and remote multidisciplinary health care team and their roles:
- Aboriginal health practitioner
- community care worker
- health care assistant
- medical practitioner
- nurse practitioner
- pharmacist
- physiotherapist and occupational therapist
- registered nurse and registered midwife
- social worker
- options for transport including emergency services using road, air and water
- sources of information on best practice nursing in rural and remote settings
- organisational processes and how they are adapted and used in rural and remote context:
- risk identification
- risk management
- community-based health services, public health services, social health care programs and health promotion programs
- community health education, health promotion activities, social media content and interactions, and health information literature
- local and community cultures and health promotion activities
- role of Congress of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Nurses and Midwives (CATSINaM)
- Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health and principles of cultural safety.
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