Reference no: EM133033919
Assessment task 3 - Professional Practice Assessment
Assessment tasks:
Professional practice assessment task 1:
In a primary health care setting, you will work with different people presenting with different conditions. Enrolled nurses are required to obtain, correctly interpret and use anatomical and physiological client information to check the physical health status of people in relation to planning the care and treatment. Identify three (3) people in your primary health care service, presenting with different health conditions. These conditions may include, but are not limited to, the following:
• People presenting with:
» Stroke
» Clinical features of dementia
» Clinical features of infections
» Injuries
» Heart diseases
» Kidney disease
» Liver dysfunction
» Respiratory issues including asthma
» Allergic reactions
» A combination of different health conditions.
You must complete the following documentation sections related to this task (Activity 1, 2 and 3 for three (3) people) after obtaining anatomical and physiological client information. Alternatively, you could use appropriate physical health assessment templates used in your workplace. This assessment task may also be undertaken as part of professional practice assessment tasks for other units of competency, where physical health assessment is indicated.
You are required to satisfactorily complete the following activities as part of Task 1:
• Using the templates provided below, you are required to gather anatomical and physiological client information for three (3) people. Appendix 1 provides you with further information on what anatomical and physiological client information you could collect for each person. Use this appendix as a guide.
• You must gather required anatomical and physiological information through:
» Observation
» Questioning - health history collection using appropriate open ended questions
» Review of documentation such as case notes and recent laboratory reports.
• The four (4) major techniques you should use in performing the physical examination are:
» Inspection
» Palpation
» Percussion
» Auscultation.
• The equipment you should use in performing the physical examination include, but are not limited to, the following:
» Physical examination kit
» Stethoscope
» Vital signs observation machine
» Weighing machine
» Measuring tape etcetera.
• You must correctly interpret and use this information to check the current physical health condition of each person.
• Identify the person's actual or potential health problems in relation to their current health status. (Hint: medical diagnosis and presenting signs and symptoms).
• Outline the factors that may have contributed to the identified physical health condition of each person.
• Based on your findings, identify all variations from normal health status (e.g. recent headache, bruise and pain on left leg).
• Identify the factors that have impacted on these variations.
• Identify potential risk factors associated with these variations.
• De-identify the person when documenting your findings (do not use any information in your report that would identify the client).
You must discuss your findings with your Host Facilitator or EQUALS' Clinical Facilitator prior to the delivery of health intervention. Clarify uncertain aspects of the person's physical health status with the Host Facilitator or EQUALS' Clinical Facilitator prior to implementing the nursing care, e.g. clarify your role limitations and seek support, where required, considering the safety of the person.
You must also clarify the significance of the person's physical health status in relation to the nursing intervention you are about to perform.
Your Host Facilitator or EQUALS' Clinical Facilitator will observe your skills in gathering relevant information about the person's physical health status and complete the observation checklist and outcome section (provided in the logbook) for each client. You should familiarise yourself with the observation checklist prior to undertaking the assessment.