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Nursing
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Institute of Health and Wellbeing
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Aged Care Nursing
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<p>This unit focuses on governance, leadership and management in the increasingly complex, demanding and rewarding area of care for the elderly in acute, non-acute, residential and in-home care settings. Content includes recognising risk in elderly consumers of healthcare and residential aged care facilities. Students will be introduced to the regulatory environment (the Aged Care Quality Standards) and information from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Students will also be introduced to the National Disability Insurance Scheme as it relates to the provision of aged care support services both in residential aged care facilities and in peoples’ homes. <br><br>
Topics will include management responsibilities relating to service/operational workflows and logistics, staffing, rostering, and safety and quality systems. Leadership skills and attributes to equip managers to maintain consistent high quality care and services will be explored in the context of governance requirements and responsibilities of governing bodies. Students will examine case studies and explore implications for practice.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:<br>
1. Caring for the elderly: government inquiries and recommendations, legislation, regulation and policy.<br>
2. Caring for the elderly in all settings: risk assessments, inclusivity and respect, recognising and responding to acute clinical and cognitive deterioration, end of life care.<br>
3. Aged Care Quality Standards, National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and their application to the care environment.<br>
4. Governance responsibilities as described by the relevant regulatory body and implications for governing bodies, leaders and managers.<br>
5. The role of the manager – managing complexity, managing up, leading for high quality care.<br>
6. The role of senior leadership (including the governing body).<br>
7. Quality and safety systems to support high quality care.<br>
8. Staffing, training and education.</p>
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<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
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<p>This unit focuses on governance, leadership and management in the increasingly complex, demanding and rewarding area of care for the elderly in acute, non-acute, residential and in-home care settings. Content includes recognising risk in elderly consumers of healthcare and residential aged care facilities. Students will be introduced to the regulatory environment (the Aged Care Quality Standards) and information from the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission. Students will also be introduced to the National Disability Insurance Scheme as it relates to the provision of aged care support services both in residential aged care facilities and in peoples’ homes. <br><br> Topics will include management responsibilities relating to service/operational workflows and logistics, staffing, rostering, and safety and quality systems. Leadership skills and attributes to equip managers to maintain consistent high quality care and services will be explored in the context of governance requirements and responsibilities of governing bodies. Students will examine case studies and explore implications for practice.</p>
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<p>Topics may include:<br> 1. Caring for the elderly: government inquiries and recommendations, legislation, regulation and policy.<br> 2. Caring for the elderly in all settings: risk assessments, inclusivity and respect, recognising and responding to acute clinical and cognitive deterioration, end of life care.<br> 3. Aged Care Quality Standards, National Safety and Quality Health Service Standards and their application to the care environment.<br> 4. Governance responsibilities as described by the relevant regulatory body and implications for governing bodies, leaders and managers.<br> 5. The role of the manager – managing complexity, managing up, leading for high quality care.<br> 6. The role of senior leadership (including the governing body).<br> 7. Quality and safety systems to support high quality care.<br> 8. Staffing, training and education.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Nursing
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
30
EFTSL:
0.25
Field of education:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/heala6402">060311 - Aged Care Nursing</a>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
Requisites
Prerequisite
None
Corequisite
None
Exclusion
None
Learning outcomes
Learning outcomes
<p>On successful completion of this unit, students are expected to gain the following [K]nowledge, [S]kills and [A]pplication of knowledge & skills</p>
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<p>Describe clinical and social needs and associated risks for elderly consumers of health and aged care services.</p>
K2
<p>Identify the relevant regulatory bodies that govern / fund / oversee the application of standards in residential aged care services and care of the elderly in acute health care settings.</p>
K3
<p>Analyse safety and quality systems that support the provision of high-quality care in the regulation of aged care.</p>
K4
<p>Recognise and distinguish between management, leadership and governance in providing services to the elderly in acute care setting and residential aged care facilities.</p>
K5
<p>Relate/Determine the complexity in managing demand in acute health service with an increasing cohort of frail, elderly healthcare consumers awaiting return to or placement into residential aged care facilities.</p>
S1
<p>Relate theoretical knowledge of policy, the Aged Care Quality and Safety Standards and the National Safety and Quality Standards to practice in acute and residential aged care services.</p>
S2
<p>Appraise the challenges and limitations of theoretical and practical concepts in providing health and support services to the elderly in their own homes, in acute healthcare and residential aged care facilities, and recognise the differences in various settings.</p>
S3
<p>Develop team skills to research, analyse and propose solutions for complex issues that arise in caring for the elderly.</p>
A1
<p>Evaluate the application of the relevant standards to service delivery, the impact of governance and the role of management and leadership in service provision.</p>
A2
<p>Undertake critical and systematic analysis of relevant theories, policies, standards and practices and communicate findings with clarity to specialist and non-specialist audiences.</p>
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<p>Team task - work in teams to review the recommendations of the Royal Commission into Aged Care, consider implications for practice in caring for the elderly and present their finding to the class. Students are expected to explore relevant literature to support their findings.</p>
<p>Group presentation</p>
<p>10-30%</p>
K1, K2, S1, S2, S3, A1
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<p>Individual task – use the information analysed for the presentation and prepare a written report. Include references from the relevant Standards and contemporary literature.</p>
<p>Written report</p>
<p>10-30%</p>
K1, K2, S1, S2, S3, A1
3
<p>Describe how a manager would respond to acute cognitive decline in an elderly resident (in an aged care facility) or patient (in an acute heath facility). In your report, include how the quality management system (e.g. complaints & feedback, incident management, consumer participation, restrictive practice etc), would be used by the manager and why the governance systems and processes that support the manager explore how a manager can identify and implement opportunities for improvement and monitor the effectiveness of changes instituted contribute to organisational learning</p>
<p>Essay</p>
<p>40 -60%</p>
K1, K2, K3, K4, K5, S1, S2, S3, A1, A2
Supplementary assessment available:
Yes
Supplimentary assessment information:
<p>Where supplementary assessment is available a student must have failed overall in the Unit but gained a final mark of 45 per cent or above, has completed all major assessment tasks (including all sub-components where a task has multiple parts) as specified in the Unit Description and is not eligible for any other form of supplementary assessment.</p>
Key information
Institute / school:
Institute of Health and Wellbeing
Discipline:
Nursing
Study level:
Postgraduate - Coursework
Credit points:
30
EFTSL:
0.25
Field of education:
<a href="http://www.federation.edu.au/locate/unit/heala6402">060311 - Aged Care Nursing</a>
Grade scheme:
Graded (e.g. HD, D, C, etc)
Placement component:
No
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<em>Information in the Federation Handbook is correct at the time of publication. The University reserves the right to alter any course, unit, procedure or fee.</em>
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