HLTAAP001 Recognise healthy body systems Assessment

ASSESSMENT TASK : WORKPLACE PROJECT 

TASK SUMMARY:

There are three parts to this project:

  • Part A: Obtain information about physical health status of a client
  • Part B: Participate in a physical health check
  • Part C: Identify variations from normal health.

WHAT DO I NEED IN ORDER TO COMPLETE THIS ASSESSMENT?

  • Approval from your work placement supervisor to work with a client (under supervision)
  • Access to your work placement’s policies and procedures
  • Access to your client’s medical information
  • Access to approved equipment and resources for checking health
  • Access to a work colleague who can supervise you during the task and undertake physical health checks if you are not allowed/approved to do so.

INSTRUCTIONS:

You will need to complete this task in your work placement service. 

You will need to choose one client to work with.

You must obtain permission from your work placement supervisor to have this client participate in the task – see the permission form provided at the end of this task.

You will then need to work with your client by going through Parts A–C in this task.

Complete the journal included in this document for each part.  Please ensure that you do not identify the client in your journal – you must refer to ‘the client’ rather than use the client’s name.

PART A:  OBTAIN INFORMATION ABOUT THE PHYSICAL HEALTH STATUS OF A CLIENT

For this part of the task you are required to:

  1. Refer to your client’s medical information/care plan to familiarise yourself with their health background.
  2. Ask your client how they are feeling today – do they have any issues?
  3. Discuss findings with the person supervising this task and identify any actual or potential health problems.
  4. Identify which body systems are involved and how these problems may affect the body’s overall functioning.

Record your findings in Part A of your journal (see the end of this task).

PART B:  PHYSICAL HEALTH CHECK

You will either need to perform this task yourself or you may observe the task being performed by a qualified member of staff (you will need to check with your work placement supervisor if you can perform any of the health checks). 

The physical health must be performed on the client you spoke to in Part A.

Health checks must include:

  • Temperature
  • Pulse
  • Respiration
  • Blood pressure
  • Bowels opened
  • Client-specific observations if applicable (for example, blood sugar test, visual observation, weight check, ankles for swelling, etc).

Make a record of the findings in your journal. 

PART C:  IDENTIFY VARIATIONS FROM NORMAL HEALTH  

Using the information you have gathered in Part A and Part B, interpret the data and answer the two questions in the journal.

Assessment Task : Workplace Project - Journal

Comments

Describe the information that you learned about your client’s physical health status by reviewing their medical record/care plan.

 

Describe the information you gathered from your client.  

How are they feeling today – do they have any issues?

 

Discuss with the person supervising this task - what actual or potential health problems does your client have?

 

What body systems are involved with your client’s issues?

How might these problems affect the overall functioning of your client’s body?

 

Part B – Physical Health Checks

  

Recordings

Record the client’s physical health indicators. If any of these are not applicable, mark as N/A.

Temperature

 

Pulse

 

Respiration 

 

Blood pressure

 

Bowels opened

 

Client-specific observations

 

Part C: Identify Variations from Normal Health

Recordings

Does your client have any indicators that there is a variation from normal health?  

Explain your answer and discuss the body systems involved.

 

How will this information be shared?

 

Unit (HLTAAP001) Competency Reflective Practice Journal

Reflect on your practice as a CHC53315 Diploma of Mental Health student and identify how you have met this unit competency:

Students need to write down what tasks were carried out. What resources/equipment/aids that you found most useful. What students learned to meet the unit of competency?  Please note your responses on the lines provided below.

A journal is a confidential record of your activities and reflections. When writing your journal, don’t be too concerned with neatness, grammar and punctuation, but rather focus on being spontaneous, open and honest in your reflections. Your journal entries should not just be lists of what you did each shift but how you felt, what you learned and how you could improve.

HLTAAP001 - Recognise healthy body systems

Did the candidate demonstrate the following skills to industry standards?

HLTAAP001 - Recognise healthy body systems

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Observation

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2nd

Observation (if required)

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Correctly use and interpret health terminology that describes the normal structure, function and location of the major body systems

    

Correctly use and interpret information that relates to the interrelationships between major components of each body system and other structures

    

Review factors that contribute to maintenance of a healthy body

    

Evaluate how the relationships between different body systems affect and support healthy functioning

    

 Enhance quality of work activities by using and sharing information about healthy functioning of the body

    

HLTENN009 - Implement and monitor care for a person with mental health conditions

Unit (HLTENN009) Competency Reflective Practice Journal

Reflect on your practice as a CHC53315 Diploma of Mental Health student and identify how you have met this unit competency:

Students need to write down what tasks were carried out. What resources/equipment/aids that you found most useful. What students learned to meet the unit of competency?  Please note your responses on the lines provided below.

A journal is a confidential record of your activities and reflections. When writing your journal, don’t be too concerned with neatness, grammar and punctuation, but rather focus on being spontaneous, open and honest in your reflections. Your journal entries should not just be lists of what you did each shift but how you felt, what you learned and how you could improve.

HLTENN009 - Implement and monitor care for a person with mental health conditions

Did the candidate demonstrate the following skills to industry standards?

HLTENN009 - Implement and monitor care for a person with mental health conditions

1st

Observation

Date:

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2nd

Observation (if required)

Date:

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Yes

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No

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Yes

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No

ý

Identify and correctly interpret the key features of mental health legislation as they apply to own work practices and the health care setting.

    

 Describe the values and philosophies that apply to mental health care.

    

Support the rights of the person with a mental health condition.

    

 Work in a manner that reflects the underpinning values and philosophies of mental health care and is consistent with legal obligations.

    

Identify conditions relating to the mental state and behaviour of the person correctly, using broad classifications of mental illness and terms associated with mental health conditions.

    

Recognise the signs and symptoms of mental health conditions and respond within the role of an enrolled nurse.

    

Recognise biopsychosocial effects of mental health conditions.

    

Recognise the impacts that discrimination, negative stereotyping and stigma can have on a person with mental illness, and ensure own interactions with the person are positive.

    

Use negotiation skills as required with the person who has a mental health condition.

    

Undertake a risk assessment of the person, using recognised risk assessment methodology and under supervision of a registered nurse.

    

Participate in the interdisciplinary health care team and, within enrolled nurse role, assist to develop the plan of care for the person.

    

Observe and document the person s behaviour, and identify signs and symptoms of reduced physical health and changes to behaviour.

    

Provide health promotion and educational strategies in accordance with organisation procedures when the person exhibits signs and symptoms of reduced physical health.

    

Did the candidate demonstrate the following skills to industry standards?

HLTENN009 - Implement and monitor care for a person with mental health conditions

1st

Observation

Date:

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2nd

Observation (if required)

Date:

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Yes

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No

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Yes

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No

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Participate in interdisciplinary team meetings and liaise with service providers within enrolled nurse role to ensure resources and approaches used in care planning meet individual or group needs.

    

Apply recovery principles to nursing care with support from interdisciplinary team to maximise health outcomes for individuals and groups.

    

Plan, prioritise and implement nursing interventions in collaboration with the person, registered nurse interdisciplinary health care team, and where appropriate, with the person s family or carer.

    

Work in a manner that reflects respect for the person s dignity and uniqueness, and use strategies to empower the person to contribute to their own plan of care.

    

 Assist the person, their family or carer to participate in appropriate therapeutic interventions.

    

Confirm that the person understands the use, administration methods and possible effects of medications to be used including known specific adverse effects.

    

Advise the person, or their family or carer, on relevant community resources and opportunities, adapting the advice to individuals as required.

    

Support the person, as a valued member of the community to build on their own strengths and to take as much responsibility as possible for decisions that affect their lives.

    

 Identify and apply principles of contemporary, evidenced-based nursing practice that reflect recovery-oriented care for a person who has a mental health condition.

    

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