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Implement and monitor care for a person with a stoma

Implement and monitor care for a person with a stoma

Unit of competency
National Code
HLTENN062
State Code
ODI69
TGA Status
Current
DTWD Status
Approved
Current Release Number
2.00
Current Release Date
02/07/2021
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State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
29/10/2021
Field of Education
060301 - General Nursing
Original Release Date
29/10/2021
Nominal Hours
70
Description
This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to plan, implement and evaluate comprehensive care for the person with a stoma, applying the principles of contemporary stoma management.Enrolled nurses working in stoma care nursing hold and apply specialised in-depth knowledge, integrate theory and practice, and make reliable clinical assessments and judgements.This unit applies to enrolled nurses, registered with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA), seeking specialisation in enrolled nurse work that is carried out in consultation and collaboration with registered nurses, and under direct or indirect supervisory arrangements aligned to the NMBA regulatory authority legislative requirements.The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian Standards and industry codes of practice.No occupational licensing, certification or specific legislative requirements apply to this unit at the time of publication.
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Contribute to ostomy care.
  • 1.1. Work within scope of practice to provide and support ostomy and stoma care.
  • 1.2. Identify specialist care services and community agencies that provide and support ostomy and stoma care, and the possible role in long-term ostomy care.
  • 1.3. Discuss and evaluate ongoing nursing care and management plan with the supervising registered nurse and the multidisciplinary health care team.
  • 1.4. Provide continuity of nursing care in partnership with service providers and agencies.
2. Assess health care needs of a person with a stoma.
  • 2.1. Perform health assessment using assessment tools relevant to current situation and needs.
  • 2.2. Collect information in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
  • 2.3. Identify physiological, pathological and congenital conditions leading to the stoma creation.
  • 2.4. Determine own knowledge of the condition, therapies and self-management requirements, and impacts on care planning and provision.
  • 2.5. Identify family and carer’s knowledge of and involvement in the ostomy and stoma care.
  • 2.6. Identify possible psychological factors impacting person with a stoma, families and carers.
3. Perform nursing interventions to assist a person with a stoma.
  • 3.1. Follow nursing plan of care to reflect care needs specific to stoma care requirements.
  • 3.2. Identify and apply principles of contemporary stoma management according to organisational policies and procedures when providing nursing care.
  • 3.3. Identify opportunities to provide health education and promote health and self-management of the stoma.
  • 3.4. Provide education to promote health and self-management of the stoma.
  • 3.5. Identify responses to nursing interventions and person’s understanding of ongoing management of condition, including strategies for self-management.
  • 3.6. Escalate findings and care that are outside normal parameters to treating team.
  • 3.7. Identify where acuity of a person exceeds own knowledge, skill and assessed competence and consult with multidisciplinary health care team.
4. Evaluate progress toward expected outcomes of care.
  • 4.1. Review the nursing plan of care and modify according to progress toward planned outcomes.
  • 4.2. Evaluate and document understanding of person’s stoma condition, medications, therapeutic regimes and self-management.
  • 4.3. Identify outcomes against evidence-based best practice in stoma nursing care when evaluating nursing interventions provided.
  • 4.4. Document outcomes of care and communicate findings to multidisciplinary health care team in accordance with organisational policies and procedures.
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Replaces
State Code National Code Title Type
AVZ87 HLTENN030 Implement and monitor care for a person with a stoma Unit of competency
State Code National Code Title Type
BGW6 HLT64121 Advanced Diploma of Nursing Qualification