This unit describes the performance outcomes, skills and knowledge required to administer and monitor medicine and intravenous (IV) therapy including calculating dosage requirements, reading and applying written instructions from an authorised prescriber, assessing the person for medicine effectiveness and side effects, and responding to an allergic pharmacological reaction.
This unit applies to enrolled nursing work carried out in consultation and collaboration with registered nurses and under supervisory arrangements aligned to the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) regulatory authority legislative requirements.
Assessment tasks will be designed to reinforce & extend knowledge and skill competence within set & controlled parameters in accordance with each unit’s learning outcomes & performance criteria requirements, including the setting of work based practical application tasks designed to provide evidence of competence outcomes, within periodic and scheduled timelines.
Students will be expected to demonstrate the following required skills:
• Demonstrate evidence of the ability to complete tasks outlined in elements and performance criteria of this unit in the context of the job role, and:
• for two people:
• reference medical history records to identify documented allergies and contraindications
• use the Rights of Medication Administration and calculate medicine with 100% accuracy to administer medicines:
• oral medicine including two in simulation and three in the workplace
• sub-cutaneous injection including one in simulation and one in the workplace
• intramuscular injection in simulation
• peripheral IV injection including one in simulation and one in the workplace
• prepare equipment for IV therapy and blood and blood products
• monitor administration including assessing cannula site
The tasks must be undertaken in accordance with the Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia (NMBA) professional practice standards, codes and guidelines.
The qualified trainer and assessor will provide teaching and learning materials as required in the form of workbooks produced by Victoria University and/or via the Victoria University e-learning system.
This unit is studied as part of the following course(s):