Assignment Task
IntroductionBefore starting work:
Please read this entire document. It contains helpful information about the assigned assessment tasks and how to present your work.
This assessment covers the following Units of Competency (UOC/s):
HLTENN006 Apply principles of wound management in the clinical environment
Unit Descriptors
This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to apply contemporary wound management principles to the care of various types of wounds. It involves working with the interdisciplinary health care team to contribute to assessment, treatment and ongoing management of a person’s wounds.
Assessment Requirements
For more information relating to the RTO assessment requirements, including the management of student progression, please refer to the NSW Health Student Handbook. For course specific assessment requirements, please refer to the Course Guide.
Students are required to complete all the assessment tasks included in this document. The assessment tasks are summarised in the Assessment Plan in this document.
Your assessor will discuss all of the assessment requirements with you prior to undertaking this cluster. The deadline for completion of this assessment will also be discussed at this time.
You can hand in your completed assessments before it is due. If however, you cannot hand it in by the due date, you will need to negotiate with your Program Coordinator prior to the assessment due date (except in circumstances that prevent you from doing so).
Should you fail to submit your assessment on time and without prior approval for an extension, after a period of two weeks you will be deemed not competent and your manager will be notified of this outcome. If at a later date you are able to negotiate the resubmission of your assessment with your Program Coordinator and you are deemed competent, this outcome will be changed.
Following submission of your assessment, you will be provided with feedback and if required, further training may be arranged to facilitate achievement of competency.
If on second attempt you are unable to meet the requirements, an interview will be held with your Program Coordinator to assist further development and achievement of competency.
The Student has the right to appeal an assessment decision at any time. (Please refer to NSW RTO Student Handbook for the Appeals process).
Your assessor will advise you of the due dates for each of the assessments, or in the case of a workplace observation/s, the date/s and time/s of the observation.
Assessment Plan
Guidelines and instructions are provided for each assessment activity throughout the document. Please familiarise yourself with these requirements prior to undertaking them.
Assessment Task 1 – Short Answer Activities
This assessment will assess your knowledge and understanding of wounds
Assessment Task 2 – Quiz
This assessment will assess your knowledge of wounds and wound assessment. This assessment will be based on the content learnt over the unit of competency. It consists of eleven (11) multiple choice questions and will be completed in class under examination conditions.
Assessment Task 3 – Case Study
This assessment will assess your knowledge of wound assessment. You will be required to complete the case study while on work placement with consultation with a Clinical Nurse Educator/Wound Care CNC/Wound Care resource nurse or Registered Nurse and demonstrate Holistic Patient and Family Centred Care in your answers.
Assessment Task 4 – Crossword
This crossword will assess your knowledge of wounds.
Assessment Task 5 – Simulated Skills Assessment
During this learning unit, you are given opportunity to participate in the following simulated skills: simple wound dressing, removal of sutures/clips and staples, removal of non-infected wound drain
Assessment Task 6 – Work Placement
You are required to successfully complete five (5) weeks of Professional Experience Placement at your allocated hospital. Refer to the Professional Experience Placement Book (PEB) for details of the required assessments.
Assessment Task 7: Third Party Report
You are to have your nursing unit manager (NUM) or clinical nurse educator (CNE) evaluate your performance during Professional Experience Placement using the template provided. The evaluation is to be completed prior to the end of each Professional Experience Placement.
Assessments
Due Date
Assessment Task 1 – Short Answer Activities/Diagrams Friday 26th November 2021
Assessment Task 2 – Quiz Thursday 25th November 2021
Assessment Task 3 – Case Study Friday 10th December 2021
Assessment Task 4 – Crossword Friday 19th November 2021
Assessment Task 5 – Simulated Skills Assessment Friday 26th November 2021
Assessment Task 6 – Work Placement Friday 17th December 2021
Assessment Task 7 – Third Party Report Friday 17th December 2021
Recognition of Prior Learning and Credit TransferRecognition of Prior Learning (RPL) is an assessment process that allows experienced individuals to gain a full or part qualification by producing evidence of what they already know, can do, and have done.
RPL provides an opportunity for prospective students to gain recognition based on the skills and knowledge they have recently gained through experience, as well as any training that have been completed outside of formal training arrangements.
RPL has many benefits:
Students can finish their training earlier
It avoids duplication of training and maximises its value
It creates a learning culture by valuing and recognising learning that has occurred in the workplace.
You may want to apply for RPL or Course Credit. For more information please refer to the NSW Health RTO Student Handbook and discuss this with your Program Coordinator.
Reasonable AdjustmentA ‘reasonable adjustment’ is an adjustment to the assessment process or materials that allows a student with a disability fair access to the assessment, and fair opportunity to successfully complete it. Adjustments must be reasonable and must not compromise the integrity of the assessment.
Examples of reasonable adjustment could include: providing support to individual students, assistive technology, modifying the assessment process or the format of materials, or adjusting the physical environment.
Make sure you discuss your assessment needs with your Program Coordinator/assessor prior to the assessment.
Assessment Cover Sheet RequirementsBefore you start the assessment tasks, your Program Coordinator/assessor will have discussed with you a timetable for submission. If you are required to:
Submit all tasks together at the one time, you will need to complete and provide one Assessment Cover Sheet. This will be placed as the first page or file of your submission document OR
Submit tasks in parts and progressively, you will need to provide an Assessment Cover Sheet for each submission OR
Re-submit an assessment task, you will need to submit a new Assessment Cover Sheet.
The Assessment Cover Sheet can be found in Appendix 1.
More Information?You will find more information about assessment in the NSW Health RTO Student Handbook, including our assessment policies and procedures, as well as what to do if you do not agree on the outcome of an assessment, an assessment appeal.
Glossary of Key Words
Key Terms Definition
Discuss Clearly describe your ideas or opinions in more detail
Explain To make an idea or situation clear by describing it in more detail or revealing relevant facts
List A number of connected ideas written consecutively, typically one below the other
Identify Clearly establish, recognise or name someone or something such as ideas and opinions
Describe Providing a clear detailed account in words or writing
Define Provide a definition of the nature, scope or meaning of something. For example: describe the meaning of the question
Outline Sketch in general terms; indicate the main features
Analyse Consider each idea/argument presented in a question/statement in detail and describe the connection between them
Critically analyse and evaluate Provide an in-depth examination of the strengths and weaknesses of the idea/argument in the question/statement and support it with evidence
Summarise Briefly outline the main points/arguments. Do not include related details or examples.
Assessment TasksAssessment Task 1 – Short Answer ActivitiesDue Date: Friday 26th November 2021
Activity 1
List four (4) functions of the skin
Activity 2
Name and describe four (4) types of wounds.
Activity 3
Describe the wound healing process for a simple laceration by providing a description of the physiological response for each stage listed in the table below.
Stage Physiological Response
Injury Damage to tissue and blood vessels
188595-698500Haemostasis
191770-417500Inflammation
188595-354000Proliferation
188595-163500Maturation
Activity 4
State five(5) signs and symptoms of a ‘local’ wound infection.
Activity 5
State five (5) signs and symptoms of a ‘regional/spreading’ wound infection (cellulitis).
The patient’s wound is infected with Multi-resistant Staphylococcus Aureus (MRSA). Describe three (3) strategies you would use to involve the patient in their education and care?
Activity 6
Write the correct term (from the list below) in the table next to the descriptors for the wound infection continuum.
Sepsis
Contamination Colonisation
Topical Infection
Regional spreading infection or contamination Local Infection
Term Description
Bacteria are on the wound, bacteria are not dividing, no impairment of healing, no obvious sign of infection
Bacteria are dividing, no impairment of healing, no obvious sign of infection
Bacteria are dividing. Bacteria have invaded the wound surface. Impairment of wound healing. Clinical sign of infection may not be obvious or is subtle
Bacteria have invaded the local tissues. Impairment to healing. Usually obvious signs of infection. Localised to the wound environment and immediate peri-wound tissue.
Bacteria have invaded the surrounding tissues. Impairment of healing. Usually obvious clinical signs of infection. May have systemic signs.
Bacteria have entered the blood stream and may spread to distant sites and organs. Impairment to healing. Usually obvious systemic clinical signs and the patient is acutely unwell.
Activity 7
In addition to local wound infection explain three (3) other complications associated with a traumatic wound e.g. full thickness laceration following a motor bike accident.
Activity 8
List four (4) factors that may impair wound healing.
Activity 9
List four (4) factors that promote wound healing.
Activity 10
Explain the following terms.
Primary intention
Secondary intention
Tertiary intention (delayed primary closure)
Activity 11
What type of wound closure is represented in the following images?
Wound Closure Answer
14097017018000 12382516700500 12192014160500 Activity 12
Provide five (5) principles of wound management.
Activity 13
Identify the colours that best describe the ‘wound beds’ of the following tissue type.
Type of tissue Colour
Epithelial
Granulating
Sloughy Infected
Necrotic
Activity 14
Describe and explain the significance of the following types of exudate.
Exudate Description and Significance
Haemoserous Purulent Haemopurulent Activity 15
Describe the appearance of a wound that is healing and discuss the importance of a ‘holistic’ approach to care planning. Which members of the multidisciplinary team would you involve and why?
Activity 16
Describe a wound that is inflamed and discuss the appropriate nursing interventions.
Activity 17
Define ‘eschar’ and describe the nursing management for the condition.
Activity 18
Discuss two (2) principles for wound cleansing.
Activity 19
Identify the two (2) most effective solutions used to clean a chronic wound.
Activity 20
Asepsis is freedom from infectious material in sufficient quantities to cause infection. The use of aseptic technique minimises the introduction of pathogenic organisms to a wound that might lead to infection. The terms ‘Clean Technique’ or ‘Sterile Technique’ are no longer used. Aseptic technique in wound care involves the principles of standard or surgical aseptic technique.
Complete the following table.
Give a description of the technique and requirements Provide two (2) examples when this technique is used and explain why
Standard aseptic technique Surgical aseptic technique Name four (4) strategies for infection prevention which is applicable to a wound dressing procedure.
Activity 21
Describe the correct process for taking a wound swab? In your answer refer to policy:
http://slhd-intranet.sswahs.nsw.gov.au/SSWpolicies/pdf/SLHD/SLHD_PD2017_022.pdf
Activity 22
Describe wound debridement and list three (3) methods of wound debridement.
Activity 23
Describe four (4) benefits of moist wound healing.
Activity 24
In consultation with the multidisciplinary team answer the following question.
When selecting a wound product state five (5) criteria that need to be considered and why?
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