5NH024 Skills for Safe and Effective Practice - University of Wolverhampton

Learning Outcome 1: Recognise, respond and justify approaches to distress or deteriorating states of mental, physical, cognitive and behavioural health.

Recognition of deteriorating states of health.

Identify relevant signs and symptoms.

Rationale and justification of the assessment and findings.

Demonstrate the use of the ABCDE approach to recognise deteriorating states of health.
(You could devise a table in your work or include it as an appendix.)

Explain your findings, in light of the normal observation parameters. Refer to relevant supporting evidence.

Refer to any relevant tools e.g. NEWS2 and justify their use.

Demonstrate a clear understanding of the cut-off points or scores that wouldtrigger a response.

Learning Outcome 2: Demonstrate knowledge of a range of interventions, pharmacology and pharmaco-dynamics in theassessment and management of changing health states.

Principles of safe and effective clinical practice

Pharmacological interventions
Common drugs used to manage the patient's symptoms.

Critically discuss the chosen interventions.

Provide an evidence-based rationale for the provision of care.

Incorporate contemporary guidelines, policy, standardsthat influence current practice.

Treatment may include drugs and therapies.
Refer to NICE/BNF/BTS where applicable.

Learning Outcome 3: Demonstrate how an individual's capacity for independence and self-care might be assessed in a range of diverse settings using a person-centred approach.

Consider the individual's state of dependence / independence, and potential or future healthcare needs

Considerself-care interventions.

Consider the recovery journey.

Consider the ongoing management, which may include:

Provision of co-ordinated multidisciplinary care

Admission / follow-up clinics

Physical and rehabilitation needs

Psychological and emotional needs

Attachment:- Skills for Safe and Effective Practice.rar