Competency information
Details
Respect the dignity, rights, privacy and confidentiality of patients at all times, taking appropriate action to respond to the specific needs of the critically ill patient.
Considerations
- The rights of the patient with regard to privacy and dignity.
- The rights of the patient with regard to confidentiality of consultation and medical records.
- Requirements of patients with disabilities and special needs.
- Key factors influencing dignity, rights, privacy and confidentiality, including age, gender, culture and beliefs.
- The importance of checking and confirming the patient identity and the implications of not doing so.
- Presenting signs and symptoms of a patient who is acutely ill, deteriorating or collapsed.
- Gaining consent in critical care situations.
- Correct positioning of the patient to ensure comfort, co-operation and optimal investigation results.
- The range of needs of people with disabilities within a typical care pathway for a patient requiring critical care.
- Pathology, clinical features and the management of common problems that present to Critical Care.
- Early identification of a sick patient.
Relevant learning outcomes
| # | Outcome |
|---|---|
| # 2 | Outcome Perform a range of bedside monitoring techniques and be able to interpret acute events and actions required, differentiating between physiological and technical abnormalities in patient monitoring techniques. (This should include ECG monitoring, oxygen saturation monitoring and non-invasive BP monitoring.) |
| # 3 | Outcome Administer oxygen therapy across a range of delivery systems to critically ill patients. |
| # 4 | Outcome Perform a blood gas measurement and describe its clinical relevance. |