Competency information

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Treat patients in a way that respects their dignity, rights, confidentiality.

Considerations

  • The rights of the patient with regard to consent for treatment and 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.

Relevant learning outcomes

# Outcome
# 2 Outcome Plan, prepare and undertake a range of respiratory investigations, including challenge testing and non-invasive respiratory muscle function measurements.
# 3 Outcome Plan, prepare and undertake complete overnight pulse oximetry and limited multichannel recordings in a variety of patient conditions to obtain a range of subjective measurements of sleepiness in patients presenting with excessive daytime sleepiness.
# 4 Outcome Plan, prepare and undertake trials of the effectiveness of CPAP therapy to assess patients’ interface requirements and commence ventilation using appropriate settings.