Assessor Resource
HLTRNL602C
Provide support and management of the client undergoing peritoneal dialysis therapy
Assessment tool
Version 1.0
Issue Date: May 2024
The unit involves application of specialised skills and knowledge by Enrolled/Division 2 nurses or Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health workers, for clinical assessment and follow up of client care plans under direct or indirect supervisory arrangements in line with jurisdictional and regulatory requirements.
For Enrolled/Division 2 nurses the knowledge and skills described in this unit of competency are to be applied within jurisdictional nursing and midwifery regulatory authority legislative requirements.
Enrolled nursing work is to be carried out in consultation/collaboration with registered nurses and under direct or indirect supervisory arrangements in line with jurisdictional regulatory requirements.
For Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health workers, this unit of competency addresses the delivery of renal health care services in Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander communities.
Work performed by Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander health workers is to be carried out in consultation/collaboration with registered nurses and/or medical practitioners under direct or indirect supervisory arrangements in line with jurisdictional regulatory requirements.
This unit of competency describes the knowledge and skills required to support the client undertaking peritoneal dialysis and to use current technologies in peritoneal dialysis including the safe administration of medications via dialysis
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