Elements and Performance Criteria

RANGE STATEMENT

The Range Statement relates to the unit of competency as a whole. It allows for different work environments and situations that may affect performance. Add any essential operating conditions that may be present with training and assessment depending on the work situation, needs of the candidate, accessibility of the item, and local industry and regional contexts.


Signs and symptoms of condition may include:
Physical evidence
Behavioural evidence
States of disorder
Test or examination results
Sensations
Onset
Duration
Location
Causation
Ameliorating and aggravating factors
Symptom qualities (intensity, severity, nature of complaint)
Non-verbal signs and symptoms
Functional and pathological disturbances


Patterns may refer to:
Temperaments - humoural theory - eg choleric/ sanguine
Constitutional states eg neuresthenic
Syndromes eg adrenal exhaustion
Functional disorders eg functional hypoglycaemia
Disease/conditions


Knowledge of nutritional principles must include:
Diet as therapy (health maintenance, therapeutic diets, dietary modification)
Therapeutic application of special and functional foods (food as medicine)
Cultural dietary perspectives
Therapeutic&preventive aspects of fasting/detoxification
Nutrient supplementation
Individual unique dietary needs
Behavioural and lifestyle strategies


Principles of diagnosis may include:
Holistic model
Biomedical model
Biopsychological model


Appropriate diagnostic tools/methods may include:
Health history
Physical diagnostic
temperature
auscultation
Anthropometric
Biochemical analysis
Diet diary
Nutritional screening
24 hour recall
Food frequency questionnaire
Physical signs of malnutrition
Iridology
Pathology laboratory tests (blood, urine, stool)
Kinesiology (muscle testing)

EVIDENCE GUIDE

The evidence guide provides advice on assessment and must be read in conjunction with the Performance Criteria, Required Skills and Knowledge, the Range Statement and the Assessment Guidelines for this Training Package.

Critical aspects for assessment and evidence required to demonstrate this competency unit:
The individual being assessed must provide evidence of specified essential knowledge as well as skills
Observation of performance in the workplace or a simulated workplace (defined as a supervised clinic) is essential for assessment of this unit
Assessment may contain both theoretical and practical components and examples covering a range of clinical situations
Consistency of performance should be demonstrated over the required range of situations relevant to the workplace
Where, for reasons of safety, space, or access to equipment and resources, assessment takes place away from the workplace, the assessment environment should represent workplace conditions as closely as possible
Demonstrated ability to interpret investigative findings
Assessment of sole practitioners must include a range of clinical situations and different client groups covering at minimum, age, culture and gender
Assessment of sole practitioners must consider their unique workplace context, including:
interaction with others in the broader professional community as part of the sole practitioner's workplace
scope of practice as detailed in the qualification and component competency units
holistic/integrated assessment including:
working within the practice framework
performing a health assessment
assessing the client
planning treatment
providing treatment


Context of and specific resources for assessment:
Resources essential for assessment include:
an appropriately stocked and equipped clinic or simulated clinic environment
nutritional value tables for Australian foods &/or suitable dietary analysis software
relevant texts and manuals
appropriate assessment environment


Method of assessment
Observation in the work place
Written assignments with practical demonstration
Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice.
Oral Questioning
Diagnosis from assessment notes or simulated assessments
Clinical skills involving direct client care are to be assessed initially in a simulated clinical setting. If successful, a second assessment is to be conducted during workplace application under direct supervision
Clinic treatment logbooks


Access and equity considerations:
All workers in the health industry should be aware of access and equity issues in relation to their own area of work
All workers should develop their ability to work in a culturally diverse environment
In recognition of particular health issues facing Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities, workers should be aware of cultural, historical and current issues impacting on health of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people
Assessors and trainers must take into account relevant access and equity issues, in particular relating to factors impacting on health of Aboriginal and/or Torres Strait Islander clients and communities


Related units:
This unit should be assessed in conjunction with the following related units:
HLTAP501B Analyse health information
HLTCOM404C Communicate effectively with clients
HLTNUT604B Manage work within the clinical nutritional framework
HLTNUT605B Perform clinical nutrition health assessment