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Provide acute homeopathic treatment
Provide acute homeopathic treatment
Unit of competency
National Code
HLTNAT604C
HLTNAT604C
State Code
D8356
D8356
TGA Status
Replaced
Replaced
DTWD Status
Deleted
Deleted
State Implementation and Classification
Approved Date
28/08/2012
Field of Education
061999 - Complementary Therapies, N.e.c.
Original Release Date
28/08/2012
Nominal Hours
120
Description
DescriptorThis unit of competency describes the skills and knowledge required to administer a limited range of homœopathic medicines for acute conditions within naturopathic framework
Notes
Elements and Performance Criteria
1. Manage acute treatment using homœopathic medicines within a naturopathic framework
- 1.1 Explain factors which may interfere with the effectiveness of the treatment
- 1.2 Explain mode of administration and management of the treatment to the client
- 1.3 Request client to monitor responses and contact practitioner as required
- 1.4 Obtain consent for treatment
- 1.5 Provide homœopathic medicines using homœopathic diagnostic techniques, within a naturopathic framework
- 1.6 Recognise responses to treatment and promptly attend to if necessary
- 1.7 Explain clearly time, location and purpose of future sessions to the client
- 1.8 Document recommendations
2. Advise and resource the client
- 2.1 Educate client in relevant and practical techniques for promotion and maintenance of optimum health
- 2.2 Answer client queries with clarity, using the appropriate language
- 2.3 Use appropriate interpersonal skills when explaining treatment plans and recommendations to the client
- 2.4 Promote client independence and responsibility in treatment wherever possible
3. Review treatment
- 3.1 Evaluate progress with the client
- 3.2 Use homœopathic questioning to confirm appropriateness of homœopathic treatment and quality of treatment response
- 3.3 Identify and record effects of previous treatment
- 3.4 Review previous treatment plan
- 3.5 Negotiate changes to the plan with the client to ensure optimal outcomes
- 3.6 Evaluate need for ongoing and/or additional treatment
- 3.7 Refer client to a homoeopath where constitutional prescribing with homoeopathy is identified as useful
- 3.8 Refer client to a homoeopath where chronic prescribing with homoeopathy is identified as useful
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.
Factors which interfere with the effectiveness of treatment may include:
Dental work
Eating or smoking within ten to twenty minutes before or after treatment
Other medical treatment being undertaken
Client's physical and psychological readiness and/or wellness
Cultural factors
Contra-indications to treatment
Post treatment activity
Mode of administration may include:
Olfactory
Sublingual
Cutaneous
Via fluid medium - alcohol or water
Via pillules
Via powder
Via pulsing method
Consent for treatment refers to:
Informed consent according to the local and national regulations and legal guidelines
Homœopathic medicines refer to:
Low potency single medicines for acute conditions
Providing homœopathic medicines within a naturopathic framework refers to:
The infrequent repetition of appropriate acute single medicines according to the law of similars
Complexes, based on naturopathic case taking principles
Homœopathic diagnostic techniques refer to:
Homœopathic acute case taking and questioning
Consideration of the client sensitivities and susceptibility
Consideration of individualisation of the prescription
Responses may include:
Allergic reaction to excipients
Intensification of symptoms
Cure
Amelioration
Therapeutic aggravation
Non-therapeutic aggravation
Palliation
Suppression
Proving
No response
Attendance to responses may include:
No change in treatment
Change of posology
Referral of the client to a homoeopath or other health care provider
Discussing reaction with the client
Adjusting treatment if necessary
Seeking appropriate expertise
Adhering to clinic guidelines for response to accidents and emergencies
Use of First Aid procedures according to St John, Australian Red Cross or other appropriate First Aid training
Accessing local emergency services
Advise and resource the client refers to:
Referring client to other information sources
Providing relevant literature or information materials
Providing advice regarding self-care
Advising client of suggested resources
Providing details which help to fully inform client of relevant information
Providing of referrals to other health professionals
Availability of products required or suggested for treatment
Relevant and practical techniques that promote and maintain optimal health may include:
Removal of obstacles to cure
Nutritional adjustments
Exercise
Lifestyle modifications
Homœopathic questioning includes:
Presenting symptoms
Duration of symptoms
Location of symptoms
Sensations
Modalities
Concomitants
Effects of previous treatment may include:
Client is better
Client is worse
Case is being suppressed
No change/wrong medicine given
Client is proving medicine
New state is emerging
Disease is progressing
On-going and/or additional treatment may include:
Repetition of the first medicine
Change of potency
Change of posology
Change of medicine
Intercurrent medicine
Waiting
Placebo
Referral to a homoeopath
A chronic condition may include:
Conditions of longer than approximately six months duration
Conditions that are not self-terminating
An acute manifestation of a chronic disease
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.
Factors which interfere with the effectiveness of treatment may include:
Dental work
Eating or smoking within ten to twenty minutes before or after treatment
Other medical treatment being undertaken
Client's physical and psychological readiness and/or wellness
Cultural factors
Contra-indications to treatment
Post treatment activity
Mode of administration may include:
Olfactory
Sublingual
Cutaneous
Via fluid medium - alcohol or water
Via pillules
Via powder
Via pulsing method
Consent for treatment refers to:
Informed consent according to the local and national regulations and legal guidelines
Homœopathic medicines refer to:
Low potency single medicines for acute conditions
Providing homœopathic medicines within a naturopathic framework refers to:
The infrequent repetition of appropriate acute single medicines according to the law of similars
Complexes, based on naturopathic case taking principles
Homœopathic diagnostic techniques refer to:
Homœopathic acute case taking and questioning
Consideration of the client sensitivities and susceptibility
Consideration of individualisation of the prescription
Responses may include:
Allergic reaction to excipients
Intensification of symptoms
Cure
Amelioration
Therapeutic aggravation
Non-therapeutic aggravation
Palliation
Suppression
Proving
No response
Attendance to responses may include:
No change in treatment
Change of posology
Referral of the client to a homoeopath or other health care provider
Discussing reaction with the client
Adjusting treatment if necessary
Seeking appropriate expertise
Adhering to clinic guidelines for response to accidents and emergencies
Use of First Aid procedures according to St John, Australian Red Cross or other appropriate First Aid training
Accessing local emergency services
Advise and resource the client refers to:
Referring client to other information sources
Providing relevant literature or information materials
Providing advice regarding self-care
Advising client of suggested resources
Providing details which help to fully inform client of relevant information
Providing of referrals to other health professionals
Availability of products required or suggested for treatment
Relevant and practical techniques that promote and maintain optimal health may include:
Removal of obstacles to cure
Nutritional adjustments
Exercise
Lifestyle modifications
Homœopathic questioning includes:
Presenting symptoms
Duration of symptoms
Location of symptoms
Sensations
Modalities
Concomitants
Effects of previous treatment may include:
Client is better
Client is worse
Case is being suppressed
No change/wrong medicine given
Client is proving medicine
New state is emerging
Disease is progressing
On-going and/or additional treatment may include:
Repetition of the first medicine
Change of potency
Change of posology
Change of medicine
Intercurrent medicine
Waiting
Placebo
Referral to a homoeopath
A chronic condition may include:
Conditions of longer than approximately six months duration
Conditions that are not self-terminating
An acute manifestation of a chronic disease
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)
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
Assessment may contain both theoretical and practical components and examples covering a range of clinical situations
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:
An appropriately stocked and equipped clinic or simulated clinic environment
Relevant texts or medical manuals
Relevant paper-based/video assessment instruments
Appropriate assessment environment
Demonstration model/client
Method of assessment
Observation in the work place
Written assignments/projects or questioning should be used to assess knowledge
Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice.
Explanations of technique
Oral questioning and discussion
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.
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:
HLTCOM404C Communicate effectively with clients
HLTHOM612C Work within a homœopathic framework
HLTNAT601C Provide naturopathic treatment
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)
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
Assessment may contain both theoretical and practical components and examples covering a range of clinical situations
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:
An appropriately stocked and equipped clinic or simulated clinic environment
Relevant texts or medical manuals
Relevant paper-based/video assessment instruments
Appropriate assessment environment
Demonstration model/client
Method of assessment
Observation in the work place
Written assignments/projects or questioning should be used to assess knowledge
Case study and scenario as a basis for discussion of issues and strategies to contribute to best practice.
Explanations of technique
Oral questioning and discussion
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.
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:
HLTCOM404C Communicate effectively with clients
HLTHOM612C Work within a homœopathic framework
HLTNAT601C Provide naturopathic treatment
Replaces
| State Code | National Code | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| C9361 | HLTNAT604B | Provide acute homeopathic treatment | Unit of competency |
| C5082 | HLTNAT4A | Provide acute Homoeopathic treatment | Unit of competency |
| State Code | National Code | Title | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| J114 | HLT60512 | Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy | Qualification |
| D105 | HLT60507 | Advanced Diploma of Naturopathy | Qualification |