times per day. Management of special feeding Diagnosis or ACCR; undertaken by an RN, on a one-to-one AND basis, for people with severe dysphagia, Directive (registered nurse or excluding tube feeding. medical practitioner or allied health 3 6 professional); Frequency at least daily. AND Swallowing assessment Administration of suppositories or enemas Directive [registered nurse or for bowel management is a usual care medical practitioner] need. The minimum required frequency is AND 1 7 least ‘at weekly.’ on request: record Catheter care program (ongoing); excludes Diagnosis or ACCR temporary catheters e.g. short term post AND 3 8 surgery catheters. Directive [registered nurse or medical practitioner] Management of chronic infectious Diagnosis or ACCR conditions AND Directive [registered nurse or Antibiotic resistant bacterial infections medical practitioner] Tuberculosis 6 9 AIDS and other immune-deficiency conditions Infectious hepatitis Management of chronic wounds, including Diagnosis or ACCR varicose and pressure ulcers, and diabetic AND foot ulcers. Directive [registered nurse or medical practitioner or allied health professional] 6 10 AND Wound assessment AND on request: record Management of ongoing administration of Directive/ prescription [authorised 6 11 intravenous fluids, hypodermoclysis, nurse practitioner or medical syringe drivers and dialysis. practitioner] Management of oedema, deep vein Diagnosis or ACCR thrombosis or arthritic joints or chronic skin AND conditions by the fitting and removal of Directive [registered nurse or 3 12 compression garments, compression medical practitioner or allied health bandages, tubular elasticised support professional] bandages, dry dressings and/ or protective bandaging. Diagnosis or ACCR Oxygen therapy not self managed. AND 3 13 Directive [registered nurse or medical practitioner] Palliative care program involving end of life Directive by CNS in pain or 3CNC/ care where ongoing care will involve very palliative care or medical practitioner 10 14 intensive clinical nursing and/ or complex AND pain management in the residential care Pain assessment
times per day. 3 Management of special feeding undertaken by an RN, on a one-to-one basis, for people with severe dysphagia, excluding tube feeding. Frequency at least daily. Diagnosis or ACCR; AND Directive (registered nurse or medical practitioner or allied health professional); AND Swallowing assessment 6 1 Administration of suppositories or enemas for bowel management is a usual care need. The minimum required frequency is ‘at least weekly.’ Directive [registered nurse or medical practitioner] AND on request: record 7 3 Catheter care program (ongoing); excludes temporary catheters e.g. short term post surgery catheters. Diagnosis or ACCR AND Directive [registered nurse or medical practitioner] 8 6 Management of chronic infectious conditions Antibiotic resistant bacterial infections Tuberculosis AIDS and other immune-deficiency conditions Infectious hepatitis Diagnosis or ACCR AND Directive [registered nurse or medical practitioner] 9 6 Management of chronic wounds, including varicose and pressure ulcers, and diabetic foot ulcers. Diagnosis or ACCR AND Directive [registered nurse or medical practitioner or allied health professional] AND Wound assessment AND on request: record 10 6 Management of ongoing administration of intravenous fluids, hypodermoclysis, syringe drivers and dialysis. Directive/ prescription [authorised nurse practitioner or medical practitioner] 11 3 Management of oedema, deep vein thrombosis or arthritic joints or chronic skin conditions by the fitting and removal of compression garments, compression bandages, tubular elasticised support bandages, dry dressings and/ or protective bandaging. Diagnosis or ACCR AND Directive [registered nurse or medical practitioner or allied health professional] 12 3 Oxygen therapy not self managed. Diagnosis or ACCR AND Directive [registered nurse or medical practitioner] 13 10 Palliative care program involving end of life care where ongoing care will involve very intensive clinical nursing and/ or complex pain management in the residential care Directive by 3CNC/ CNS in pain or palliative care or medical practitioner AND Pain assessment 14
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