Part A: Course Overview

Program: C5417 Diploma of Nursing

Course Title: Manage personal stressors in the work environment

Portfolio: Vocational Education

Nominal Hours: 25

Regardless of the mode of delivery, represent a guide to the relative teaching time and student effort required to successfully achieve a particular competency/module. This may include not only scheduled classes or workplace visits but also the amount of effort required to undertake, evaluate and complete all assessment requirements, including any non-classroom activities.

Terms

Course Code	Campus	Career	School	Learning Mode	Teaching Period(s)
BUSM8924C	City Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2024, Term2 2024
BUSM8925C	Bundoora Campus	TAFE	535T Social Care and Health	Face-to-Face or Internet	Term1 2024, Term2 2024

Course Contact: Suzie Cicero

Course Contact Phone: +61 3 9925 1812

Course Contact Email: Suzie.Cicero@rmit.edu.au

Course Description

This unit describes the skills and knowledge required to maintain health and wellbeing by preventing and managing personal stress.

 

This unit applies to work in a range of health and community services settings, in particular work roles that operate in high stress situations and circumstances.

 

The skills in this unit must be applied in accordance with Commonwealth and State/Territory legislation, Australian/New Zealand standards and industry codes of practice.

Pre-requisite Courses and Assumed Knowledge and Capabilities

Nil

National Competency Codes and Titles

National Element Code & Title:	HLTWHS006 Manage personal stressors in the work environment
Elements:	1. Develop strategies to manage personal stress 2. Implement stress management strategies 3. Evaluate stress reducing strategies

Learning Outcomes

For guidance on specific course learning outcomes refer to the Performance and Knowledge Evidence or the Critical Aspects of Assessment in the unit(s) of competency – this will show you what skills and knowledge your students will need to demonstrate, and you can translate these into 2 or 3 clear learning outcomes.  

Overview of Assessment

Assessment for this course is ongoing throughout the semester. Your knowledge and understanding of course content is assessed through participation in class exercises, oral/written presentations and through the application of learned skills and insights. Full assessment briefs will be provided and can be found on CANVAS.