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Inherent requirements
Before deciding if a course is right for you, it's important to make an informed choice and consider the key skills, knowledge, and assessment requirements involved.
Review the below inherent requirements for the course and reflect on whether any of these might present difficulties for you, and if they align with your abilities and goals. If you feel you may have challenges due to a disability, a health condition, or for any other reason, we encourage you to speak with a regional Education Manager, a student services team member, or the regional AccessAbility Officer to discuss your concerns and confirm if the course is suitable for you.
Reasonable adjustments may be available to support students who feel they need assistance with learning and assessments in their studies. Students are advised that TAFE Queensland, however, cannot mandate that industry provides reasonable adjustments in the workplace to accommodate personal preferences or support needs. Adherence to industry standards and national guidelines is essential and must be demonstrated consistently during practical assessment. Students are also advised that any reasonable adjustment cannot alter the integrity or objective of an assessment.
Important: The inherent requirements listed on this page do not apply to the Bachelor of Nursing (HED007).
For detailed information specific to the Bachelor of Nursing (HED007), please refer to the course brochure or the fact sheet below:
Health and nursing inherent requirements
The tasks and responsibilities in your role in industry will vary. Completion of your qualification requires that you are able to achieve your course assessments in accordance with industry standards and role expectations, and this will include practical tasks within the industry workplace and/or simulation environments. There are essential components that you will need to be able to demonstrate to meet these assessment and industry requirements, as well as to continue to work safely and effectively in industry as an employee. These components reflect the abilities and attributes of the profession and are outlined below.
Physical requirements
You will need sufficient strength, flexibility, and coordination to be able to stand for long periods, to move easily (bend, twist, lift, carry), and to attend and complete the role’s task requirements for the full duration of an 8-10 hour shift. You will need fine motor skills, dexterity and coordination to ensure safe practice and accuracy, and to comply with hand hygiene and workplace health and safety guidelines.
Examples could include being able to operate complex or delicate equipment, ensuring precision in medication preparation or invasive health procedures, attending to cleaning requirements, providing personal hygiene support, and being able to work at floor level if needed, and assist clients with their movement and balance.
Working with others
You will be working with people from diverse cultural backgrounds and must be able to treat everyone with respect and in a non-discriminatory manner. Clients may have various physical and mental health needs, religious beliefs or personal expectations, and you must be able to self-regulate your behaviour and manner within changing work environments and clientele and demonstrate mature and professional conduct at all times.
Communication and understanding
You need to be able to communicate clearly and appropriately and understand non-verbal cues, such as, facial expressions or body language. You must be able to read and understand written and spoken instructions, including correctly using industry terminology, and accurately interpret, record, and document important information and numerical data via paper-based or electronic systems.
Examples could include working with a client who doesn’t speak English well or is hearing impaired, reading or updating a client’s transfer documentation or admission records, using chemical safety data sheets, or recording a client’s diet and fluid intake.
Sensory abilities
You will need sufficient vision, hearing and tactile abilities to be able to accurately assess clients, use clinical and workplace equipment, and observe and manage work environments safely and effectively.
Examples could include working with monitoring or communications equipment, responding to workplace alarms, recognising changes in temperature, observing changes in a client’s skin colour or wound appearance, or determining a client’s vital signs.
Thinking and problem solving
You will need to use critical thinking and problem-solving skills to care for clients safely and effectively, and to follow workplace health and safety guidelines and legal requirements. You will need to recognise your role as a novice and seek and accept direction and guidance from supervising or senior industry professionals.