NZQA registered unit standard
26736 version 2
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Title
Describe communication and providing information and results to
parents for the newborn hearing screening process
Level
3
Purpose
Credits
5
This unit standard is for hearing screeners working within the
Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Intervention
Programme (UNHSEIP).
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe:
communication with parents and the information to be
communicated to parents related to newborn hearing
screening; and the process for communicating newborn
hearing screening results to parents.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Sensory Support
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Evidence for this unit standard must accord with the Universal Newborn Hearing
Screening and Early Intervention Programme (UNHSEIP) and its National Policy and
Quality Standards:
National Screening Unit. June 2013. Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and
Early Intervention Programme (UNHSEIP): National Policy and Quality Standards.
Wellington: Ministry of Health, available at
https://www.nsu.govt.nz/system/files/page/unhseipnational_policy_and_quality_standards-jun13.pdf.
2
Legislation and codes relevant to this unit standard include the:
Health and Disability Commissioner (Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996;
Health Information Privacy Code 1994;
Privacy Act 1993.
3
Definitions
aABR refers to automated Auditory Brainstem Response.
Baby refers to an infant from six weeks to three months old.
Newborn refers to a neonate who is up to six weeks old.
NICU refers to Neonatal Intensive Care Unit.
NICU or SCBU babies are at level three or level two neonatal care.
Parent(s) refers to legal guardian(s).
Risk factors are factors likely to lead to a higher risk of congenital or progressive
permanent hearing loss.
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SCBU refers to Special Care Baby Unit.
UNHSEIP refers to the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening and Early Intervention
Programme.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe communication with parents related to newborn hearing screening.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Plain English language is used when explaining screening terminology to
parents in accordance with the National Policy and Quality Standards.
Range
1.2
Communication strategies to be used by hearing screeners when interacting
with parents are described in terms of the information being conveyed and the
situation in accordance with the National Policy and Quality Standards.
Range
1.3
screening terminology includes but is not limited to – hand set, ear
cushion, electrode, pass, refer.
strategies include but are not limited to – providing and explaining
pamphlets and/or other informational documents, use of empathy,
cultural sensitivity, use of interpreters.
Communication with parents of newborns in NICU and in SCBU is described in
terms of newborns’ specific needs and the screening method.
Outcome 2
Describe the information to be communicated to parents related to newborn hearing
screening.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Information to be communicated to parents about the hearing screening
process is described in terms of the advantages, disadvantages, and/or
potential harm of the hearing screening process.
2.2
Newborn hearing screening pamphlets are identified and their purpose is
described for specific situations.
Range
specific situations include – results, referral, rescreen.
2.3
Information to be communicated to parents when hearing screening is declined
is described in accordance with the National Policy and Quality Standards.
2.4
Information to be communicated to parents in relation to obtaining informed
consent and maintaining confidentiality and privacy is described in accordance
with the National Policy and Quality Standards.
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Outcome 3
Describe the process for communicating newborn hearing screening results to parents.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The benefits of effective communication of results to parents are described.
Range
3.2
evidence is required of three benefits.
The information to be communicated to parents for each newborn hearing
screening outcome is described in accordance with the National Policy and
Quality Standards.
hearing screening outcomes must include are but not limited to –
aABR1 (pass); aABR1 (refer rescreen required); aABR2 (refer to
audiologist); incomplete.
Range
Planned review date
31 December 2016
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
22 October 2010
31 December 2016
Rollover and
Revision
2
17 September 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0024
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the CMR. The CMR also includes useful information about
special requirements for organisations wishing to develop education and training
programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors and assessors, and special
resource requirements.
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited info@careerforce.org.nz if
you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
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