NZQA registered unit standard
Title
26893 version 1
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Demonstrate knowledge of, and report on changes in, the psychological wellbeing of a person after brain injury
Level
Purpose
4 Credits 8
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe common changes in the psychological wellbeing of a person after brain injury, and strategies to support a person whose psychological wellbeing has changed after brain injury; and report and record positive and negative changes in the psychological wellbeing of a person after brain injury.
Classification Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Brain Injury Support
Available grade Achieved
Explanatory notes
1 Codes and standards relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Disability Commissioner (The Code of Health and Disability Services
Consumers' Rights) Regulations 1996;
NZS 8158:2003 Home and Community Support Sector Standard.
2 References include:
Accident Compensation Corporation. (2006). Traumatic brain injury: Diagnosis, acute management and rehabilitation . Wellington: New Zealand Guidelines Group for ACC, available at http://www.acc.co.nz
(search for ACC2404);
Centre for Neuro Skills Glasgow Coma Scale (GCS) available at http://www.neuroskills.com/assess.shtml
, and http://www.shoestringgraphics.com/CP2020/medtech/glossary/glasgow.htm
.
3 Support should aim to: maintain, improve, or restore a consumer's independence and/or interdependence; utilise the consumer's existing strengths; and
– where possible – utilise the resources of the local community.
4 Definitions
Organisation's policies and procedures are the policies and procedures of the employing organisation of the candidate and include ethical codes, standards, and other organisational requirements.
Others refer to support workers, family/w hānau, people in the community, peers, and colleagues.
Service plan is a generic term that covers the individual or group plans (which may also be referred to by other names) that are developed by service providers for people receiving support (and may inc lude their family/whānau as appropriate).
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
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New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 26893 version 1
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Outcome 1
Describe common changes in the psychological wellbeing of a person after brain injury.
Evidence requirements
1.1 Common changes in the psychological wellbeing of a person after brain injury are described in terms of their implications for the person.
Range common changes include but are not limited to
– emotional lability, mood swings, anger, frustration, irritability, mismatch of emotion to situation, depression, anxiety, sleep disruption, motivation, substance abuse, appetite changes; evidence is required for a minimum of six common changes and their implications for the person.
1.2 Common changes in the psychological wellbeing of a person after brain injury are described in terms of the safety of the person and others.
Outcome 2
Describe strategies to support a person whose psychological wellbeing has changed after brain injury.
Evidence requirements
2.1 Strategies to support a person whose psychological wellbeing has changed after brain injury are described.
Range strategies include but are not limited to
– distraction, encouragement, engage in activities, relaxation, encouraging withdrawal from situation; evidence is required for a minimum of two strategies for two different people.
Outcome 3
Report and record positive and negative changes in the psychological wellbeing of a person after brain injury.
Evidence requirements
3.1 Positive and negative changes in the psychological wellbeing of a person after brain injury are reported in accordance with the organisation's policies and procedures.
3.2 Positive and negative changes in the psychological wellbeing of a person after brain injury are recorded in accordance with the person's service plan and the directions of a clinician.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814

New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020

NZQA registered unit standard 26893 version 1
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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 19 November 2010 N/A
Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP) reference 0024
This AMAP can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do
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Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA, or an inter-institutional body with delegated authority for quality assurance, 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.
Consent requirements and an outline of the moderation system that applies to this standard are outlined in the Accreditation and Moderation Action Plan (AMAP). The
AMAP 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.
Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the Community Support Services ITO Limited enquiries@careerforce.org.nz
if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814

New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2020