NZQA registered unit standard
26896 version 1
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Title
Describe effects of fatigue after brain injury, and implement
strategies to support a person to manage fatigue
Level
4
Credits
6
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to: describe the
ways in which fatigue affects the functioning of a person after
brain injury, and strategies to support a person to manage
fatigue after brain injury; and implement strategies to support a
person to manage fatigue after brain injury.
Classification
Health, Disability, and Aged Support > Brain Injury Support
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Unit 26895, Describe the structure and function of the human
brain, and causes, severity, and effects of brain injury on
people, or demonstrate equivalent knowledge and skills.
Recommended skills
and knowledge
Unit 26887, Describe rehabilitation after brain injury and
support a person after brain injury.
Explanatory notes
1
Codes and standards relevant to this unit standard include:
Health and Disability Commissioner (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.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
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Definitions
Life roles may include but are not limited to – family/whānau relationships, social,
cultural, spiritual, economic, community, vocational, educational, civic.
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 include their family/whānau as appropriate).
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the ways in which fatigue affects the functioning of a person after brain injury.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The indicators of fatigue are described in relation to a person after brain injury.
1.2
Activities that cause fatigue are identified in relation to a person after brain
injury.
1.3
The effects of fatigue on a person with brain injury are identified in terms of the
person's functioning, life roles, and responsibilities.
Range
functioning includes – cognitive, emotional, communication,
behavioural, physical, social, educational, vocational.
Outcome 2
Describe strategies to support a person to manage fatigue after brain injury.
Range
mild, moderate, severe;
evidence is required for a minimum of one strategy for each level of severity.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Strategies to support a person with fatigue after brain injury are described in
terms of the severity of the injury and the timeframe from the injury.
Outcome 3
Implement strategies to support a person to manage fatigue after brain injury.
Range
mild, moderate, severe;
evidence is required for a minimum of one strategy for each level of severity.
Evidence requirements
3.1
Strategies to support a person to manage fatigue after brain injury are
implemented in accordance with the person’s service plan.
Community Support Services ITO Limited
SSB Code 101814
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
Planned review date
26896 version 1
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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.
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 2016