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Title
Demonstrate knowledge, as a pharmacy technician, of parenteral
nutrition
Level
5
Credits
Purpose
4
This unit standard is intended for pharmacy technicians or
people working towards a pharmacy technician qualification.
People credited with this unit standard are able to demonstrate
knowledge of parenteral nutrition.
Classification
Pharmacy > Pharmacy Services
Available grade
Achieved
Entry information
Critical health and
safety prerequisites
Open.
Explanatory notes
1
Guidelines relevant to this unit standard include:
New Zealand Code of Good Manufacturing Practice for Manufacture and Distribution of
Therapeutic Goods, Part 3 Annex 1: Compounding of Sterile Pharmaceutical
Products, available from http://www.medsafe.govt.nz;
Auspen Micronutrient Guidelines, available from http://www.auspen.org.au;
ASPEN Guidelines for the use of parenteral and enteral nutrition in adult and paediatric
patients. JPEN 2002:26 supp;1SA-138SA; and
ASPEN Guidelines for Safe Practices for Parenteral Nutrition. JPEN 2004:28;S39-S70;
and
ESPEN/ESPGHAN Guidelines on paediatric parenteral nutrition, available from
http://www.espen.org;
NICE Guidelines: Nutrition support in adults, available from http://www.nice.org.uk;
BAPEN; King's fund report – A Positive Approach to Nutrition as Treatment, available from
http://www.bapen.org.uk/pdfs/bapen_pubs.
This unit standard is
expiring
2
Access to the reference resources specified by the Pharmaceutical Society of
New Zealand to be held in every pharmacy is required for completion of assessment
against this unit standard.
Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
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Demonstrate knowledge of parenteral nutrition.
Evidence requirements
1.1
Reasons for parenteral nutrition are explained.
includes but is not limited to – bowel obstruction, bowel injury,
critical illness, post gastrointestinal surgery, acute pancreatitis,
fistula.
Range
1.2
Parenteral nutrition is described in terms of hospital policy.
may include but is not limited to – charting on patient’s
prescription, ordering, monitoring, nursing care requirements,
intravenous access, in-line filtration.
Range
1.3
Nutritional requirements for parenteral nutrition are calculated for an adult
patient’s requirements and are explained.
nutritional requirements – energy, protein, electrolytes, vitamins,
minerals.
Range
1.4
Nutritional requirements for parenteral nutrition are explained for paediatric and
neonatal patients in comparison to adults.
nutritional requirements – energy, protein, electrolytes, vitamins,
minerals.
Range
1.5
Composition and respective roles of a parenteral nutrition team are explained.
This unit standard is
This unit standard is expiring. Assessment
against the standard must take place by
expiring
the last date for assessment set out below.
1.6
Compatibility and stability of regimens are explained in relation to chemical,
physical, and microbiological factors.
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
23 April 2007
31 December 2017
Revision
2
24 August 2007
31 December 2017
Review
3
16 April 2015
31 December 2017
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
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This CMR 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,
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 Consent and Moderation Requirements (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.
This unit standard is
expiring
Pharmacy Industry Training Organisation
SSB Code102150
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016