Human Services 2018 HSC exam pack

Students should:

• use industry-specific terminology and work placement examples to support their answer
• refrain from restating the question in their answer
• be prepared to provide more than one example to fully address the question.

Question 16

In better responses, students were able to:

• differentiate between passive and active exercise (a)
• provide a disease to support their answer such as heart disease (b)
• include specific body system changes (b).

Areas for students to improve include:

• showing an awareness of the difference between active and passive exercise (a).

Question 17

In better responses, students were able to:

• provide clear features of valid consent such as informed and voluntary (a).
• identify issues such as safety, duty of care and legal boundary (c)
• provide relevant workplace examples to support their answer.

Areas for students to improve include focussing on:

• valid consent not types of consent (a)
• commentary about specific communication strategies not just types of communication strategies (b).

Question 18

In better responses, students were able to:

• provide several examples of sustainable work practices (b)
• describe how the worker delivery of client care is affected by personal values or opinions or ethics of the worker (c).

Areas for students to improve include:

• showing an understanding of a quality improvement program (a)
• demonstrating an understanding of the concept of sustainability (b).

Question 19

In better responses, students were able to:

• make reference to PPE and hand hygiene
• focus on standard precautions
• show and understanding of the difference between standard and additional based precautions.

Areas for students to improve include:

• using workplace examples
• focusing on standard precautions not additional based.

Question 20

In better responses, students were able to:

• make reference to and explain DRSABCD and RICE (b).

Areas for students to improve include:

• knowing the signs and symptoms of hypoglycaemia (b).

In better responses, students were able to:

• provide an introduction and a logical and cohesive response
• clearly identify strategies to manage stress and fatigue and provide rationales
• use industry terminology
• provide workplace examples
• discuss both the worker and the workplace.

Areas for students to improve include:

• providing strategies for dealing with stress and fatigue not solely the cause and effects of stress
• discussing both the worker and the workplace.

Question 22–24(a)

In better responses, students were able to:

• describe the multiple roles of the health care team
• make reference to the case study
• provide a general overview of the role of the health care team.

Areas for students to improve include:

• relating their response to the case study.

Question 22–24(b)

In better responses, students were able to:

• refer to the case study provided and link concepts
• use relevant medical terminology
• discuss all three concepts of the question in depth (safety, dignity and comfort).

Areas for students to improve include:

• providing structured and logical responses
• using specific industry terminology.