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Oct 05, 2024
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HSC 172 - Nurse Aide Credits: 3 Lecture Hours: 2 Lab Hours: 0 Practicum Hours: 4 Work Experience: 0 Course Type: Voc/Tech Entry-level skills to seek employment in Iowa skilled facilities. Meets OBRA87 standards. Prerequisite: Criminal/Abuse background check; Immunization form as required by clinical site; Flu vaccine-October through April. See the DMACC website for more information Competencies
- Communicate effectively with resident/patient, health facility staff and resident/patient family/visitors
- Use correct medical terminology and abbreviations
- When required, answer telephone properly
- Record and report pertinent observations related to resident/patient procedures and conditions
- Report and record procedures accurately
- Record/report intake and output
- Listen effectively
- Communicate effectively with residents/patients with hearing/seeing disabilities
- Communicate effectively with residents with cognitive impairment
- Use therapeutic communication when require-cueing, validation therapy
- Interact appropriately with residents/patients, health facility staff and resident/patient family/visitors
- Use the philosophy of restorative/rehabilitation when providing care
- Identify basic emotional needs
- Identify basic changes in normal growth and development and apply in care situation
- Identify the physical/social/emotional changes that occur in elderly and chronically ill
- Differentiate between the care needs of the acutely and chronically ill
- Identify the special needs of residents/patients with disabilities, including physical problems, mental illness, mental retardation, and dementias
- Encourage resident/patient to be as independent as possible
- Respect and defend resident rights
- Use ethical/legal principles in providing care and fulfilling job responsibilities
- Describe various types of care facilities
- Differentiates between various types of health care facilities and their administrative structure
- Identify the relationship between various governmental and private agencies that provide guidelines for resident/patient care
- Identify roles of various health care personnel within facilities, especially the role of the nurse aide
- Demonstrate responsibility concerning resident/patient rights
- Practice confidentiality
- Recognize ethical responsibilities
- Follow instructional policies and procedures
- Practice safety measures in providing resident/patient care
- Use correct hand washing techniques
- Use CDC guidelines (universal precautions) in providing care
- Maintain a safe, clean environment
- Use correct body mechanics
- Follow emergency procedure for fire and other disasters
- Provide emergency care for choking resident/patient
- Position resident/patient’s call light within reach
- Promote a restraint free environment and, when necessary, properly and safely apply restraints
- Use information on care plan to assist the resident/patient with personal hygiene
- Bathe resident/patient or assist with bathing
- Assist resident/patient with tub bath/shower/whirlpool
- Perform perineal care
- Perform or assist with oral hygiene including mouth and denture care
- Perform a resident/patient back rub
- Apply care for a resident/patient’s nails
- Assist with or shave resident/patient
- Assist resident/patient with dressing/undressing
- Assist resident/patient with hair care
- Assist resident/patient with adaptive devices, including sensory devices
- Assist resident/patient with nutritional needs (special diets).
- Feed resident when needed
- Makes occupied and unoccupied bed
- Perform special procedures for the resident/patient
- Provide for resident/patient privacy
- Position resident/patient in correct body alignment
- Transport resident/patient, using correct equipment
- Assist resident/patient in standing and ambulating
- Observe and maintain urinary drainage system
- Assist resident/patient with bladder/bowel training
- Assist resident/patient with elimination needs
- Measure and record temperature, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure
- Use techniques that help prevent pressure sores
- Perform passive range of motion
- Direct active range of motion
- Measure and record resident/patient height and weight
- Identify the five steps of approaching death or reactions or approaching death
- Explain the procedure for post-mortem care
- Identify ways to ease the impact of loses
- Apply anti-embolism elastic (TED Hose).
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