Theory course
24 lessons + 3 exams
Topics:
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Understanding health care settings
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Nursing assistant and the care team
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Leagal and ethical issues
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Infection prevention and control
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Communication and cultural diversity
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Safety and body mechanics
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Emergency care and disaster preparation
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Positioning, transfering, and ambulation
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Human needs and human development
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Healthy human body
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Admitting, transferring and discharging
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The residents unit
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Basic nursing skills
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Personal care skills
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Nutrition and hydration
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Urinary elimination
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Bowel elimination
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Common chronic and acute conditions
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Confusion, dementia, and alzheimers disease
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Mental health and mental illness
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Rehabilitation and resortive care
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Special care skills
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Dying, death, hospice
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Caring for your career and yourself