Foundations for Assisting in Home Care
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Skills you'll gain
- Disabilities
- Gerontology
- Home Health Care and Assisted Living
- Mental Health Diseases and Disorders
- Caregiving
- Working With Children
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Meal Planning And Preparation
- Patient Communication
- Basic Patient Care
- Family Support
- Mental and Behavioral Health
- Pediatrics
- Home Health Care
- Diversity Awareness
- Nutrition and Diet
- Geriatrics
- Long Term Care
- Developmental Disabilities
- Cultural Diversity
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12 assignments
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There are 13 modules in this course
This course is intended as a self-study course for those interested in exploring a career as a Home Health Aide or Personal Care Aide.
Contains the syllabus, grading and logistics, and references
What's included
1 video8 readings
1 videoβ’Total 2 minutes
- VIDEO - Course Introductionβ’2 minutes
8 readingsβ’Total 80 minutes
- Welcomeβ’10 minutes
- Syllabusβ’10 minutes
- Textbook Companionβ’10 minutes
- Grading and Logisticsβ’10 minutes
- Module 12 (Week 13) Videosβ’10 minutes
- Hardware & Software Requirementsβ’10 minutes
- Copyright Information: Course Materials & Imagesβ’10 minutes
- Referencesβ’10 minutes
Introduction to Home Health Care
What's included
14 readings1 assignment
14 readingsβ’Total 140 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- What is Home Health Care?β’10 minutes
- Who Receives Home Health Care Services?β’10 minutes
- History of Home Health Careβ’10 minutes
- Who is Part of the Home Health Care Teamβ’10 minutes
- Home Health Care Team Roles - Part 1β’10 minutes
- Home Health Care Team Roles - Part 2β’10 minutes
- Home Health Care Team Roles - Part 3β’10 minutes
- Home Health Care Team Roles - Part 4β’10 minutes
- Home Health Aide/Personal Care Aide Tasksβ’10 minutes
- Scope of Practiceβ’10 minutes
- Chain of Commandβ’10 minutes
- Qualities of Home Health Aides & Personal Care Aidesβ’10 minutes
- Education & Training Requirementsβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 1 Quizβ’30 minutes
Human Needs, Culture & Diversity, Communication Skills, Developing a Therapeutic Relationship, Patients' Rights
What's included
74 readings1 assignment
74 readingsβ’Total 740 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Maslow's Hierarchy of Needsβ’10 minutes
- Physical Needsβ’10 minutes
- Safety and Security Needsβ’10 minutes
- Need for Love and Belongingβ’10 minutes
- Need for Self-Esteemβ’10 minutes
- Need for Self-Actualizationβ’10 minutes
- Cultureβ’10 minutes
- Race versus Cultureβ’10 minutes
- Ethnocentrism, Diversity, & Stereotypesβ’10 minutes
- Self-Awarenessβ’10 minutes
- Cultural Awareness & Cultural Competenceβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Culturesβ’10 minutes
- African Americanβ’10 minutes
- Asiansβ’10 minutes
- Latinosβ’10 minutes
- Middle Eastβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Religions of the Worldβ’10 minutes
- Agnostics and Atheistsβ’10 minutes
- Buddhismβ’10 minutes
- Christianityβ’10 minutes
- Hinduismβ’10 minutes
- Islamβ’10 minutes
- Judaismβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Family & Diversityβ’10 minutes
- Supporting Family Membersβ’10 minutes
- Communicationβ’10 minutes
- Types of Communicationβ’10 minutes
- Types of Communication - Summaryβ’10 minutes
- Language Barriersβ’10 minutes
- Hearing Impairmentβ’10 minutes
- Visual Impairmentβ’10 minutes
- Aphasia/Speech Impairmentβ’10 minutes
- Cognitive Impairmentβ’10 minutes
- Yes/No Questionsβ’10 minutes
- Asking "Why?"β’10 minutes
- Use of Clichesβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Active Listeningβ’10 minutes
- How to Be a Good Listener - Part 1β’10 minutes
- How to Be a Good Listener - Part 2β’10 minutes
- How to Be a Good Listener - Part 3β’10 minutes
- Introduction to Therapeutic Relationshipβ’10 minutes
- How to Establish a Therapeutic Relationship - Part 1β’10 minutes
- How to Establish a Therapeutic Relationship - Part 2β’10 minutes
- How to Establish a Therapeutic Relationship - Part 3β’10 minutes
- Terminating the Relationshipβ’10 minutes
- Self Check for Boundariesβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Documentationβ’10 minutes
- Use of Your Sensesβ’10 minutes
- What Information to Include in Documentationβ’10 minutes
- How to Complete Documentationβ’10 minutes
- Confidentialityβ’10 minutes
- Sample Documentationβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Communicating on the Telephoneβ’10 minutes
- Sample Phone Callβ’10 minutes
- Sample Phone Messageβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Patient's Rightsβ’10 minutes
- Physical Abuseβ’10 minutes
- Emotional Abuseβ’10 minutes
- Financial Abuseβ’10 minutes
- Sexual Abuseβ’10 minutes
- Domestic violenceβ’10 minutes
- Neglectβ’10 minutes
- Reporting Abuse & Neglectβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Patient's Rightsβ’10 minutes
- Patient's Responsibilitiesβ’10 minutes
- How a Home Health Aide/Personal Care Aide Support a Patient's Rightsβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Advanced Directivesβ’10 minutes
- Living Willsβ’10 minutes
- Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care (Health Care Proxy)β’10 minutes
- Do-Not-Resuscitate (DNR)β’10 minutes
- Confidentialityβ’10 minutes
- Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA)β’10 minutes
- Legal Ramifications for HIPAA Violationsβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 2 Quizβ’30 minutes
Working with the Elderly
What's included
27 readings1 assignment
27 readingsβ’Total 270 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Aging and the Individualβ’10 minutes
- Social Factors & Agingβ’10 minutes
- Observing & Reporting Changesβ’10 minutes
- Confidentialityβ’10 minutes
- Attitudes Toward Agingβ’10 minutes
- Myths of Agingβ’10 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Immune Systemβ’10 minutes
- Respiratory Systemβ’10 minutes
- Cardiovascular Systemβ’10 minutes
- Integumentary (Skin) Systemβ’10 minutes
- Musculoskeletal Systemβ’10 minutes
- Range of Motion Movementsβ’10 minutes
- Sensory Systemβ’10 minutes
- Digestive Systemβ’10 minutes
- Urinary Systemβ’10 minutes
- Endocrine Systemβ’10 minutes
- Neurological Systemβ’10 minutes
- Female Reproductive Systemβ’10 minutes
- Male Reproductive Systemβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Aging & the Mindβ’10 minutes
- Working with Patients Who Have Had a Strokeβ’10 minutes
- Working with Patients with Alzheimer's Diseaseβ’10 minutes
- Working with Patients with Parkinson's Diseaseβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Stressβ’10 minutes
- How to Help a Patient Effectively Manage Stressβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 3 Quizβ’30 minutes
Working with Children
What's included
31 readings1 assignment
31 readingsβ’Total 310 minutes
- Introduction to Working with Childrenβ’10 minutes
- Why Children May Need Home Care - Part 1β’10 minutes
- Why Children May Need Home Care - Part 2β’10 minutes
- Why Children May Need Home Care - Part 3β’10 minutes
- Introduction to Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Applied to Childrenβ’10 minutes
- Physical Needsβ’10 minutes
- Safety and Security Needsβ’10 minutes
- Need for Love and Belongingβ’10 minutes
- Need for Self-Esteemβ’10 minutes
- Need for Self-Actualizationβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Child Growth and Developmentβ’10 minutes
- Sensorimotor Stage (birth to 2 years)β’10 minutes
- Preoperational Stage (2 to 7 years)β’10 minutes
- Concrete Operational Stage (7 to 11 years)β’10 minutes
- Formal Operational Stage (11 years to adulthood)β’10 minutes
- Infancy: Birth to 12 monthsβ’10 minutes
- Toddler: 1-3 yearsβ’10 minutes
- Preschool: 3-6 yearsβ’10 minutes
- School Age: 6-11 or 12 yearsβ’10 minutes
- Adolescent: 11 years to 19 yearsβ’10 minutes
- Types of Familiesβ’10 minutes
- Guidelines for Communicating with Children about Divorceβ’10 minutes
- Styles of Parentingβ’10 minutes
- Socioeconomic Statusβ’10 minutes
- Domestic Violenceβ’10 minutes
- Special Issues of Families: Substance Abuse and Mental Health Issuesβ’10 minutes
- Signs of Substance Abuseβ’10 minutes
- Signs of Mental Illnessβ’10 minutes
- Stressβ’10 minutes
- How to Help Children Cope with Stressβ’10 minutes
- Working Effectively to Strengthen Familiesβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 4 Quizβ’30 minutes
Working with People Who Are Mentally Ill
What's included
18 readings1 assignment
18 readingsβ’Total 180 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- What is Mental Health?β’10 minutes
- Positive Coping Skillsβ’10 minutes
- Negative Coping Skillsβ’10 minutes
- Defense Mechanismsβ’10 minutes
- Unhealthy Coping Behaviorsβ’10 minutes
- What is Mental Illness?β’10 minutes
- Physical Factorsβ’10 minutes
- Environmental Factorsβ’10 minutes
- Genetic Factorsβ’10 minutes
- Stress Factorsβ’10 minutes
- Anxietyβ’10 minutes
- Depressionβ’10 minutes
- Schizophreniaβ’10 minutes
- Treating Mental Illnessβ’10 minutes
- Guidelines for Observing Behaviorβ’10 minutes
- Role of the HHA/PHA with Mentally Ill Patients and their Familiesβ’10 minutes
- Maintain Safetyβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 5 Quizβ’30 minutes
Working with People with Developmental Disabilities
What's included
30 readings1 assignment
30 readingsβ’Total 300 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- What is a Developmental Disability?β’10 minutes
- How Does Having a Developmental Disability Affect Normal Development?β’10 minutes
- Self-Care & Movementβ’10 minutes
- Financial Independence & Self-directionβ’10 minutes
- Communication & Social Situationsβ’10 minutes
- Copingβ’10 minutes
- Types of Developmental Disabilitiesβ’10 minutes
- Intellectual Disabilitiesβ’10 minutes
- Cerebral Palsyβ’10 minutes
- Autismβ’10 minutes
- Neurologic Impairmentβ’10 minutes
- Multiple Disabilitiesβ’10 minutes
- Effects of Developmental Disabilities on Growth and Developmentβ’10 minutes
- Causes of Developmental Disabilitiesβ’10 minutes
- How is a Developmental Disability Different from Mental Illness?β’10 minutes
- Developmental Disabilities at Homeβ’10 minutes
- Caring for a Child with a Developmental Disabilityβ’10 minutes
- Caring for an Adult with a Developmental Disabilityβ’10 minutes
- Expectations and Attitudesβ’10 minutes
- Address the Person, Not the Disabilityβ’10 minutes
- Focus on Independence, Productivity, and Integrationβ’10 minutes
- Promote Self-Determination and Community Participationβ’10 minutes
- Care Needsβ’10 minutes
- Physical Needsβ’10 minutes
- Safety and Security Needsβ’10 minutes
- Love and Belonging Needsβ’10 minutes
- Self-Esteem and Self-Actualization Needsβ’10 minutes
- Role of the Home Health Aide/Personal Care Aideβ’10 minutes
- Performance Standardsβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 6 Quizβ’30 minutes
Working with People with Physical Disabilities
What's included
12 readings1 assignment
12 readingsβ’Total 120 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- What is a Physical Disability?β’10 minutes
- Causes of Physical Disabilitiesβ’10 minutes
- Permanent versus Temporary Disabilitiesβ’10 minutes
- Unique Attributes of Physical Disabilitiesβ’10 minutes
- Impact of a Physical Disability on Quality of Lifeβ’10 minutes
- Promoting Self-care and Independenceβ’10 minutes
- Maintenance of Dignity and Self-Worthβ’10 minutes
- Preservation of Normal Life Styleβ’10 minutes
- Role of the Home Health Aide/Personal Care Aideβ’10 minutes
- Social, Cultural and Environmental Influences in Caring for People with Disabilitiesβ’10 minutes
- Situations in Which People with Physical Disabilities May Require Home Careβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 7 Quizβ’30 minutes
What's included
1 video50 readings1 assignment
1 videoβ’Total 2 minutes
- VIDEO - Food Preparation & Blender Useβ’2 minutes
50 readingsβ’Total 500 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- The Major Nutrientsβ’10 minutes
- Proteinβ’10 minutes
- Carbohydratesβ’10 minutes
- Fatsβ’10 minutes
- Vitaminsβ’10 minutes
- Mineralsβ’10 minutes
- Waterβ’10 minutes
- Nutrients Work Togetherβ’10 minutes
- Well-balanced Dietβ’10 minutes
- Milk Groupβ’10 minutes
- Protein Foods Groupβ’10 minutes
- Fruit Groupβ’10 minutes
- Vegetable Groupβ’10 minutes
- Grain Groupβ’10 minutes
- Oilsβ’10 minutes
- Using ChooseMyPlate in Meal Planningβ’10 minutes
- Dietary Guidelinesβ’10 minutes
- Cost of Foodβ’10 minutes
- Food Preparationβ’10 minutes
- Patient Involvementβ’10 minutes
- Available Cooking Equipmentβ’10 minutes
- Serve Quality Foodβ’10 minutes
- Serving Mealsβ’10 minutes
- Food Appearance, Texture, and Portion Sizeβ’10 minutes
- How to Save on Food Costsβ’10 minutes
- Food Storageβ’10 minutes
- Safe Food Handlingβ’10 minutes
- Safe Microwave Defrosting and Cookingβ’10 minutes
- Safe Cooking Temperaturesβ’10 minutes
- Food Money Proceduresβ’10 minutes
- Being Specific When it Comes to the Dietβ’10 minutes
- The Meaning of "High" and "Low" Diet Ordersβ’10 minutes
- Decreasing the Intake of Certain Foodsβ’10 minutes
- Increasing the Intake of Certain Foodsβ’10 minutes
- Types of Modified Dietsβ’10 minutes
- Low Sodium/Low Salt Dietsβ’10 minutes
- Fluid-Restricted Dietsβ’10 minutes
- High and Low Potassium Dietsβ’10 minutes
- Low Fat/Low Cholesterol Dietsβ’10 minutes
- Bland Dietsβ’10 minutes
- Gluten-Free Dietβ’10 minutes
- Vegetarian Dietβ’10 minutes
- Liquid Dietsβ’10 minutes
- Soft Dietsβ’10 minutes
- Mechanically Altered Dietsβ’10 minutes
- Mechanical Soft Dietβ’10 minutes
- Pureed Dietβ’10 minutes
- Provide Nutritious and Attractive Mechanically Altered Foodβ’10 minutes
- Follow Safe Food Preparation and Storage Guidelinesβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 8 Quizβ’30 minutes
What's included
12 readings1 assignment
12 readingsβ’Total 120 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- The Role of the Home Health Aide/Personal Care Aide in Family Spending & Budgetingβ’10 minutes
- Incomeβ’10 minutes
- Debt & Stressβ’10 minutes
- Daily Expense Trackerβ’10 minutes
- Planning a Budgetβ’10 minutes
- Determining Expensesβ’10 minutes
- Determining Incomeβ’10 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- How to Save on Grocery Costsβ’10 minutes
- How to Save on Household Costsβ’10 minutes
- How to Save on Energy Costsβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 9 Quizβ’30 minutes
What's included
2 videos17 readings1 assignment
2 videosβ’Total 2 minutes
- VIDEO - Household Cleaning Suppliesβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Vacuumingβ’1 minute
17 readingsβ’Total 170 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Time Managementβ’10 minutes
- The ABC Methodβ’10 minutes
- The 1-10 Methodβ’10 minutes
- Tips for Efficient Use of Timeβ’10 minutes
- Infection Controlβ’10 minutes
- Basic Supplies and Equipment Neededβ’10 minutes
- Safety Tips for Home Health Aides/Personal Care Aides Using Equipment and Suppliesβ’10 minutes
- Kitchen Cleaning Tasksβ’10 minutes
- Bathroom Cleaning Tasksβ’10 minutes
- Living Room Cleaning Tasksβ’10 minutes
- Bedroom Cleaning Tasksβ’10 minutes
- Washing Floorsβ’10 minutes
- Laundryβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 10 Quizβ’30 minutes
What's included
27 readings1 assignment
27 readingsβ’Total 270 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Fallsβ’10 minutes
- Burnsβ’10 minutes
- Cutsβ’10 minutes
- Poisoningβ’10 minutes
- Chokingβ’10 minutes
- Contributing Factors to Injuriesβ’10 minutes
- Where Household Injuries Commonly Occurβ’10 minutes
- Role of the Home Care Worker in Injury Preventionβ’10 minutes
- Fire Safetyβ’10 minutes
- Personal Safetyβ’10 minutes
- Petsβ’10 minutes
- Transportation Safetyβ’10 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- First Aid Techniques for Fallsβ’10 minutes
- First Aid Techniques for Bruisesβ’10 minutes
- First Aid Techniques for Cuts and Scrapesβ’10 minutes
- First Aid Techniques for Dizziness/Faintingβ’10 minutes
- First Aid Techniques for Burnsβ’10 minutes
- First Aid Techniques for Chokingβ’10 minutes
- First Aid Techniques for Poisoningβ’10 minutes
- What to do in Serious Medical Emergenciesβ’10 minutes
- Assessing the ABCsβ’10 minutes
- Myocardial Infarction (Heart Attack)β’10 minutes
- Seizuresβ’10 minutes
- Cerebrovascular Accident (Stroke)β’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 11 Quizβ’30 minutes
What's included
28 videos72 readings1 assignment
28 videosβ’Total 48 minutes
- VIDEO - Hand Washingβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Donning and Removing Glovesβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Bed Bathβ’6 minutes
- VIDEO - Washing Hair in Bedβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Assisting with Changing a Clean Dressingβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Assisting with Mouth Hygieneβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Denture Careβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Mouth Care for the Unconscious Patientβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Applying Elastic Compression Stockingsβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Shaving a Patientβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Changing a Bedpanβ’3 minutes
- VIDEO - Use of a Urinalβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Applying a Condom Catheterβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Cleaning Catheter Tubingβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Applying an Incontinence Productβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Measuring Outputβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Measuring Intakeβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Assisting with Eatingβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Proper Body Mechanicsβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Turning the Patient in Bedβ’2 minutes
- VIDEO - Positioning a Patient on Their Sideβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Lifting a Patient in Bedβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Transfer to a Wheelchairβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Transfer from a Wheelchair to the Showerβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Making an Occupied Bedβ’4 minutes
- VIDEO - Picking up the Infantβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Feeding an Infantβ’1 minute
- VIDEO - Bathing an Infantβ’2 minutes
72 readingsβ’Total 720 minutes
- Introductionβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Infection Controlβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Handwashingβ’10 minutes
- Use of Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizerβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Donning & Removing Glovesβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Bathing, Back Rubs & Assisting with a Clean Dressingβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Tub or Shower Bathβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Bed Bathβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Shampoo in Bedβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Back Rubβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Assisting with Changing a Clean (Non-sterile) Dressingβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Mouth Hygieneβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Patients Who Can Brush Their Own Teeth or Need Some Assistanceβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Patients Who are Unable to Perform Mouth Hygiene Independently, such as an Unconscious Patientβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Denture Careβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Flossingβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Dressing and Groomingβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Assisting with Dressingβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Assisting with Dressing for Patients Who are Weak, Frail, or Paralyzedβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Assisting with the use of Elastic Support Stockingsβ’10 minutes
- Nail Careβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Hand Careβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Foot Careβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Shaving the Patientβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Assisting with Eliminationβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Use of a Bed Panβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Use of a Urinalβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Assisting with the Use of a Condom Catheterβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Assisting with Cleaning the Skin and Catheter Tubingβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Assisting with Emptying of the Urinary Drainage Bagβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Measuring Urinary Outputβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Assisting with Eatingβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Assisting with Eatingβ’10 minutes
- Procedure - Measuring Intakeβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Proper Body Mechanicsβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Standingβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Liftingβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Using Proper Working Heightβ’10 minutes
- Overview: Turning and Positioning the Patientβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Turning the Patient in Bedβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Positioning the Patientβ’10 minutes
- Overview: Assisting Patients to Transfer to and from Different Positionsβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Transfer to the Sitting Position in Bedβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Helping the Patient to Sit at the Side of the Bedβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Helping a Patient to Standβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Helping the Patient to Ambulate (Walk)β’10 minutes
- Procedure: Transfer to a Wheelchair, Chair, or Commodeβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Positioning Patient in Chair or Wheelchairβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Transfer from Wheelchair to Toiletβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Transfer from Wheelchair to Shower and Assisting with Showerβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Transfer from Wheelchair to Stool or Chair in Tubβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to The Patient's Environmentβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Making an Unoccupied Bedβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Making an Occupied Bedβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Special Equipment used by Home Care Patientsβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Weighing a Patientβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Assisting with the Use of a Hydraulic Liftβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Slide Board Transferβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Handling the Infantβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Picking up the Infantβ’10 minutes
- Positioning the Infant for Feeding & Feeding the Infantβ’10 minutes
- Burping a Babyβ’10 minutes
- Changing a Diaperβ’10 minutes
- Documenting the Baby's Intake and Outputβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Infant Bathβ’10 minutes
- Introduction to Assisting with Self-administration of Medicationβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Checking the Right Person (Patient)β’10 minutes
- Procedure: Checking the Right Medicationβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Checking the Right Doseβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Checking the Right Timeβ’10 minutes
- Procedure: Checking the Right Routeβ’10 minutes
- End of Course Surveyβ’10 minutes
1 assignmentβ’Total 30 minutes
- Module 12 Quizβ’30 minutes
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