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Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.
4.8

677 reviews

7 weeks to complete
at 10 hours a week
Flexible schedule
Learn at your own pace
99%
Most learners liked this course

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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