Personal Support Worker Level II
Mosby's Canadian Textbook for the Support Worker Course Outline:
Chapter 1 The Role of the Support Worker
Chapter 2
The Canadian Health Care System
Chapter 3 Work Place Setting
Chapter 4 Health, Wellness, Illness, and Disability
Chapter 5
Teamwork, Supervision & Delegation
Chapter 6 Working with Client
and Their Families
Chapter 7 Medical Terminology
Chapter 8
Client Care: Planning, Processes, Reporting and Recording
Chapter 9
Managing Stress, Time, and Problems
Chapter 10 Ethics
Chapter 11 Legislation:
The Clients Right's and Your Rights
Chapter 12 Caring about Culture &
Diversity
Chapter 13 Interpersonal Communications
Chapter 14 Body
Structure and Function
Chapter 15 Growth and Development
Chapter 16 Caring for the young
Chapter 17 Caring
For The Older Adults
Chapter 18 Common Diseases and Conditions
Chapter 19 Safety
Chapter 20 Preventing Infection
Chapter 21 Abuse
Chapter 22 Promoting
Clients Wellbeing
Chapter 23 Body Mechanics: Moving, Positioning, and Transferring
The Client
Chapter 24 Exercises and Activity
Chapter 25 Home
Management
Chapter 26 Beds and Bed Making
Chapter 27 Basic
Nutrition and Fluids
Chapter 29 Personal Hygiene
Chapter 30 Grooming
and Dressing
Chapter 31 Urinary Elimination
Chapter 32 Fecal
Elimination
Chapter 33 Rehabilitation and Restorative Care
Chapter 34 Mental Health Disorders
Chapter 35 Confusion,
Delirium and Dementia
Chapter 36 Speech and Language Disorders
Chapter 37 Hearing and Vision Problems
Chapter 39 Developmental
Disabilities
Chapter 40 Assisting with Medications
Chapter 41 Measuring
Height, Weight, And Vital Signs
Chapter 42 Wound Care
Chapter 43 Heat
and Cold Applications
Chapter 44 Oxygen Needs
Chapter 46
The person having surgery
Chapter 47 Caring for the client who is dying
Chapter 48 Your Job Search
♦ Classroom
days are based on 4 hours per. day 8:30am - 12:30pm
♦ Clinical
days are based on 7 hours per. day 7:30am - 3:30pm
♦ Course
consist of 19 weeks theory and 8 weeks of clinical
Please Note:
♦ Workshops are completed regularly to implement what student has learned.
♦ Workshops on a regular basis, learning abbreviations in medical terminology.
Student Admission for Personal Support Worker Level II Program Package
includes:
♦ Mosby text/workbook
♦ Scissors
♦ Name tag
Career
Opportunities
♦ Hospitals
♦ Senior
Citizen's Homes
♦ Private Residences
♦
Special Care Homes
♦ Home Care Agencies
|
| Horizon Health Network |
|
| Miramichi Senior Citizen Home |
|
| Mount St. Joseph Nursing Home |
