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Health Care Aide Overview

COURSE OUTLINE  

  1 The Role of the Support Worker 
  2 The Canadian Health Care System 
  3 Work Place Setting 
  4 Health, Wellness, Illness, and Disability
  5 Working with Others 
  6 Working with Client and Their Families
  7 Client Care: Planing, Processes, Reporting and Recording 
  8 Managing Stress, Time, and Problems 
  9 Ethics 
10 Legislation: The Clients Right's and Your Rights
11 Caring about Culture 
12 Interpersonal Communications 
13 Body Structure and Function 
14 Growth and Development 
15 Caring For The Older Adults 
16 Safety 
17 Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restraint Use 
18 Preventing Infection 
19 Abuse 
20 The Client's Environment: Promoting Well - Being, Comfort, And Rest 
21 Body Mechanics: Moving, Positioning, and Transferring The Client 
22 Exercises and Activity 
23 Home Management 
24 Beds and Bed Making 
25 Basic Nutrition and Fluids 
26 Personal Hygiene 
27 Grooming and Dressing 
28 Urinary Elimination 
29 Bowel Elimination 
30 Common Diseases and Conditions
31 Rehabilitation and Restorative Care 
32 Mental Health Disorders 
33 Confusion and Dementia 
34 Speech and Language Disorders 
35 Hearing and Vision Problems
36 Developmental Disabilities
37 Assisting with Medications
38 Measuring Height, Weight, And Vital Signs 
39 Wound Care
40 Heat and Cold Applications 
41 Oxygen Needs 
42 Caring for the Client who is Dying 
43 Basic Emergency Care 
44 Medical Terminology
45 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 18 weeks theroy & 8 weeks clinical
Please Note: 
 * Work Shops are used on a regular basis implementing what the 
     student has learned. 
 * Work Shops on a regular basis on learning 
    abbreviations on Medical Terminology