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Nursing Assistant Program Module 1
Compare long term care to other healthcare settings, Describe the Nursing Assistant's Role, Describe the care team
Created byDr. Simi Massey
Last updated 12/2022
English
What you'll learn
- Long Term Care, Home Health Care, Assisted Living, Adult Day Services, Acute Care, Outpatient Care, Rehabilitation, Hospice Care
- The role of Nursing Assistant
- The care team and chain of command
- Define policies, procedures and professionalism
- Legal and ethical behavior and resident's rights
- Abuse and neglect how to identify and prevent
- HIPAA, Protected health information
- Legal aspects of resident's medical record
- Minimus Data Set and incident report
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Course content
9 sections • 39 lectures • 1h 7m total length
Requirements
- No specific prerequisites required. This course is for anyone wanting to be a caregiver, home health aide, nurse aide, patient care aide or nursing assistant. Anyone who wants to enhance their knowledge of basic health and caregiving will benefit from this course.
Description
In this module we will compare the Long Term Care facility to other healthcare settings. We will describe a typical Long term care facility. We will describe the NA's role. We will describe the care team and chain of command. We will also talk about policies, procedures and professionalism. We will talk about ethics, laws, Ombudsman and Resident's Rights. We will discuss HIPAA , MDS, Incident report and how to document accurately.
CNAs are the trained professionals providing the most direct patient care in long term care facilities. You are often responsible for feeding, bathing, talking to, sitting with, and caring for other people’s loved ones. CNA job duties are physically, mentally, and emotionally demanding, and it takes a very particular combination of kindness, patience, and intelligence to do the job well.
The role of certified nursing assistants in long term care facilities is to provide basic daily care for the residents, preserving dignity and monitoring for any changes or concerns in their physical or mental state in the process. While doctors and nurses oversee the majority of the medical care of the residents, CNAs are their eyes and ears, using their intimate knowledge of the patients’ day-to-day norms to pick up on any subtle changes and often being the first to spot any concerns.
There are varying levels of care needed by long term care residents, but common needs include bathing, dressing, brushing teeth, combing hair, assisting with toileting and changing soiled linens, feeding, assisting with ambulation and position changes, and providing companionship and preventing the negative effects of loneliness. Assessment skills are necessary for tracking skin integrity, breathing and circulatory patterns, cognition, movement, and vital signs, and the ability to pick up on any changes (particularly subtle or rapid ones) is paramount.
While completing any of these tasks, it is incredibly important to remember that these residents are individuals with histories, and that, in most cases, they used to be young and able-bodied with intelligence, passions, and drive just like you; therefore, preserving their identities and dignity is just as important as the daily checklist of care tasks.
Who this course is for:
- This course is for anyone wanting to learn the basics of healthcare, those intending to become a home health aide, personal care aide, nursing assistant or a caregiver. This course will help anyone wanting to run or open a home health agency. This course will help anyone wanting to prepare for their home health aide licensure or certification. Anyone wanting to enhance their knowledge of healthy living, disease processes, prevention of infection, terminal and chronic illnesses.
- Are you interested in pursuing a nursing career in USA / UK/NEW ZEALAND/ AUSTRALIA OR THE MIDDLE EAST, then this course will prepare you for your Licensing Exam as well as your career in the country of your choice. .
- The course is offered in video lecture format and Qizz
- As a Nursing Assistant you can earn anywhere from $24000 to $55000 and above. The opportunities have increased immensely due to the Covid Pandemic with some places offering sign on bonuses of $5000 and above.