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HPR 128
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Title: | Personal Care Assistant |
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Long Title: | Personal Care Assistant |
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Course Description: | Provides skills through lecture and hands-on lab experience in the classroom environment. Topics include patient assistance skills in the home, safety issues & body mechanics. This course is designed to provide home care by assistants who attend to intermediate client medical needs in the home while continuing to provide companionship. This course builds on the knowledge of the homemaker assistant course. |
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Min Credit: | 1 |
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Course Notes: | Entered new course 12/12/08 s@ |
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Origin Notes: | PPCC |
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STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
I. Demonstrate patient care skills in areas of:
A. Client directed exercise
B. Universal precautions/microorganisms
C. Contagious diseases
D. Handwashing/gloving/PPE
E. Reminders for self administered medications
F. Stand by assisting with devices: canes, walkers, crutches
G. Urinary/bowel issues: incontinence, bedpan, urinal, catheters bags, Diapers/briefs
H. Preventative intack skin care
I. Patient positioning in bed: logrolling, making an occupied bed
J. Feeding the client
II. Body Mechanics
A. Rules for good body mechanics
B. Moving the client with good body mechanics
C. Assistive devices
D. Exercise for the client
E. Home accidents
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Patient care skills
II. Body mechanics
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