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Course: |
NUA 172
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Title: | Nurse Aide Clinical-Elderly |
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Long Title: | Nurse Aide Clinical Practice with the Elderly |
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Course Description: | Provides theory and clinical practice of care of the elderly client, with emphasis on the special needs and problems of the client in a long-term care organization. |
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Min Credit: | .25 |
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Max Credit: | 6 |
STANDARD COMPETENCIES:
I. Demonstrates understanding of the physiological and psychosocial changes of aging. (I)
II. Identifies commonly occurring health care problems experienced by the elderly patient. (II)
III. Demonstrates clinical skills necessary for caring for the elderly patient in a long term care organization. (III)
TOPICAL OUTLINE:
I. Aging changes.
A. Physiological changes
B. Psychosocial changes
II. Health problems of the elderly.
A. Common pathologies of the biological systems.
B. Psychosocial problems.
C. Availability and access to adequate health care.
III. Adaptation of clinical skills to caring for the elderly client.
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Pikes Peak State College |
PPCC |
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Trinidad State College |
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