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Employability Skills
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Appearance and hygiene appropriate to health care industry, punctuality,
following direction and responding to supervision, listening to instruction,
asking for clarification, initiative in planning work and time management,
problem-solving, teamwork, and responding appropriately to patient needs.
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Safety
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Understanding Standard Precautions, hazards associated with HIV/AIDS and HBV/Hepatitis,
correct body mechanics for standing, sitting, lifting, fire safety, codes
for major emergencies, accident reports, familiarity with occupational
hazardous materials. |
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Basic Infectious Control |
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Basic Medical Terminology |
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Anatomy and Physiology
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Understanding the sensory, integumentary, musculoskeletal, nervous,
respiratory, cardiovascular, digestive, urinary, endocrine and reproductive
systems. |
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Core Procedures for Health
Care Workers |
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Measure and record vital signs. Procedures for patient transfers. Care for a
falling patient. |
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Ethics and Confidentiality |
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Introduction to the Health
Care System |
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Rights of Individuals in
the Health Care System
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Individuals rights to confidentiality, privacy, dignity, and choice.
Symptoms of abuse and neglect. |
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Principles of Infection
Control, Standard Precautions, OSHA Standards, and Isolation
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The Aging Process,
Attitudes Towards Aging, and Problems of Aging and Disease
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Creating and Maintaining a
Safe Environment |
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Emergency Procedures
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First
Aid/ CPR |
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Admissions, Discharges, and
Transfers |
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Positioning and Moving an
Individual |
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Bed Making
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Activities of Daily Living |
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Dietary Needs
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Elimination
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Height, Weight,
Temperature, Pulse, Respiration, and Blood Pressure
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Care for Individuals with
Special Needs |
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Modifying Client Behavior.
Promoting Self-Care. Exercise
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Death and Dying
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Home Care
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Communication and
Observation Skills |
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Demonstrate appropriate communication techniques including strategies with
non-English speakers or impaired individuals. Exhibit respectful and
empathetic behavior with patients, peers, and supervisors. Professional
telephone use. |
Health Occupation Instructors, Lisa Robinson & Vicki
Moreland