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May 02, 2024
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Catalog 2022-2023 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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NURS 108 Nursing Assistant Lab3 credits
This course will give students an opportunity to integrate Nursing Assistant theory into practice while in a lab environment. Students will practice and demonstrate an understanding of the skills necessary to provide safe care to the health care client. These skills include: infection control, vital sign measurement, safe transfer, ambulation and positioning and feeding patients. In addition the students will practice documenting, reporting and communication skills.
Prerequisites: Instructor permission required
Corequisites: NURS 107 and NURS 109
Course Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course students will be able to:
- Demonstrate ability to perform personal care for one client
- Differentiate use of correct verbal and nonverbal language related to diverse cultural belief systems
- Practice therapeutic communication
- Demonstrate correct infection control procedures
- Demonstrate accurate observation, reporting, and documentation skills
- Practice proper measurement of vital signs, height and weight
- Identify abnormal vital signs and weight changes
- Demonstrate use of specific muscle groups to assist client with activities of daily living to avoid personal and client injury
Total Hours: 60 Guided Practice (Lab or Clinical) Hours: 60
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