Course curriculum

  • 1

    Unit 1: Introductory Curriculum, Chapters: 2, 4, 5, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24

    • The Nursing Assistant

    • Legal and Ethical Duties

    • Communication

    • Communicable Disease and Infection Control

    • Bloodborne and Airborne Pathogens

    • Workplace Safety

    • Patient Safety and Restraint Alternatives

    • Basic First Aid and Emergency Care.pdf

    • Positioning, Lifting, and Transferring Patients and Residents

    • Vital Signs, Height, and Weight

    • Cleanliness and Hygiene

    • Grooming

    • Basic Nutrition

    • Assisting With Urinary and Bowel Elimination
  • 2

    Unit 2: Those We Care For, Anatomy and Physiology Chapters: 6, 27-37

    • Those We Care For

    • Basic Body Structure and Function

    • The Integumentary System

    • The Musculoskeletal System

    • The Respiratory System

    • The Cardiovascular System

    • The Nervous System

    • The Sensory System

    • The Endocrine System

    • The Digestive System

    • The Urinary System

    • The Reproductive System
  • 3

    Unit 3, Restorative Care and Caring for the Cognitively Impaired Resident , Chapters: 8, 9, 38, 39, 40

    • The Long-Term Care Patient

    • Caring for People With Dementia

    • Caring for People With Rehabilitation Needs

    • Caring for People With Developmental Disabilities

    • Caring for People With Mental Illness.pdf
  • 4

    Unit 4, End-of-Life Care, The Terminally Ill Patient, Professionalism, Chapters: 3, 25, 26, 41, 42

    • Caring for People Who Are Terminally Ill

    • Caring for People Who are Dying

    • Caring for People With Cancer

    • Caring for People With HIV and AIDS

    • Caring for Pediatric Patients