Overview and Award Outcomes
Overview
This award introduces students to some of the most important concepts used in caring for our elderly population in a variety of heath care settings. The award includes the theory for these concepts, as well as the training to perform the necessary care giving skills. The skills are demonstrated in a supervised laboratory setting. Upon successful completion of this certificate the student is eligible to take the Minnesota Competency Evaluation for Nursing Assistants.
Award Outcomes
- Define personal qualifications of being a Nursing Assistant
- Compare person centered vs. task-oriented delivery of care
- Identify general characteristics of the aging process
- Identify cultural variations in communication
- Describe techniques to improve communication with elders suffering from cognitive impairments
- Describe principles of infection control and standard precautions
- Demonstrate personal care skills
- Describe the physical and psychological effects of immobility on the aging population
- Differentiate between rehabilitation and restorative therapy
- Identify the signs and symptoms of fluid imbalance
- Define factors that affect the nutritional needs of the elderly
- Define factors that affect the elimination needs of the elderly
- Define the stages and characteristics of dementia
- Compare positive and negative coping strategies when managing stress
- Explain the 5 stages of grieving process
- Describe the Nursing Assistant�s role in the providing end of life care
- Identify various cultural beliefs related to death and dying