HSCI 1001 - Nursing Assistant

1. Taking and recording vital signs
2. Measuring and recording height and weight
3. Caring for the residents’ environment
4. Recognizing abnormal changes in body functioning and the importance of reporting such changes to a supervisor
5. Caring for residents when death is imminent
6. Personal care skills, including, but not limited to-bathing; grooming, including mouth care; dressing; toileting
7. Assisting with eating and hydration
8. Proper feeding techniques
9. Skin care
10. Transfers, positioning, and turning
11. How to respond to resident behavior
12. Awareness of developmental tasks associated with the aging process
13. Modifying aide’s behavior in response to residents’ behavior
14. Allowing the resident to make personal choices, providing, and reinforcing other behavior consistent with the resident’s dignity
15. Using the resident’s family as a source of emotional support
16. Techniques for addressing the unique needs and behaviors of individual with dementia (Alzheimer’s and others)
17. Communicating with cognitively impaired residents
18. Understanding the behavior of cognitively impaired residents
19. Appropriate responses to the behavior of cognitively impaired residents
20. Methods of reducing the effects of cognitive impairments
21. Training the resident in self-care according to the resident’s abilities
22. Use of assistive devices in transferring, ambulation, eating, and dressing
23. Maintenance of range of motion
24. Proper turning and positioning in bed and chair
25. Bowel and bladder training
26. Care and use of prosthetic and orthotic devices
27. Providing privacy and maintenance of confidentiality
28. Promoting the residents’ right to make personal choices to accommodate their needs
29. Giving assistance in resolving grievances and disputes
30. Providing needed assistance in getting to and participating in resident and family groups and other activities
31. Maintaining care and security of residents’ personal possessions
32. Promoting the resident’s right to be free from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect and the need to report any instances of such treatment to appropriate facility staff
33. Avoiding the need for restraints in accordance with current professional standards

1. demonstrate communication and interpersonal skills. 
2. demonstrate infection control interventions.
3. demonstrate safety and emergency procedures.
4. identify ways to promote residents’ independence.
5. identify ways to respect residents’ rights.
6. demonstrate basic nursing skills.
7. identify mental health and social service needs. 

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