First Class Caregiving: More Nurse Aid Courses Part 3

Heading Practical Hands-On Work

• Bedpan handling, feeding a patient, assisting/partially helping a client to eat
• Helping a patient in and out of a bed, into a wheelchair and back into bed
• Assisting a patient to move out of a wheelchair to go to the bathroom and back into the wheelchair
• Moving the bedridden patient at regular intervals into supine, prone and sims positions
• Helping the client perform a range of motion exercises( passive, active assistive, active, resistive and isometric) and understanding the importance thereof
• The taking of vitals: pain, oxygen saturation, temperature, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure
• Shaving, dental and denture care. Understanding patient care, chemotherapy and dental care Understanding stomatitis and trench mouth. Inspection of the mouth and reporting on abnormalities. Role of nutrition in the prevention of mouth and dental problems.
• Decubitus: understanding of prevention, cure, washing and dressing of decubitus
• rate, respiration, blood pressure
• Shaving, dental and denture care. Understanding of patient and chemotherapy and dental care. Understanding of stomatitis and trench mouth. Inspection of the mouth and reporting on abnormalities.  Role of nutrition in prevention of mouth and dental problems
• Decubitus: understanding of prevention, cure, washing and dressing of decubitus

Ambulation

• Helping a client to walk with a walker – no injuries
• Helping a client to walk with a walker – knee injury
• Helping a client to walk with a walker – hip replacement
• Helping a client to walk with a quad cane or cane
• Helping a client to walk without any equipment
• Moving a client with a gait belt
• Moving a client withdraw sheet

Fall Prevention

• Learning fall prevention and helping somebody who is busy falling

Understanding of Incontinence

• Diaper/incontinence brief change of adult
• Different types of preventative measures are available
• Understanding of incontinence

Personal Care: Bathing, Toileting

• Normal bath and shower, bed bath, shower, sponge bath.
• Understanding of bathroom safety and equipment
• Personal and hygiene equipment. Skin ageing and product safety.
• Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients bathing and resisting personal care
• The layout of room and bathroom
• How to get the client involved and happy

Personal Safety Equipment

• Hand washing with donning and duffing
• PPE (gloves, goggles, scrubs, apron, clogs, face mask)
• Gloves lesson
• Health acquired infections

Patient Needs and Communication

• How to communicate and understand the patient better
• Signs of depression

CPR

• Adult, child, and baby