NRS A 111 - Nurse Assistant Community Lab

Credits: 4
Students apply knowledge and develop the physical skills necessary to provide entry level nurse assistant care.

Prerequisite: Concurrent enrollment in NRS A 110.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Identify positive behaviors of a nurse assistant.
Define/discuss specific details of positive psycho/social/spiritual care of patients, residents, and clients.
Define/discuss positive physical/restorative care of patients, residents, and clients.
Define: feeding tubes, gastrostomy suppositories, enemas, dressing changes, blood glucose checks, special feeding techniques, colostomy, keostromy, cath care, subrapubic, ureteral, percare, orthostatic vital signs, hemodynamic, triage, priority, prosthesis.

Program Outcomes

Define their role as a safe practitioner.
Function on a team or within a group in a nurturing positive manner.
Relate to people of all ages.

College-wide Outcomes

Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.