Nursing Assistant Essentials

Overview

Nursing Assistant Essentials is a beginner-level course designed to build the fundamental knowledge and skills to provide compassionate and effective patient care. Through these three lessons, students will learn how to support patients across various healthcare settings. In Lesson 1: The Workplace: Health Care Settings, students explore the diverse environments where nursing assistants work, including hospitals, nursing homes, and home care settings. Lesson 2: The Nursing Assistant Role delves into the specific duties of a nursing assistant, including patient interaction, assisting with daily activities and providing essential support to nursing teams. Students learn to communicate effectively with patients and other healthcare professionals, fostering a positive and supportive care environment. In Lesson 3: Daily Hygiene: Grooming, Bathing, Toileting, Oral Care, and Dressing, students gain hands-on knowledge of assisting patients with personal hygiene tasks. They learn the proper techniques for ensuring patient comfort, dignity, and safety while performing essential daily care routines. This course is unique in its practical, patient-centered approach, blending theoretical understanding with essential hands-on skills to prepare students for real-world healthcare roles.

Syllabus

Module 1 – The Workplace: Health Care Settings

This module explores the diverse environments where nursing assistants work, including hospitals, nursing homes, and home care settings.

Module 2 - The Nursing Assistant Role

This module delves into the specific duties of a nursing assistant, including patient interaction, assisting with daily activities and providing essential support to nursing teams. Students learn to communicate effectively with patients and other healthcare professionals, fostering a positive and supportive care environment.

Module 3 - Daily Hygiene: Grooming, Bathing, Toileting, Oral Care, and Dressing/Project

In this module, students gain hands-on knowledge of assisting patients with personal hygiene tasks. They learn the proper techniques for ensuring patient comfort, dignity, and safety while performing essential daily care routines.