NURSING ASSISTANT DIPLOMA

Greater Brighton Metropolitan College

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Nursing assistants may provide healthcare in settings such as elderly care homes, clinics, hospitals or in a patient’s own home. They are a valuable part of the medical team, and can perform a wide range of duties from monitoring vital signs to hel...

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Subjects

  • Team Training
  • Medical training
  • Nursing assistant
  • Medical
  • Healthcare

Course programme

  • Introduction to the job role
  • Description of the duties and responsibilities of a nursing assistant
  • Members of a healthcare team and their functions
  • Personal qualities and attributes that help you to become a better nursing assistant
  • Duties that lie outside the scope of responsibilities
  • Understand what patients, family and care givers can expect from nursing care
  • Understand the qualities that help you to develop as a nursing assistant
  • Identify and understand nursing values and principles that lead to the delivery of exceptional nursing services
  • Working in different types of healthcare settings
  • Working in acute care settings (hospitals) and sub-acute settings
  • Working in home care and long term care
  • Patient rights and ethical nursing behaviour
  • How nursing assistants can maintain patient confidentiality
  • The five principles that govern the code of ethics for healthcare workers
  • Recognising and identifying abusive behaviours
  • Understanding human needs
  • The importance of cross cultural sensitivity and competencies
  • How to develop cultural skills, knowledge and awareness
  • Communication skills and how to build relationships with patients
  • Body Language cues and communication tips
  • Understanding how infections can spread from one person to another
  • The role of microbes and pathogens and the chain of infection spread
  • Taking measures to help control the transfer of infection from one person to another
  • How to apply standard precautions
  • How to keep surfaces and equipment clean
  • Handling and disposal of sharps and safe medical waste disposal
  • Cleaning, disinfection and sterilisation of equipment
  • Patient isolation precautions
  • Understanding the use of the correct lifting techniques and injury prevention
  • Body mechanics that protect you when you reposition patients
  • How to move a patient in bed and from the bed to a wheelchair
  • How to push a patient in a wheelchair safely and wheelchair etiquette
  • Understanding the risk factors associated with different health conditions
  • How to prevent accidental injuries and mishaps for patients under your care
  • Accidents, complications and risk factors associated with restraints and bedrails
  • Strategies and recommendations for caring for patients under restraint
  • How to use a bedpan effectively for patients under your care
  • The importance of maintaining a comfortable environment for patients
  • Temperature control, cleanliness and noise reduction
  • How to adjust beds and the precautions required to prevent the patient from falling and sliding off the bed

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