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HRCA 1325: Acute Personal Care & Assistance
Effective date
September 2021
Department
CCAH Part Time Programs
School
Health Sciences
Description
This practical course provides students with the opportunity to upgrade their personal care and assistance skills that are required in a hospital setting. Students will learn the care skills that are expected of them within the parameters of the Health Care Assistant role in the acute care setting. In a supervised laboratory environment, students learn to build on previously acquired basic care principles and learn to refine their care-giver skills in order to maintain and promote the comfort, safety, independence, and well-being of clients in an acute care setting.
Credits
1.5
Year of study
1st Year Post-secondary
Prerequisites
None
Corequisites
HRCA 1320.
Course Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be able to:
- Perform Health Care Assistant personal care skills in an organized manner ensuring the comfort and appropriate independence of a client.
- Apply an informed problem-solving process to the provision of personal care and assistance.
- Provide personal care and assistance in ways that maintain safety for self and others in an acute care care setting.
- Perform care skills expected within the Health Care Assistant scope of practice in an acute care setting.
Prior Learning Assessment & Recognition (PLAR)
None
Hours
Clinical, Lab, Rehearsal, Shop, Kitchen, Simulation, Studio: 30
Total Hours: 30
Total Hours: 30
Instructional Strategies
Lab skills demonstrations and practice. Students practice on other students in lab sessions.
Grading System
Satisfactory/Unsatisfactory
Passing grade
Satisfactory
Evaluation Plan
|
Type |
Percentage |
Assessment activity |
|
Lab Work |
|
Must demonstrate mastery of skills to a satisfactory level as per rubrics |
Course topics
- 1. Personal care skills 2. Medical and surgical asepsis 3. Application and removal of personal protective equipment 4. Pre and postoperative care 5. Body mechanics 6. Perform a basic head to toe observation and report observations 7. Measuring and recording vital signs 8. Changing IV gowns 9. Non-sterile dressing change 10. Specimen collection 11. Measuring and recording intake and output 12. Care of indwelling urinary catheter 13. Measuring and recording weight 14. Enema and rectal suppository administration 15. Common emergency skills
Notes:
- Course contents and descriptions, offerings and schedules are subject to change without notice.
- Students are required to follow all College policies including ones that govern their educational experience at VCC. Policies are available on the VCC website at:
https://www.vcc.ca/about/governance--policies/policies/. - To find out if there are existing transfer agreements for this course, visit the BC Transfer Guide at https://www.bctransferguide.ca.