learning+targets

First quarter targets: CNA students will
 * Describe the characteristics and issues in the health care industry.
 * Demonstrate professional qualities and traits of health care assistants.
 * Apply the legal and ethical standards of the health care industry.
 * Communicate effectively with residents, co-workers, and the public.
 * Chart and report procedures and observations.
 * Describe principles of infection control.
 * Maintain safe environment for residents, workers, and public.
 * Use appropriate body mechanics.
 * Follow procedures to respond to common emergencies and potential disasters

Second quarter targets: CNA students will
 * Identify basic human needs.
 * Differentiate between physical, mental, and social changes that normally occur with aging with changes that occur with Alzheimer's disease and other forms of dementia and confusion.
 * Incorporate acceptable techniques when communicating with and caring for a confused resident.
 * Describe how to care for a resident's unit and perform proper bedmaking.
 * Demonstrate how to assist in personal care of residents (including bathing, grooming, oral care, and dressing).
 * Demonstrate how to serve meal trays and assist with eating.
 * Demonstrate how to measure vital signs.

Third quarter targets: CNA students will
 * Describe the integumentary system and common diseases and disorders that affect it.
 * Identify guidelines for providing good skin care and preventing pressure sores.
 * Describe the musculoskeletal system and common diseases and disorders that affect it.
 * Explain positioning, range of motion, and how to safely transfer and ambulate residents.
 * Describe the nervous system and common diseases and disorders that affect it.
 * Describe guidelines for pain management, including use of warm and cold applications.
 * Describe the cardiovascular system and common disease and disorders that affect it.
 * List guidelines for monitoring vital signs.
 * Describe the respiratory system and common diseases and disorders that affect it.
 * Discuss care guidelines related to oxygen therapy.
 * Describe the urinary system and common diseases and disorders that affect it.
 * Explain guidelines for assisting with fluid balance, elimination, catheter care, and collecting urine specimens.
 * Describe the gastrointestinal system and common diseases and disorders that affect it.
 * Explain guidelines for nutrition, bowel retraining, ostomy care, and stool specimen collection.
 * Describe the endocrine, reproductive, and immune systems and diseases and disorders that affect them.

Fourth quarter targets: CNA students will
 * Explain the nursing assistant's role in caring for residents who are mentally ill or cognitively impaired..
 * Discuss rehabilitation and restorative care and the importance of promoting independence.
 * Identify the types of residents who are in a subacute setting and describe postoperative care.
 * Explain the nursing assistant's role in admitting, transferring and discharging residents.
 * Describe the grief process and how to care for a dying resident.
 * Explain how working for a home health agency or assisted living facility are different from working in long term care.
 * Explain how to find a job, write a resume, fill out a job application, use proper job interview techniques.