This course is designed to introduce students to various health care professions. It includes skills and topics common to all healthcare providers such as ethical and legal issues, professionalism, cultural considerations, vital signs, body mechanics, communication, infection control, and evidence based practice. This course will also introduce key elements in the formation and modification of medical terms. This course has a lab hands on component.
Goals, Topics, and Objectives
- Healthcare Professions
- Identify the role of members of the healthcare team .
- Define the various responsibilities of the health care team members.
- College Success Strategies
- Identify college success strategies.
- Use success strategies within this course.
- Medical Terminology
- Define, spell, and pronounce basic medical word roots, prefixes, and suffixes.
- Divide common medical terms into their component parts.
- Define common medical terms using their component parts.
- Construct medical terms by putting word components together using combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes for each body system.
- Ethics and Professionalism
- Discuss medical ethics and biomedical ethical principles in health care.
Identify unethical behaviors. - Describe HIPAA and the responsibility of the healthcare provider in relation to HIPAA.
- Discuss medical ethics and biomedical ethical principles in health care.
- Vital Signs
- Perform accurate measurements of patient vital signs: Body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, respiratory rate, and pulse oximetry.
- Describe the terminology used when assessing vital signs.
differentiate normal and abnormal values for vital signs.
- Cultural Considerations, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging
- Outline the various aspects involved with cultural diversity and psychosocial aspects in the provision of healthcare services.
- Identify cultural considerations using the professional healthcare values of legal, ethical, and caring behaviors for the adult client.
- Infection Control and PPE
- Explain the the importance of infection control practices in maintaining the safety of the healthcare provider and the patient.
- Identify the preventive procedures in the Standard Precautions.
- Demonstrate proper handwashing procedure.
- Demonstrate proper donning and doffing of Personal Protective equipment.
- Describe the various types of isolation and corresponding precautions.
- Body Mechanics: Bed Mobility and Transfers
- Describe proper posture and and positioning in sitting, standing and in bed.
- Describe negative consequences of poor posture and poor body mechanics.
- Identify appropriate patient positions to minimize adverse reactions to immobility.
- Demonstrate proper bed mobility techniques.
- Demonstrate proper transfer techniques.
- Use proper body mechanics throughout the activities in the course.
- Math Computation
- Calculate appropriate medicine dosage based on patient needs.
- Perform unit conversions.
- Solve equations pertaining to basic patient measurements.
- Evidence Based Practice
- Define evidence based practice.
- Locate and begin to use evidence-based research to improve client outcomes.
- Communication
- Demonstrate effective, professional communication with patients, clients, and other health care professionals.
- Describe informed consent as it relates to healthcare.
- Basic Assessment
- Identify normal and abnormal findings on basic skin assessment.
- Administer a pain assessment and interpret findings.
- Administer alertness and orientation assessment and interpret findings.
Assessment and Requirements
Assessment of student learning will consist of written exams, written assignments or presentations, skill checks, group discussions, and quizzes.
Outcomes
Credit for Prior College-Level Learning
Skill checks for:
- Basic assessment and vital signs
- Hand washing
- Don/Doff PPE
- Patient transfers
Portfolio including: Certifications/Licensure/Registrations as a healthcare provider. Evidence of implicit bias training Experience with direct patient care Evidence of healthcare education/training covering topics in this course. May include letters of recommendation, syllabus, transcript, curriculum.