Assisting With Activity and Exercise
DescriptionThis course is part of the Home Health Aide/Nursing Assistant Training library designed for agency or education institution use as an educational aid and resource in conjunction with hands-on instruction in a lab and or clinical setting supervised by a nurse educator. The agency or education institution is responsible for ensuring the learner has attained the knowledge and care skills, according to their states requirements, before providing care to a client.
This is a self-paced course with optional knowledge check quizzes after each lesson. These non-graded quizzes allow you to check your understanding of the lesson objectives before proceeding to the next lesson. After the final lesson you will be required to take the final exam. You must score 70% or higher to pass the course and obtain a certificate of completion.
- Recognize basic body mechanics
- Discuss benefits of exercise
- List the benefits of rest
- Discuss effects of lack of sleep and rest
- Define body alignment
- Demonstrate supine position placement
- Demonstrate side-lying position placement
- Demonstrate passive range of motion: shoulder and elbow
- Demonstrate passive range of motion: hip and knee
- Describe goals of rehabilitation
- Describe restorative care
- Demonstrate the proper procedure for moving the patient up in bed
- Demonstrate the proper procedure for moving the patient up in bed using a lift sheet
- Demonstrate the proper procedure for using a mechanical lift
- Discuss effects of immobility
- Demonstrate wheelchair transport
- Demonstrate wheelchair transfer
- Demonstrate the proper procedure for a 2-person wheelchair transfer
- Demonstrate ambulation
- Demonstrate walking with a cane
- Demonstrate walking with a walker
2.5 Contact Hour: based on 60 minute contact hour
The estimated time for completion for this activity is 2.5 hour(s).
This course is designed to meet the continuing education requirements of healthcare paraprofessionals, such as homehealth aide, nurses aide and personal care attendants.
Materials used in connection with this course may be subject to copyright protection. Retention of the materials for longer than the class term, unauthorized further dissemination of the materials, or use of copyrighted materials in any way other than intended for this class is prohibited by Copyright and Teach Act laws.
This course was developed with Rochester Community and Technical College's Continuing Education and Workforce Development Division located in Rochester Minnesota. Development was funded from the Minnesota State Colleges and Universities System.