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Lin, Kathleen – 1986
Developed as part of a 104-hour course on adult residential care homes (ARCHs), this 50-minute lesson is designed to enable a student to: (1) define a bedsore; (2) list and describe three major causes of bedsores; (3) identify potential bedsore sites in the back-lying, side-lying, and sitting positions; and (4) calculate the risk for developing…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Community Colleges, Instructional Materials
Plummer, Nancy; Michael, Nancy, Ed. – 1983
This module on urinary tract infections is intended for use in inservice or continuing education programs for persons who administer medications in long-term care facilities. Instructor information, including teaching suggestions, and a listing of recommended audiovisual materials and their sources appear first. The module goal and objectives are…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Behavioral Objectives, Continuing Education
Connecticut State Dept. of Education, Hartford. Div. of Vocational, Technical, and Adult Education. – 1988
This document is designed to assist the teacher in a nurse assistant certification program. The program is intended to prepare students for entry-level employment in a long-term care facility or with a licensed home health care agency. The 135-hour course teaches basic skills in patient care that will qualify the student to assist the licensed…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Behavioral Objectives, Home Health Aides, Learning Activities
Plummer, Nancy – 1983
This module on tube feedings is intended for use in inservice or continuing education programs for persons who work in long-term care. Instructor information, including teaching suggestions and a listing of recommended audiovisual materials and their sources appear first. The module goal and objectives are then provided. A brief discussion follows…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Behavioral Objectives, Continuing Education
McKinnon, Cole; Capone, Martha – 1999
Woburn Nursing Center (WNC), a private nursing home owned and operated by Salter Healthcare Services (SHS), developed an integrated, comprehensive staff development program and handbook. A literature review focused on staff needs, responsible agent, and handbook development. The following activities were undertaken: a review of ERIC documents,…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Cooks, Dietitians, Housekeepers
McKinnon, Cole; Friberg, Laura; McKillop, Linda; Walsh, Marsha – 1999
With an increasingly smaller base of potential employees in long-term care facilities, especially Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs), and an increasingly larger population of elderly persons needing their services, Salter Healthcare Services in Massachusetts has developed plans for retaining CNAs. Although the Salter Corporation has been…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Change Strategies, Continuing Education, Employer Employee Relationship
Older Women's League, Washington, DC. – 1989
Long-term care workers (those who are paid to provide custodial care for long-term patients in nursing homes or at home) must care for a growing number of increasingly disabled or dependent persons. They are working for agencies and institutions under growing pressure to increase productivity. They face new training and competency requirements,…
Descriptors: Caregivers, Employer Employee Relationship, Employment Practices, Futures (of Society)
Basuel, Terry – 1986
Designed as part of a 40-hour course on adult residential care homes (ARCH's), this lesson plan was developed to explain the importance of and correct procedures for charting (i.e., keeping a written record of observations and care of ARCH residents). The objectives of the 50-minute lesson are to enable students to: (1) list reasons why the…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Audiovisual Aids, Behavior Patterns, Community Colleges
Morris, Sara; Michael, Nancy, Ed. – 1983
This module on administering eye medications is intended for use in inservice or continuing education programs for persons who administer medications in long-term care facilities. Instructor information, including teaching suggestions, and a listing of recommended audiovisual materials and their sources appear first. A brief discussion follows of…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Behavioral Objectives, Continuing Education
Plummer, Nancy; Michael, Nancy, Ed. – 1983
This module on antidiabetic agents is intended for use in inservice or continuing education programs for persons who administer medications in long-term care facilities. Instructor information, including teaching suggestions, and a listing of recommended audiovisual materials and their sources appear first. The module goal and objectives are then…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Behavioral Objectives, Continuing Education
Brammer, Robert; Haller, Katherine – 2000
The psychological factors associated with paranursing expertise were examined in a study of 135 certified nursing assistants (CNAs) at a geriatric nursing facility in Amarillo, Texas. Data were collected through a project-developed screening tool called the Geriatric Employee Screening Tool (GEST), which is a true-false instrument patterned after…
Descriptors: Administrator Attitudes, Allied Health Occupations Education, Competence, Employment Qualifications
Robinson, James D.; Nussbaum, Jon F. – 1986
A study examined the impact of a simulated aging experience on nursing staff perceptions of job satisfaction and job performance. It was hypothesized that nurses and nurse aides who participated in the simulated aging experience would be more satisfied with their jobs and would receive fewer complaints from residents than those who did not…
Descriptors: Aging (Individuals), Communication Research, Communication Skills, Inservice Education
Plummer, Nancy; Michael, Nancy, Ed. – 1983
This module on multiple sclerosis is intended for use in inservice or continuing education programs for persons who administer medications in long-term care facilities. Instructor information, including teaching suggestions, and a listing of recommended audiovisual materials and their sources appear first. The module goal and objectives are then…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Behavioral Objectives, Continuing Education
Morris, Sara; Michael, Nancy, Ed. – 1983
This module on antineoplastic drugs is intended for use in inservice or continuing education programs for persons who administer medications in long-term care facilities. Instructor information, including teaching suggestions, and a listing of recommended audiovisual materials and their sources appear first. The module goal and objectives are then…
Descriptors: Allied Health Occupations Education, Allied Health Personnel, Behavioral Objectives, Cancer
Nigam, Linda; And Others – 1992
This manual, which is intended for use in conducting individualized inservice training sessions for certified nurse aides employed in nursing homes and boarding homes throughout Maine, contains three sections of learning experiences designed to help health care workers better understand and deal with "difficult" behavior on the part of…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Aggression, Allied Health Occupations Education, Antisocial Behavior
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