Nurse Assistant/Home Health Aide - Hacienda La Puente Unified School District - Adult Education

Nurse Assistant/Home Health Aide from Hacienda La Puente Unified School District - Adult Education is a Campus Certificate Registered Nurse degree that prepares you for a Nursing career. COURSE DESCRIPTION: The Home Health Aide assists the sick, elderly and disabled individuals who prefer to live in their own homes or in residential facilities rather than a health care facility. Most Home Health Aides work with elderly or disabled clients who need more extensive care than family or friends can provide. Some Aides work with families in which a parent is incapacitated and has children in need of care. Home Health Aides may also provide housekeeping and routine personal care services such as cleaning clients' houses, doing laundr, and changing bed linens. Home Health Aides may plan meals (including special diets), shop for food and cook. They also may help clients get out of bed, bathe, dress, and groom, and they may accompany clients outside the home serving as a guide and companion. The Hacienda La Puente Home Health Aide course introduces the graduate CNA to home care agencies and the role of the Home Health Aide. It prepares the student to assist the licensed nurse in meeting the medical and social needs of the patient in the home environment. The program consists of theory and clinical training in a skilled nursing facility and home health agencies under direct supervision. GOALS: The graduate will be prepared for certification and employment by home health agencies and by private individuals. View more details on Hacienda La Puente Adult Education . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Registered Nurse courses.