Nursing Care Skills - Henry Ford Community College

Nursing Care Skills from Henry Ford Community College is a Campus Certificate Clinical Nurse degree that prepares you for a Nursing career. This 11-week program prepares you to work as a Nurse Aide. The program also makes a great foundation for the associate degree program in nursing . Complete the 16 credits in the Nursing Assistant Program successfully for an immediate job placement. If you begin work as a Nurse Aide, many employers will help you pay for your associate degree! Nurse Aides assist nurses in rendering care to clients with varying degrees of wellness and illness. They work in acute and chronic settings, as well as the home. The basic nursing skills necessary to perform the duties of a nurse aide are acquired. Applicants to the nurse aide course should be aware that health care personnel work in direct care with clients. In order to be considered for admission or to be retained in this course, all applicants should possess: 1. Sufficient visual acuity necessary for accurate assessment and nursing care, such as required in the direct care and observation of clients, noting irregularities in client appearance, taking accurate temperatures, blood pressures, etc. 2. Sufficient auditory perception to receive verbal communication from clients and members of the health team and to assess the health status of people through the use of monitoring devices i.e. stethoscopes and the ability to hear fire alarms, as well as cries for help. 3. Sufficient gross and fine motor coordination to respond promptly and to implement the skills required in meeting health care needs of clients, including the manipulation of equipment. 4. Sufficient physical abilities to move around in client rooms and work and treatment areas and administer client care procedures. 5. Sufficient strength to perform physical activities frequently requiring the ability to push and pull objects more than fifty pounds and to transfer objects and persons of more than one-hundred pounds. 6. Sufficient communication skills (speech, reading, writing) to interact with clients and to communicate their health status and needs promptly and effectively. 7. Sufficient intellectual and emotional capability to plan and implement care for clients. 8. Sufficient psychological stability essential to perform at the required levels in the clinical portions of the nursing program. 9. Capability to sustain long periods of concentration to make decisions such as selecting correct techniques, equipment, and safety measures to assure maximum care and safety of clients. A person under the influence of alcohol or consciousness-altering drugs could not meet the above criterion. 10. Sufficient physical stamina to remain standing for long periods of time. Career Opportunities Students who complete the Nursing Care Skills 100 course work in hospitals, nursing homes and in home health care . They often return to school at a later date to become nurses or other health care workers. View more details on Henry Ford Community College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Clinical Nurse courses.