1.

TITLE OF COURSE:

PREFIX/NUMBER:

CREDIT HOURS:

5

2.

PREREQUISITE:

3.

RESOURCES NEEDED:

TEXT:

Being a Homemaker/Home Health Aide, Zucker, 5th Ed.

Workbook - Being a Homemaker/Home Health Aide, Zucker, 5th Ed.

SUPPLIES:

4.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:

PRQ: ENG 060 or ACCU 60, REA 060 or ACCU 60 and MAT 060 or ACCU 40 EA  

Provides knowledge and skills acquisition for the health care support technician to deliver quality care to individuals in residential, community, and other health care settings.

5.

COURSE OBJECTIVES: upon completion of the course, the student will

A.

Have knowledge in blood borne pathogens and patient care safety in residential, community and other health care settings.

B.

Define professional standards and ethical procedures for quality health care in residential, community and health care environments.

C.

Demonstrate an understanding of disease processes and medical management and their implications for quality health care.

D.

Demonstrate competency of basic skills required for the health care support technician.

E.

Describe the scope of practice and work settings of the health care support technician.

F.

Describe the role and relationship of the health care support technician and other health care professionals

6.

STUDENT PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVES:

The student will be expected to build an extensive vocabulary, comprehension, and skills of rather complex concepts and then be able to apply these concepts and skills in a laboratory setting.  The specific concepts vocabulary, skills, and concepts that the student will be held responsible for will be described in detail in the learning objectives given to the student prior to each new topic being covered.

7.

EVALUATION PROCEDURES:

Raw Score Range

Letter Grade

90

-

100%

A

80

-

89%

B

70

-

79%

C

60

-

69%

D

0

-

59%

F

Passing grade for this course is a 70% or higher.  Grades will be based on:  exams, class assignments, quizzes, lab assignments and lab practicals.

Open lab hours will be posted at the beginning of the semester.  Students learn at different rates, therefore you are responsible for taking advantage of this extra practice time if you need it.

ATTENDANCE POLICY:

Attendance: College policy states that students may be dropped from enrollment when absent 20% of the scheduled class meetings. If enrolled from the beginning of the term, 15 hours will usually constitute 20% of a four-credit semester course which meets five hours per week. Reinstatement procedures are described in the PCC catalog.

7.

COURSE CONTENT

1. Blood borne pathogens

2. Fire and electrical safety

3. Ethics

4. Nutrition

5. Mental health skills

6. Drugs and medications
   1. Timely distribution
   2. Side effects

7. Practice skills

8. Vital signs
   1. Blood pressure
   2. Pulse
   3. Respiration
   4. Temperature
   5. Height
   6. Weight

9. Body Mechanics

10. Hand washing

11. Range of motion

12. Gait training

13. Bed mobility

14. Transfers

15. Personal care

16. Documentation

17. Community Resources

9.

METHODS OF INSTRUCTION:

To be successful in this course, students are expected to participate in discussions, readings, in-class writing, and peer review activities. The instructor may assign point values to such activities.

10.

PLAGIARISM

PLAGIARISM (from a Latin word for "kidnapper") is the presentation of someone else's ideas or words as your own.  You plagiarize deliberately if you copy a sentence from a book and pass it off as your own writing, if you summarize or paraphrase someone else's ideas (including your classmate’s homework) without acknowledging your debt, or if you buy a term paper to hand in as your own.  You plagiarize accidentally if you carelessly forget quotation marks around another writer's words or mistakenly omit a source citation for another's idea because you are unaware of the need to acknowledge the idea.  Plagiarism includes turning in identical assignments.  Whether deliberate or accidental, plagiarism is a serious and often punishable offense.  A student who plagiarizes may receive an "F" on the assignment or an "F" in the course and/or other disciplinary sanctions.

You do not plagiarize, however, when you draw on other writers' material and acknowledge your sources.  That procedure is a crucial part of honest research writing.

Physical Rehabilitation, Assessment & Treatment, Third Edition, O’Sullivan & Schmitz, F.A. Davis, 1994, p. 265.

EXAMPLES OF PLAGIARISM

SOURCE (from Physical Rehabilitation by O’Sullivan & Schmitz)

...In measuring cane height, the cane (or center of a broad-based cane) is placed approximately 6” from the lateral border of the toes.  Two landmarks typically are used during measurement:  the greater trochanter and the angle of the elbow.  The top of the cane should come to approximately the level of the greater trochanter, and the elbow should be flexed to about 20 to 30 degrees.

NOT    In Physical Rehabilitation, in measuring cane height, the cane (or center of a broad-based cane) is placed approximately 6” from the lateral border of the toes.

BUT     In Physical Rehabilitation, O’Sullivan & Schmitz say that “In measuring cane height, the cane (or center of a broad-based cane) is placed approximately 6” in from the lateral border of the toes.

If you are in doubt about whether you need to cite a source, the best policy is to cite it.

            O’Sullivan & Schmitz, Physical Rehabilitation, Assessment & Treatment, Third Edition, F.A. Davis, 1994, p. 265.

11.

ACADEMIC INTEGRITY:

The very nature of higher education requires that students adhere to accepted standards of academic integrity. Therefore, Pueblo Community College has adopted a policy of academic conduct as described in the Student Handbook. Violation of academic integrity may be defined to include the following: cheating, plagiarism, falsification and fabrication, abuse of academic materials, complicity in academic dishonesty, and personal misrepresentation. It is the student’s responsibility to be aware of the behaviors that constitute academic dishonesty. Sanctions for violating the standards of academic integrity may include warning, probation, suspension, and/or failure of the course or assignment at the discretion of the instructor.

12.

ADA NOTICE:

Students who have a documented disability may be eligible to receive accommodations for this class. Please contact the Disability Resources Center at 549-3446 for further information.