Section 395.320  Basic Child Care/Habilitation Aide Training Program

 

The Basic Child Care/Habilitation Aide Training Program shall include at a minimum: 

 

a)         Orientation.

 

1)         Functions of health care facilities.

 

2)         Health care professions.

 

3)         Philosophy of resident care.

 

4)         The role of the interdisciplinary or multidisciplinary health care team.

 

5)         Personal qualities of the Aide.

 

6)         Duties of the Aide.

 

7)         Medical terminology.

 

8)         Record keeping.

 

9)         Residents' rights.

 

b)         Introduction to the resident.

 

1)         Communication and interpersonal relationships with residents, families and others.

 

2)         Psychological needs of resident and family.

 

3)         Normal growth and development.

 

4)         Characteristics of developmental disabilities and mental illnesses.

 

c)         Your working environment.

 

1)         Cleanliness in the health care setting.

 

2)         Principles of handwashing.

 

3)         Principles of disinfection.

 

4)         Principles of sterilization.

 

5)         Techniques of disinfection.

 

6)         Maintaining equipment and supplies.

 

d)         Safety.

 

1)         Body mechanics.

 

2)         Fire safety.

 

3)         Disaster.

 

e)         Emergency Medical Procedures.

 

1)         CPR.

 

2)         Seizures.

 

3)         Drug reactions.

 

4)         Heimlich maneuver.

 

5)         Trauma.

 

f)          The resident's unit.  Bedmaking procedures (unoccupied and occupied).

 

g)         Lifting, moving and transporting residents.

 

1)         In bed.

 

2)         Ambulatory.

 

3)         Wheelchair.

 

4)         Stretcher.

 

h)         Basic Anatomy.

 

1)         Skeletal System.

 

2)         Circulatory System.

 

3)         Digestive System.

 

4)         Respiratory System.

 

5)         Urinary System.

 

6)         Functioning of the human body as related to the disease process.

 

i)          Personal care of the resident.

 

1)         Oral hygiene.

 

2)         Bathing procedures.

 

3)         Care of the back, feet and skin.

 

4)         Observing and reporting.

 

5)         Personal hygiene.

 

j)          Nutrition.

 

1)         Diets and therapeutic diets.

 

2)         Feeding techniques.

 

3)         Nourishments.

 

4)         Fluid intake.

 

k)         Fluid balance.

 

1)         Measuring fluid intake and output.

 

2)         Forcing and restricting fluids.

 

3)         Specimen collection.

 

l)          Observing and recording vital signs.

 

1)         Taking the temperature.

 

2)         Taking pulse.

 

3)         Taking respirations.

 

4)         Taking blood pressure.

 

5)         Recording vital signs.

 

m)        Supportive care.

 

1)         Heat applications.

 

2)         Cold applications.

 

3)         Enemas.

 

4)         The vaginal douche (external and internal).

 

5)         Preparing the resident for surgery physiologically.

 

6)         Preparing the resident for surgery psychologically.

 

7)         Care for the post-operative resident's physiological needs.

 

8)         Care for the post-operative resident's psychological needs.

 

9)         Side effects of various medications.

 

n)         Fundamentals of (Re)habilitation.

 

1)         Physical.

 

2)         Social.

 

3)         Psychosocial.

 

4)         Behavioral.

 

o)         Resident care planning.

 

1)         Individual Habilitation Paln.

 

2)         Individual Education Plan.

 

3)         Admission.

 

4)         Transfer.

 

5)         Discharge.

 

6)         Home visits.

 

p)         The resident in isolation.

 

1)         Isolation techniques.

 

2)         Physiological aspects of isolation.

 

3)         Psychological aspects of isolation.

 

q)         Care of the terminally ill resident.

 

1)         Psychological needs of the resident.

 

2)         Psychological needs of the family.

 

r)          Care of the body (Postmortem care).