Course Description: This course is designed to meet the terminal competency requirements of the Colorado State Board of Nursing by preparing students with knowledge and skills necessary to perform patient and/or resident care in the role of a nurse aide. Students learn effective communication and skills to interact competently with clients and the interdisciplinary team on a one-on-one basis; sensitivity to clients’ emotional, social, and mental health needs; the ability to recognize each individual’s capabilities in regards to ADLs, hygiene, grooming, nutrition, and elimination; knowledge and skills that support and promote each client’s rights as well as respect for the client as an individual; appropriate observational and documentation skills needed in the assessment of clients’ health, physical condition and well-being; the role of a nurse aide within the healthcare team; and skills required by the State Board of Nursing Chapter 11 Rules & Regulations for Approval of Nurse Aide Training Programs.
Certification: Colorado Certified Nurse Aide
Test Alignment: NNAAP Nurse Aide – Pearson Vue
Standards Alignment:
-NCHSE: National Health Science Standards
www.healthscienceconsortium.org
-HOSA: HOSA – Future Health Professionals
-CSS: Colorado State Standards
http://www.cde.state.co.us/standardsandinstruction/coloradostandards
-PWR: Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness
https://www.cde.state.co.us/postsecondary
-DORA: Department of Regulatory Agencies – Colorado State Board of Nursing – Nurse Aide Programs
Source: Terminal Competency 1 SBON
| Objectives | Evidence Outcomes | Skill Alignment and SBON Regulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1- Communicates proper verbal and nonverbal skills effectively with all clients (cognitively impaired, comatose, ELL, hearing impaired, etc.), fellow students, staff, and faculty. | Students can: a- Model proper self-introduction as a healthcare worker. b- Explain all procedures to the client. c- Demonstrate professional manner. d- Demonstrate effective communication with clients while meeting their needs. e- Demonstrate effective communication with fellow students. f- Demonstrate effective communication with staff. g- Demonstrate effective communication with faculty. h- Demonstrate effective communication with cognitively impaired clients. | |
| 2- Communicates appropriately, following the proper chain of command. | Students can: a- Recognize and follow the proper chain of command in clinical and classroom settings. b- Demonstrate proper reporting of concerns and adverse events to clinical instructor and/or preceptor as appropriate. | |
| 3- Uses terminology appropriately to effectively communicate with the healthcare team and client. | Students can: a- Demonstrate appropriate use of medical terminology in oral communication. b- Demonstrate accurate translation of medical words in layman’s terms when communicating with clients. c- Demonstrate appropriate use of medical terminology in written documentation. d- Identify commonly used medical abbreviations. e- Recognize unapproved medical abbreviations. |
Source: Terminal Competency 2 SBON
| Objectives | Evidence Outcomes | Skill Alignment and SBON Regulations |
|---|---|---|
| 1- Supports client to make personal choices. | Students can: a- Model effective listening skills. b- Advocate for client providing the behavior is consistent with the clients’ dignity. | 3CCR 716-1 Chapter 11 DORA Rules & Regulations for Approval of Nurse Aide Training Programs Section 5.2-5.3 |
| 2- Promotes clients’ emotional, social, mental and physical independence. | Students can: a- Recognize mental capabilities of client and modify own behavior in response to client. b- Recognize and respond appropriately to the developmental tasks and behavior of the individual client. c- Identify client’s available resources (including family). | |
| 3- Discuss the importance of clients’ choice during care. | Students can: a- Identify and explain strategies to support client choices and self-care b- Support appropriate and safe client choices. | |
| 4- Discuss principles to follow when caring for clients who are cognitively impaired. | Students can: a- Identify general principles to follow in caring for cognitively impaired clients. b- Define ways to modify care when caring for cognitively impaired clients. c- Define the role of social services as they relate to cognitively impaired clients. | |
| 5- Modifies own behavior in response to client behavior. | Students can: a- Define and demonstrate methods for reducing the effects of cognitive impairments on client (e.g., validation therapy, redirection, de-escalation and other appropriate techniques). b- Ensure adequate time for client to express self. c- Identify client behaviors that pose a threat to self and others and respond and report appropriately. d – Demonstrate sensitivity to client’s emotional, social, and mental health needs through skillful, directed interactions. e- Define and demonstrate appropriate responses to behaviors of cognitively impaired client. f – Define and demonstrate techniques for addressing the unique needs/behaviors of clients with dementia. | 3CCR 716-1 Chapter 11 DORA Section 5.2-5.3 |