Verbalizes and demonstrates understanding of the following:
1. Communication skills, including the ability to read, write, and verbally report clinical information to patients, representatives, and caregivers, as well as to other agency staff
2. Basic elements of body functioning and changes in body function that must be reported to an aide's supervisor
3. Maintenance of a clean, safe, and healthy environment
4. The physical, emotional, and developmental needs of and ways to work with the populations served by the HHA, including the need for respect for the patient, his or her privacy, and his or her property
5. Recognizing emergencies and the knowledge of instituting emergency procedures and their application
Reading and Recording:
1. Blood pressure
2. Temperature
3. Pulse
4. Respiration
Demonstrates appropriate and safe techniques in performing personal hygiene and grooming tasks that include:
3. Nail care
4. Skin care
5. Oral Hygiene
8. Normal range of motion
8. Positioning
9. Adequate nutrition and fluid intake
12. Recognizing and reporting changes in skin condition
13. Light housekeeping (patient area)
14. Change linen/make bed
Equipment/assistive devices:
1. Walker
2. Cane
3. Gait belt
4. Hoyer lift
5. Shower chair/transfer bench
6. Oxygen cylinder/concentrator/portable
Documentation Skills (legible, timely, accurate and complete):
1. Observation, reporting, and documentation of patient status and the care or service furnished
Infection Control:
1.Hand washing
2. Proper bag technique
3. Protective equipment
4. Equipment care
5. Other