Acute Care Clinical (HRCA 1331)
This course is a clinical experience that provides learners with the opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills learned and practiced in the classroom and nursing lab. Students will work in a hospital as a member of the nursing team, under the direct supervision of a clinical instructor from Vancouver Community College. Focus is placed on the role and skills of Health Care Assistant and the scope of practice in a hospital setting.
Course code: HRCA 1331
Credits: 2.0
Tuition: $0
Length: 60.0 hours
Course outline:
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Prerequisites
HRCA 1320, HRCA 1325. No schedule is currently available. Please check again later.
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Additional Information
- 1. Hand washing
2. Application and removal of personal protective equipment
3. Application and removal of sterile gloves
4. Opening a sterile package
5. Preparing a post operative bed
6. Log rolling a client
7. Moving a client from bed to stretcher
8. Deep breathing and coughing exercises
9. Performing a basic head to toe assessment
10. Measuring and recording vital signs
11. Changing IV gowns
12. Assisting with leg exercises and leg dangle
13. Non-sterile dressing change
14. Specimen collection
15. Measuring and recording intake and output
16. Assessment of pain
17. Common emergency skills
This course is offered as part of a VCC program only.
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