Reedley College Catalog 2018-19

241 Course Descriptions 2018-2019 Catalog Natural Resources - Nursing Assistant Training 151 PORTABLE PUMPS AND WATER USE 1 unit, .89 lecture hour, .44 lab hour, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. This course covers principles of positive displacement pumps but focuses on the Wajax-Pacific Mark III Pump which is primarily used by the National Fire Equipment System. Instruction emphasizes effective and efficient utilization of portable pumps and water under field conditions. (A) 157 S-230 CREW BOSS (SINGLE RESOURCE) 1.25 units, 1.33 lecture hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. Crew Boss (Single Resource), S-230 is a course designed to meet the training needs of a crew boss on a wildland fire incident. The purpose is to provide fire suppression trainees with the skills/knowledge required to perform tasks listed in National Wildfire Coordinating Group Single Resource Boss. (A) 158 S-231 ENGINE BOSS 1 unit, .89 lecture hours, pass/no pass ADVISORIES: Eligibility for English 125, 126, and Mathematics 201. This course is suggested training for the position of Single Resource Boss. Upon completion students will be able to perform Engine Boss tasks and make tactical decisions required to safely manage an engine and the associated personnel on an incident. (A) NURSING ASSISTANT TRAINING (NAT) 101 NURSING ASSISTANT TRAINING 6 units, 4.67 lecture hours, 6 lab hours ADVISORIES: Mathematics 250, Office Technology 10, and eligibility for English 125 and 126. The content of the Nursing Assistant Training course includes personal care skills and communication skills with emphasis on caring for the geriatric and rehabilitative resident, for entry level positions. This competency-based course prepares students in core skills needed for more advanced courses in the health care careers and is held both in the classroom and in a community training site. This course prepares the student to be employed in a licensed extended care facility, an intermediate care facility, an acute hospital, a doctor’s office, or clinic. Upon successful completion of this course students are able to take a state mandated test and be approved as a Certified Nursing Assistant by the Department of Health Services. (A) 102 NURSING ASSISTANT THEORY 5.5 units, 5.6 lecture hours ADVISORIES: Mathematics 250, Office Technology 10, and English 125 and English 126. The content of the Nursing Assistant Training course includes personal care skills and communication skills with emphasis on caring for the geriatric and rehabilitative resident, for entry level positions. This competency-based course prepares students in core skills needed for more advanced courses in the health care careers and is held in the classroom located at the skilled nursing facility. This course prepares the student to be eligible to attend NAT clinical 103. Upon successful completion of this course students are able to practice skills at the bed side during NAT- clinical 103. (A) 103 NURSING ASSISTANT CLINICAL 2 units, 6 lab hours, pass/no pass only PREREQUISITE: Nursing Assistant Training 102. The content of the Nursing Assistant Clinical course includes personal care skills and communication skills with emphasis on caring for the geriatric and rehabilitative resident, for entry level positions. This competency-based course prepares students in core skills needed for more advanced courses in the health care careers and is held in a community training site. This course prepares the student to be employed in a licensed extended care facility, an intermediate care facility, an acute hospital, hospice services agencies, or clinic. Upon successful completion of this course students are able to take a state mandated test and be approved as Certified Nursing Assistant by the Department of Health Services. (A) 104 NURSING MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY 3 units, 3 lecture hours COREQUISITES: Nursing Assistant Training 102 and 103. ADVISORIES: English 125 and English 126, or English 128 and 130. This course provides Nursing Assistant students an opportunity to learn medical vocabulary in the field of geriatric nursing care in a long term care facility and patient care in acute hospitals with concentration on prefixes, suffixes, and root words. Emphasis is given to word dissection and definitions as applied to the body systems including the terminology used in examinations, diagnoses, charting, documentation, orders, procedures, laboratory investigations, and medical reports. Students must pass a final definition examwith 95% accuracy in order to pass the course. This course provides Nursing Assistant Training students the terminology required of the field. This course will be taught in conjunction with students enrolled in NAT 102 and NAT 103. (A)