Assistance in Health Care Facilities (DVS)

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As a personal care attendant you will provide basic patient care under the direction of nurses, hospital staff and physicians. You will help keep patients comfortable and tend to their basic needs.

Job opportunities

• Home-care centres
• Hospitals
• Private home-care agencies
• Active care hospitals
• CLSC

Possible Specialization

Nursing Attendant with 390 hours of instruction in the Home Care Assistance (DVS 5817)

Program Objectives

Enable the students to acquire the knowledge and skills required to:

• Provide care and assistance services related to health problems or impairments;
• Help patients maintain or recover their autonomy and health;
• Apply principles of Safe Patient Handling and Movement (SPHM).

Skills to be acquired

• Develop a trusting relationship with patients
• Provide care relative to hygiene
• Provide basic health care
• Assist with activities of daily living

Admission requirements

• Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or its recognized equivalent ; OR
• Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin and have earned the Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study
  established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition of equivalent learning ; OR
• Persons who are at least 18 years of age upon entry into the program and have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the general development test and specific prerequisites in the language of instruction.

Program Content

Code	Statement of the Competency	Hours	Credits
751-472	Occupations and Training	30	2
751-483	Client Needs	45	3
751-492	Infections and Contamination	30	2
751-502	Workplace Ethics	30	2
751-522	The Helping Relationship	30	2
751-532	Team Interaction	30	2
751-543	Physical Illnesses and Disabilities	45	3
751-554	Mental Health Approaches	60	4
751-568	Basic Care Procedures	120	8
751-572	First Aid	30	2
751-581	Palliative Care	15	1
751-591	Job Search Techniques	15	1
751-647	Activities of Daily Living	105	7
751-655	Occupational Therapy	75	5
751-666	Family and Social Context	90	6
751-673	Everyday Domestic Activities	45	3
751-684	Medications and Basic Invasive Care	60	4
751-698	Home Care	120	8

Total: 975 hours

Loans and Bursaries are available from the MELS.