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HC 1365 |
Basic Nutrition |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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Principles of normal
nutrition. Food values and adequate
nutrient allowances for growth and maintenance will be discussed. |
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HC 1853 |
Home Health Aide |
2 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Must be Certified Nurses Aide (CNA) |
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Prepares student to take
the state examination for Home Health Aide.
Familiarizes the student with the functions and purposes of home
health agencies and prepares the student to work as a home health aide. Provides knowledge that will enable the
aide to assist with the development and carrying out of a plan of care for
the client in their home, recognize child/elder abuse, know importance of
adequate nutrition, emergency procedures, and adapting personal care
activities to the home. |
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HC 2278 |
Activity Director
Certification |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
Concurrent enrollment in HC
5197 Policy and Performance Skills and HC 5198
Psychology of the Aging Process |
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Provides activity directors
with an overview of the specialized service involved in the programming of
activities for the aged. The aging
process and its effects on activities, treatment, and management of the
elderly will be presented. |
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HC 2279 |
Social Service Designee
Certification |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
Concurrent enrollment in HC
5197 Policy and Performance Skills and HC 5198
Psychology of the Aging Process |
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This course is designed to
provide social service designees with an overview of the specialized services
involved in the programming of activities, treatment, and management of the
elderly will be presented. |
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HC 5099 |
First Responder to EMT - |
6 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Must be Kansas Certified First Responder |
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This course identifies
objectives fully covered, partially covered, or not covered in the First
Responder curriculum, as modified by the Kansas Board of Emergency Medical
Services, necessary for an EMT-B initial course of instruction. Students must meet the
requirements outlined in K.A.R. 109-11-13 and 109-11-8. Participants successfully completing this
training are eligible to take the National Registry EMT-B written examination
and the state practical examination. |
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HC 5100 |
Certified |
2 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Must be Certified Physical Therapist Assistant or Registered
Occupational Therapist Assistant |
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Prepares
individuals who are certified physical therapy assistants (CPTAs) or registered occupational therapy assistants (ROTAs) to meet the nurse aid requirements in the state of
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HC 5197 |
Policy and Performance
Skills |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This
course is designed to familiarize participants with nursing home procedures
and policies and their differences.
The three types of communications are explained along with the
techniques that might aide or hinder them.
Resident’s rights are also discussed. |
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HC 5198 |
Psychology of the Aging
Process |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This
course is designed to examine the psychological and physical changes incurred
during the aging process. In addition,
the traumas of death and dying are discussed. |
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HC 5200 |
First Responder |
6 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Stanford Reading Test |
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This course is designed
for individuals that are interested in providing basic life support medical care
to patients in the pre-hospital setting.
It will provide the student with the opportunity to gain information,
skills, and attitudes necessary to gain certification as a First Responder in
the State of |
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HC 5211 |
Nurse Aide: Geriatric |
6 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Two-Step TB Skin Test and Stanford Reading Test |
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This
course prepares the student to take the state examination for nurse aide
certification. Identify and apply in
the clinical setting the basic concepts and principles of resident welfare,
safety, psychosocial needs of residents, resident rights, rehabilitation, and
legal and ethical responsibilities.
Apply the knowledge of basic disease process, aging process, and
nursing procedures to the care of residents encountered in a long-term care
facility. |
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HC 5212 |
Medication Aide |
4 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Two-Step TB Skin Test and Must be Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) |
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Prepares
student to take the state examination for medication aide certification. Designed to provide skills essential for
the administration, care, and handling of medications that are for oral
ingestion and external application.
Emphasis will be placed on current medications and their effects on
the elderly. In addition, this course
includes overmedication and drug abuse, drug-drug and drug-food interactions,
Drug Classification Update, regulations, and legal considerations of
administering drugs. |
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HC 5213 |
Emergency Medical
Technician - Basic (EMT-B) |
10 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
Stanford Reading Test |
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Develops
student skills in recognizing symptoms of illness and injuries and proper
procedures of emergency care. Prepares
the student to take the state examination for Emergency Medical Technician
certification. Students should be able
to life 100-150 pounds. |
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HC 5214 |
Emergency Medical
Technician Refresher Seminar I |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
Must be Kansas Certified First Responder or Higher |
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Designed
to maintain certification of the Emergency Medical Technician. |
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HC 5221 |
Medication Aide
Recertification |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
Must be Medication Aide |
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A review of skills
essential for the administration, care, and handling of medications. Required every two years by state
regulations. |
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HC 5223 |
Emergency Medical
Training - Intermediate (EMT-I) |
5 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
HC 5213 Emergency Medical Technician - Basic |
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Designed
to maintain certification of the Emergency Medical Technician. This course ill advance the skills of EMTs in the assessment of critically ill and injured
patients. The course will instruct EMTs in proper protocol in initiating and maintaining
intravenous fluid therapy. |
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HC 5231 |
Medical Terminology |
3 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This
course will introduce the basic elements of medical terminology such as
prefixes, suffixes, word roots, and combing forms. It will also survey terms pertaining to the
study of radiology and the ability to understand the language of medicine. |
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HC 5277 |
Restorative Aide |
2 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This
is a 30 hour course of classroom and clinical experience designed to provide
the student with the necessary knowledge and skills to function as a rehabilitation
aide in a nursing home under the direction of a registered physical
therapist. Upon successful completion
of the course requirements, the student will receive a certificate as a
Rehabilitation Aide. |
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HC 5377 |
Topics in Long Term Care |
0.5 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This
course is designed to facilitate continuing education hours for employees of
licensed long term care facilities.
The topics of each inservice will change to
meet the continuing education requirements of the State of |
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HC 5465 |
Adult Care Home Operator |
2 Credit Hours |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This course is designed
to provide operators of assisted living facilities, residential health care facilities,
home plus, and adult day care facilities with information on the principles
of assisted living. The aging process
and its effect on activities, treatment, and management of the elderly will
be presented. Participants who attend
all sessions and successfully complete a comprehensive examination will meet
the requirements to be an operator as established by the Kansas Department of
Health and Environment. |
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HC 5477 |
Advanced Geriatric Aide |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
Must be a Certified Nurse Aide |
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This
course is designed to provide certified nurse aides with advanced training
and improve the quality of care for the elderly. |
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HC 5488 |
CPR/First Aid |
1 Credit Hour |
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Prerequisite: |
None |
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This course is designed
to teach the basic levels of the first aid and CPR for the layperson until
medical help arrives. This course will
help individuals recognize emergencies and make appropriate decisions regarding
care. |
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