CNA117 - Personal Cares: Part 2 (1.0 HR)

Purpose: The nursing assistant will enhance her skills in providing oral hygiene, safe transfers and dining assistance to the person served.

Objectives:

1. List the benefits of good oral hygiene. 
2. Define periodontal disease; 
3. Demonstrate the proper procedure for providing oral care and denture care. 
4. Explain the proper use of a gait belt; 
5. Demonstrate the proper procedure for a one-person transfer, a two-person transfer, and transferring the person served to and from the toilet using a walker or wheelchair; 
6. Discuss the use of lift devices for transfers. 
7. List important elements in providing dining assistance to the person served.

Continuing Education Credits:  0 contact hours Iowa BON #335; 0 contact hours CA Board of Nursing CEP 14033; 0 contact hours CE Broker # 50-4572 Florida and District of Columbia; 0 contact hours for Social Work State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 159.001315; 0 contact hours for Physical Therapy State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 216.000284; 1.0 contact hours for Occupational Therapy State of Illinois Department of Financial and Professional Regulation. License No. 224.000164; 1.0 CE hours for certified nursing assistants; long term care department heads; and other health care disciplines.