Technical Standards

Definition of Standards

Examples

While maintaining safety:

• Read and comprehend relevant information in textbooks and medical records.
• Prioritization of patient care delivery.

While maintaining safety:

• Establish rapport with patients and colleagues;
• Participate in lab situations to role play both care provider and patient role.
• Interact appropriately with individuals from a variety of social, emotional, cultural, and intellectual backgrounds.
• Ability to employ basic conflict management skills.

Professionalism/Professional Boundaries 

While maintain safety: 

• Demonstrates commitment and confidence.
• Demonstrates a sense of responsibility and dependability.

Works under time constraints. Concentrates in distracting situations. 

Follows supervisor instruction in a timely manner. Accepts and responds appropriately to constructive feedback from supervisors.   

While maintain safety: 

• Manage academic schedules and deadlines.
• Perform in fast paced lab and clinical situations.

While maintain safety: 

• Give directions and answer questions patients and health care workers may have.
• Keep accurate records using appropriate medical terminology and spelling
• Demonstrate active listening skills
• Recognize, interpret and respond to non-verbal behavior of self and others.

While maintain safety: 

• Use equipment appropriately i.e.: mechanical lifts, w/chairs stretchers
• Administer CPR
• Position and transfer patients.
• Move around in patients’ rooms and treatment areas
• Maneuver in confined spaces
• Physical activities may include:
  • Running
  • Bending
  • Stooping
  • Lifting
  • Reaching

Sensory

• sight
• sound
• taste
• touch
• smell

While maintain safety: 

• Observes and report patient skin color change
• Records accurately patient activities
• Reads glass thermometers
• Reads sphygmomanometers
• Reads and interprets height and weight on a stand up scale
• Detect a pulse
• Detect changes in water, food and skin temperatures
• Hear monitor alarms, hear call bells, patient safety alarms, heart and breath sounds and blood pressure sounds.
• Hear necessary sounds during operation of equipment
• Work with patients with poor hygiene

Environmental/Occupational Exposure

While maintain safety: 

• Possible exposure to HIV, hepatitis, etc.
• Exposure to X-ray radiation, medicinal preparations, latex, and toxic substances
• Respond appropriately in emergency to maintain patient safety and care
• Wear a face mask

Behavioral/Emotional

While maintain safety: 

• Demonstrate initiative, flexibility, enthusiasm, honesty, cooperative behavior
• Demonstrate respect for patient, other health care providers and the nursing profession.
• Perform duties efficiently, willingly and thoroughly
• Present professional appearance and maintain personal hygiene

Nurse Aide Program Estimated Costs and Fees

Student Activity Fee

$35.00

Curriculum Instructional Technology Fee

$27.00

College Access, Parking & Security (CAPS) Fee

$18.00

Student Accident Insurance

$1.00

Books

$250.00

Background and drug screening, uniforms, shoes, watch, TB testing and other immunizations as needed

$400.00

State exam

$140.00

Malpractice Insurance

$32.00

*Does not include cost of tuition. Tuition will vary from semester to semester depending on the number of credit hours taken.

Tuition Costs for Alamance Community College

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