Oklahoma Administrative Code
Title 310 - Oklahoma State Department of Health
Chapter 677 - Nurse Aide Training and Certification
Subchapter 9 - Home Health Aides
Section 310:677-9-4 - Curriculum
Universal Citation: OK Admin Code 310:677-9-4
Current through Vol. 42, No. 1, September 16, 2024
(a) The home care aide training program curriculum must include:
(1) At least
seventy-five (75) hours of training or the equivalent.
(2) At least sixteen (16) hours of classroom
training before beginning any supervised practical training.
(3) At least sixteen (16) hours of supervised
practical training.
(b) The home care aide training program shall include, but is not limited to, the following subject areas:
(1) Communication
skills.
(2) Observation, reporting
and documentation of client status and the care or services furnished.
(3) Taking and recording
temperature, pulse, and respiration;
(4) Basic infection control
procedures.
(5) Basic elements of
body functioning and changes in body function that must be reported to the
aide's supervisor.
(6) Maintenance
of a clean, safe, and healthy environment.
(7) Recognizing an emergency and necessary
emergency procedures.
(8) The
physical, emotional, and developmental needs of, and ways to work with, the
populations served by the home care agency, including the need for respect for
the client, and the client's privacy and property.
(9) Appropriate and safe techniques in
personal hygiene and grooming including but not limited to the following: bed
bath, sponge, tub or shower bath, shampoo, sink, tub, or bed, nail and skin
care, oral hygiene and toileting and elimination.
(10) Safe transfer techniques and
ambulation.
(11) Normal range of
motion and positioning.
(12)
Adequate nutrition and fluid intake;
(13) Any other task that the home care agency
may choose to have the home care aide perform.
Added at 12 Ok Reg 3087, eff 7-27-95
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