Description
Skin changes can be an early sign of pressure, moisture damage, injury, infection, or another health concern. Home Health Aides and CNAs often see the skin while helping with bathing, dressing, toileting, repositioning, and transfers.
This course teaches learners where to check the skin, which changes to report, how quickly to report them, and how to give the nurse clear facts. Learners will also practice safe skin protection and pressure-relief steps that are included in the care plan. The course supports safe, respectful, and person-centered care while keeping aides within their role.
Objectives
Objective 1: Scan high-risk skin areas during routine personal care.
Learn: Identify common pressure areas and the daily care tasks that give you a chance to check the skin.
Act: Check exposed high-risk areas during bathing, dressing, toileting, repositioning, and transfers, as allowed by the care plan.
Objective 2: Recognize skin changes that should be reported and decide how quickly to report them.
Learn: Identify new or worsening skin changes and the warning signs that make some changes more urgent.
Act: Sort skin changes by reporting priority using the care plan and agency policy without diagnosing the cause.
Objective 3: Report and document skin changes using clear and objective facts.
Learn: Identify the facts the nurse needs, such as location, color or tone, skin opening, warmth, swelling, drainage, pain, and changes from the patient's usual skin.
Act: Follow agency procedure to report and document what you saw, what the patient said, what you did, and who you told.
Objective 4: Use care-plan skin protection and pressure-relief steps during personal care.
Learn: Recognize how pressure, moisture, friction, and shear can harm fragile skin.
Act: Use assigned skin care, safe movement, repositioning, and pressure-relief steps in the care plan.
Certificate
By completing/passing this course, you will attain the certificate Continua Learning Course Certificate
Learning credits
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