PTHA 1405 Basic Patient Care Skills

The application of basic patient handling, functional skills, communication and selected data collection techniques.

Semester Hours

4

Lecture Hours

3

Lab Hours

3

Prerequisite

PTHA 1301

Corequisite

PTHA 1413, PTHA 2201.

End-of-Course Outcomes

Describe principles and techniques of patient handling and functional skills; demonstrate performance of basic patient handling and functional skills; demonstrate selected data collection techniques; and demonstrate communication skills.