Completion of this course qualifies you to function as head of an activity department.
Skills taught help you to reach every segment of the nursing home population and deal with
their psychological needs.
Short term preparatory courses are designed for adults who can participate for only a
short period of time in either the classroom or a practical laboratory. Programs are at
least 120 hours in length and are designed to teach the basic skills for job entry. You
can earn a Certificate of Completion for successfully finishing these courses.
These courses are offered to increase skills, understanding and appreciation needed by
already employed adult workers. The courses are designed to upgrade or update occupational
competency.
The need for these courses is identified in several different ways:
- Individual or group can request a specific course.
- An agency, organization, business or industry can make a request.
- Advisory committees such as those for nursing, banking, homemaking and custodians can
plan needed courses.
- Licensing boards assist in identifying needs.
Classroom time is combined with in-hospital observation and training, and the
recommended five emergency-ambulance runs. Students learn recognition of symptoms of
illness, injuries and proper procedures for care. This course is approved by the
Department of Transportation.
This is the first classification for Advanced Emergency Medical Technician
certification. At this level of training you will gain a more in-depth knowledge of
certain body systems and of assessment of patients in stress. One skill, intravenous
therapy will also be added to your basic skills. You must be certified as an EMT-B
to enter this course.
This course prepares you to work in a long-term care facility. Basic nursing skills,
information on the aging process, necessary attitudes and understanding for employment are
presented. This course also fulfills the requirements to become certified as a Nurse Aide
I.
This state approved course provides the basic training and orientation necessary for
you to be employed in a home where illness, disability or other crisis threatens normal
family living. You will learn to encourage the disabled or aged person to help
himself/herself. This 13-hour practicum follows the prerequisite 75-hour Nurse
Assistant course. Mandatory Child/Adult Abuse is included in this course and is
required at the time of employment (given by the employing agency).
Both classroom and clinical experience combine in this course to give you the basic
nursing skills, attitudes and understanding of your role as a hospital aide.
Real Estate Prelicense
This course is approved by the Iowa Real Estate Commission as
an Accredited 60 Hour Real Estate Salesperson Prelicense class. This program has
been developed to better prepare prospective licensees to enter the real estate
profession and to pass the State of Iowa exam. This course is offered both in a
face-to-face format, offered twice a year; or available
online, while starting at time of registration. For further
information, please contact Molly O'Hara,
mohara@iowalakes.edu,
712-336-6572.
Supervision in Health Care
This program is designed to enable the nurse to gain knowledge and develop skills
necessary to manage personnel and clients in health care facilities. Focus is on
supervisory skills for nurses in long term care. Supervision in Health Care is aimed
for RN's and LPN's.
50 Hour Medication Aide
This course prepares aides to safely administer medication in nursing facilities and
related areas through 40 classroom hours and 10 clinical hours of training. Emphasis
is on safe administration. Students use theory and practice to learn this.
Prerequisites include being a certified Nurse Assistant on the State Registry;
recommended by their DON; employed at sponsoring facility for six months; proficient in
taking vitals; application materials submitted to Rosemary Coleman, Health Programmer at
Iowa Lakes Community College.
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