Please come to class having read all the necessary assigned readings by Day ONE. Please read all skills in the WSNA handbook along with the skills supplement handout.
It is your responsibility to have caught up on all reading by class as this is an accelerated format designed to teach theory and lab in two days prior to clinical rotation.
| Unit # | Name of Unit | Assigned Reading | Skills # (WSNA Book) |
| 1 | Vital Signs | Chapter 7: pp 173-186 Workbooks: pp. 57-60 | 6, 7, 23 |
| 2 | Measurement of Height and Weight | Chapter 7: pp 186-188 Workbooks: pp. 60 | 12, 14 |
| 3 | Food & Fluid Intake/Output Measurement | Chapter 7: pp 190-192 Workbooks: pp 62 | 13, 24, 25, 26 |
| 4 | Developmental tasks associated with specific age and stage of development | Chapter 3: pp 66-69 Workbooks: pp 23-24 | No Skills |
| 5 | Use & Care of Prosthetic Devices | Chapter 9: pp 233-234 Workbooks: pp 75 | 27, 5 |
| 6 | Adequate Ventilation, Warmth, Light | Chapter 6: pp 124-125 Chapter 7: 200-202 Workbooks: pp 49 & 63 | No Skills |
| 7 | Principles of Body Mechanics | Chapter 2: pp 31-32 Workbook: pp 12-13 | No Skills |
| 8 | English Competency, Healthcare Terminology, & recording, & reporting observations, actions & information. | Chapter 1: pp 5-7, 17-20 Chapter 2: pp 21-30 Workbook: pp 2-3 | No Skills |
| 9 | The Scope of Practice of Nursing Assistants | Chapter 1: 4-5, 8-10 Workbook: pp 2-4 | No Skills |
| 10 | The Worker’s Right to Know (RTK) and the Uniform Disciplinary Act (UDA) (Ch 18.130 RCW) | Handout: The Uniform Disciplinary Act Handout: Employee Rights Under OSHA Handout: Hazard Pictogram | No Skills |