Reading Curriculum

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 UnitAssigned ReadingSkills # (WSNA Book)
1Vital SignsChapter 7: pp 173-186
Workbooks: pp. 57-60
6, 7, 23
2Measurement of Height and WeightChapter 7: pp 186-188
Workbooks: pp. 60
12, 14
3Food & Fluid Intake/Output MeasurementChapter 7: pp 190-192
Workbooks: pp 62
13, 24, 25, 26
4Developmental tasks associated with
specific age and stage of development
Chapter 3: pp 66-69
Workbooks: pp 23-24
No Skills
5Use & Care of Prosthetic DevicesChapter 9: pp 233-234
Workbooks: pp 75
27, 5
6Adequate Ventilation, Warmth, LightChapter 6: pp 124-125
Chapter 7: 200-202
Workbooks: pp 49 & 63
No Skills
7Principles of Body MechanicsChapter 2: pp 31-32
Workbook: pp 12-13
No Skills
8English 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
9The Scope of Practice of Nursing AssistantsChapter 1: 4-5, 8-10
Workbook: pp 2-4
No Skills
10The 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