PTHA 1305 - Basic Patient Care Skills

Credit Hours: 3
Contact Hours - Lecture: 2 Lab: 3
The application of basic patient handling, functional skills, communication, and selected data collection techniques. The student will distinguish and examine the theory, principles, and techniques of patient handling/functional skills and will perform basic patient handling/ functional skills and assessment techniques.Requires LSC liability insurance.
Prerequisite: College Level Readiness in Reading AND Writing. Corequisite: PTHA 1225 and PTHA 1413
Student Learning Outcomes
1 - Demonstrate performance of basic patient handling and functional skills. 2 - Demonstrate basic patient handling and functional skills. 3 - Demonstrate selected data collection techniques. 4 - Demonstrate communication skills.