Courses generally cover how to work in a variety of settings, including patients’ homes, hospitals, and nursing care facilities, and how to care for patients with common conditions, such as diabetes, respiratory issues and cognitive impairment.

Students also learn how to:

• Administer oral and topical medications
• Help patients bathe
• Take a patient’s vital signs
  Administer oxygen
• Provide special care for the elderly
• Provide special care for infants
• Remove peripheral and indwelling catheters
• Provide emergency care beyond CPR
• Work to control infections
• Help patients with personal care