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Blue Ridge Technical Center
280 Luray Avenue
Front Royal, VA 22630
Office Phone: (540) 635-7123
Fax: (540) 635-6979
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Health and Medical Sciences prepare students for careers in disciplines related to medicine, nursing and allied health programs through therapeutic, diagnostic, rehabilitative, managerial and supportive services.
*The following course is taught off campus at Warren County Emergency Medical Services location, at night, during second semester only:
Student must be 16 years of age.
Students focus on the role and responsibilities of emergency rescue workers, basic medical terminology, and health care skills that include first aid; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; aseptic technique; and related anatomy, physiology, and disease knowledge. Supervised work education is provided in and with rescue squads and the class is taught by Warren County Emergency Medical Services instructor in their facilities after school hours.
Student must be 16 years of age.
Nurse Aide I is an occupational preparation course at the 11th and 12th grade level. It emphasizes the study of nursing occupations as related to the health care system. Students study normal growth and development, simple body structure and function, and medical terminology and are introduced to microbes and disease. They receive elementary skill training in patient-nurse's assistant relationships; taking and recording of vital signs; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and bathing, feeding, dressing, and transporting of patients in hospitals and nursing homes. Extensive on-the job instruction in nursing homes and hospitals is part of the course. This course is used to complete all competencies for an examination for Certified Nursing Assistant.
Nurse Aide II is an occupational preparation course, emphasizing advanced skill training in areas such as catheter care, range of motion, bowel and bladder training, care of the dying, selected procedures for maternal and infant care, and admission and discharge procedures. Students learn diseases and body systems as related to advanced clinical care of the acute medical-surgical patient, the chronically ill, and the elderly. On-the-job instruction in a licensed nursing home is part of the course. Upon completion of the nurse aide program, the student is eligible to take the nurse aide certification exam that leads to employment as a certified nurse aide in hospitals and nursing homes. Prerequisite: Nurse Aide I.
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