Hello, beautiful world! Welcome to my fourth and final blog. Hope all is well! I cannot believe the course is almost over! I am still very busy practising my hands-on skills in a clinical setting and was in a facility in Surrey practising in a Long-Term Care Residential setting. This is where our time management skills kick-in. These past few…
Read More... Hello, beautiful world! Welcome to my third blog. Hope everyone is enjoying the weather. 🙂 I cannot believe how much time has passed. I have been uber busy these past few weeks (like literally, and I am going to tell you why…keep reading!) The last time I updated you all, I emphasized the importance of practising our hands-on skills. I…
Read More... Hello, beautiful world! Welcome to my second blog. Hope everyone is full of big bright smiles. 🙂 I cannot believe spring is just around the corner! I have been awfully busy these past few weeks due to school. Tests, quizzes, lectures, assignments, attending workshops and presentations are keeping me quite busy these days. Along with these elements, I recently began…
Read More... Hello, beautiful world! My name is Sheetal and I am a student in Stenberg’s Health Care Assistant (HCA) program. I have a heart for service and a strong passion for volunteering, health care and social work. In addition to being an HCA student, I’m also a daughter, sister, niece, cousin, friend, granddaughter, pet-lover, postal worker, volunteer, brand ambassador and now…
Read More... Canadians are living longer and longer, and rightfully expecting a high quality of life that lasts all the way through their golden years. With the right support, nothing can stop today’s senior citizens from achieving their best possible health. It’s skilled and compassionate health care assistants who make this fulfillment possible for elderly individuals nationwide. If you’re a compassionate person…
Read More... Well its coming to an end – I have two days left of my 2nd practicum and I am officially done school 🙂 For the past week and a half I have been working at an assisted living facility. The difference between this facility and the last one I was at is mostly the residents, they are able to do…
Read More... Oh boy I don’t even know where to begin here ! The last 5 weeks of practicum has been so good – I’ve learned so much and have realized that this is what I was meant to do. I was pretty nervous at first, working in a facility and actually being hands on with residents is so different than learning…
Read More... During the last few weeks of being in the actual classroom it was packed with lots of information, tips and case scenarios. We had to memorize 9 different scenarios, 4 of them we had to know by the time we did our midterm exam and the other 4 we needed to know by the time we did our final exam….
Read More... Students enrolled in a health care aide training program will have the opportunity to provide daily assistance to the elderly once they break into the field. By helping clients with day-to-day functions, such as cleaning, meal preparation, bathing and grooming, health care aides enable these individuals to maintain satisfying levels of independence. Having good communication skills is essential in a…
Read More... The time has come , my class has begun practicum and we’re finally getting to put all our new skills and knowledge to the test. The last class we had before we started our practicum was “Clinical Simulation “. During this class we got to use the SIMS dolls and our instructors ran us through various scenarios that we may…
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