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Health Care Pathways Partnership with: Anoka County WorkForce Center Anoka Ramsey Community College Anoka Technical College Metro North Adult Basic Education
Health Care Pathways Partnership with: Anoka County WorkForce
Center Anoka Ramsey Community College Anoka Technical College Metro
North Adult Basic Education Benedictine Health Center at Innsbruck
Crest View Senior Communities Volunteers of America Homestead of
Anoka Lutheran Social Services Offered by the Minnesota Job Skills
Partnership and MN FastTRAC
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Personal Care Attendant Home Health Aide Nursing Assistant
Universal Health Care Worker Medical Assistant Licensed Practical
Nurse (LPN)
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Career Pathways www.vcn.org Advanced nursing assistants may
choose to become specialists, in areas such as Alzheimer's care,
Hospice care, or Restorative care, as well as mentors for new
nursing assistants.
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Direct Care Workers will be Largest Occupation Group in US by
2020 Source: Paraprofessional HealthCare Institute May 2012
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Wage Difference for Senior Living Workers Required to work
every other weekend, often starting out 2 nd shift and part time.
Sources: 2010 LTC Imperative Salary Survey and 2010 MN Health Care
Cost Information Service Hospital Salary Data
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Health Care Industry Culture of Work Provide hands-on care to
patients, under the direction of medical staff. Tasks vary, but
usually include feeding, bathing, and dressing, grooming, toileting
and moving patients. You will spend many hours standing and
walking, and often face heavy workloads. You must be a team player,
able to take direction well and adapt to the personal preferences
of the individual. You must also be emotionally stable. It is
important that you are patient, compassionate and respectful.
Attendance
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Purpose By the end of this training, you will: Have 7 college
credits Be a Nursing Assistant-Registered Start working immediately
Become self sufficient Build skills and learn about other health
care occupations Create employer tuition reimbursement
opportunities to return to college Move towards a rewarding
career
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HEALTH CARE PATHWAYS TRAINING SCREENING How did you hear about
the program? Do you have a counselor at the WFC? Do they know you
are interested? Make sure they are aware. Do you have anything on
your criminal background that will prevent you from working in
Health Care? Are you physically able to do the job? Lifting 50lbs,
emotionally stable. It is a tough job. Are you available to work
every other weekend? It will be a requirement. Are you suspended
from another college or have an unpaid debt at a MN College? If MN
College unpaid debt they will not be able to do college classes
until it is paid off.
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Prep Class
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Learning Objectives: Commit to classroom expectations Develop
academic and personal skills for succeeding in Nursing Assistant
courses Prepare for college entrance exam Improve listening,
speaking, math, reading and writing skills Work on communication
and computer skills Succeed in independent study You will tour a
nursing home, Anoka Technical College and Anoka Ramsey Community
College.
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Culture Change Learning Objectives: Understand the process of
aging Learn the physical, mental and social challenges of your
clientele Introduction to the psychology of aging Discuss common
assumptions and stereotypes of older adults and myths associated
with aging Universal Health Care Worker
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Directing and Supporting Activities Learning Objectives:
Explore the philosophy and importance of educational and physical
activity in the life of an older adult Discuss activities that keep
the mind, body and spirit alive Opportunity to plan and implement
educational and physical activities for residents Use creativity to
coordinate arts and crafts, light exercise, games and music
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On Course (1 Credit) Learning Objectives: Utilize
self-assessment inventories. How to use college services and
resources. Develop goal setting and time management strategies.
Develop personal learning strategies. Evaluate the effectiveness of
his/her decision- making and self-motivation strategies.
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Introduction to Holistic Healing (2 Credits)
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Introduction to Holistic Healing (2 Credits) Learning
Objectives: Learn about the field of Integrative Health and Healing
Evaluate emerging trends in holistic health Develop methods of
self-care Learn methods of addressing pain naturally and dealing
with chronic illness This class will have a research paper,
assignments on D2L (online site) and about 2 to 4 hours of homework
a night.
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Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aid Introduction of concepts
related to Basic human needs Basic nursing and personal care skills
Mental health and social needs Restorative services Residents
rights Home health care (5 credits)
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Hands-on training in supervised lab setting Group clinicals at
local nursing home site 24 hours @ a nursing home Adding experience
to your resume Opportunity to impress an employer that may hire you
After the passing the class you will take the Nursing Assistant
Exam Written and Skills portion Name will go on the Registry for
employers to pull Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aid
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Job Seeking Resources Job search workshop Individual resume
development Career Assessments Interview workshop Networking List
of local employers NCRC Marketing training to employers Employer
days Job leads Reference Follow up
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Critical Components Upfront screening Rubric in the Bridge
Class Cohort Model Navigator providing wrap around services
Employer investment and participation Completion of the Bridge
Class and completion of Integrated Classes Obtainment of Credential
Employment Training related Continues Education GED and High School
completion Increased Confidence Self-sufficient Close MFIP case due
to income Success
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Challenges Funding for ABE partner and navigator position
Performance measures in MFIP are not met when customers are in Prep
Class FAFSA eligible programs that are short term and lead to
credential Child care assistance waiting lists MnSCU Buy in and
seeing the value of ABE Prep classes from the credit side
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Outcomes 93 students started the Bridge class -83 completed 93%
of the students met college requirements to move into the College
classes Pre-Nursing Accuplacer or TABE scores. 75 students moved
into the integrated class 66 completed 88% of the students obtained
college credits and passed both the written and skills exam to
obtain their CNA Credential. 98% that took the CNA exam passed both
written and skills and are currently on the Nursing Assistant
Registry. 72% of those are working in a training related position 3
of the graduates currently not working have returned to school 90%
of the graduates were interested in continuing their education in
Health Care in the near future. (Results from 2011-2012
cohorts)
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For More Information on the Health Care Pathways Program
contact: Amy Lord, 763-783-4855 [email protected] Anoka
County Workforce Center