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Doing Healthcare support course online

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  • 19-08-2015 10:04pm
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    RoRo979
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    hi, i have found that the Open College allows students to do this course at home without having to attend any lectures. I am currently looking for work experience as i have to undertake 150 hours and understand i will also have to do a patient handling course. Is there anything else i must do?


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    hairycakes
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    Hi RoRo979,

    I'm currently doing that course. Your work placement will probably require Garda Vetting as well. You should try get that done as soon as possible as it can take a number of weeks to get back. Most places will also require Patient Manual Handling before taking you on. Some places might have in house training though.

    If I can help you with anything else, let me know.


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    RoRo979
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    hairycakes wrote: »
    Hi RoRo979,

    I'm currently doing that course. Your work placement will probably require Garda Vetting as well. You should try get that done as soon as possible as it can take a number of weeks to get back. Most places will also require Patient Manual Handling before taking you on. Some places might have in house training though.

    If I can help you with anything else, let me know.

    Hi thanks for the reply.

    I am doing a CPR/AED + patient handling course this week and have sent to garda vetting form off to get that out of the way. I have a chance to go to a nursing home or to Our ladys childrens hospital. Which one of those would be better suited for the course + experienece?


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    hairycakes
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    Oh great. The patient handling is a must really but the CPR+AED will be a huge benefit to you also. You will probably have to go with the nursing home as a lot of the course focuses around care of the elderly. For example, the assignments for one module require you to write a report about assisting client in feeding, showering and toileting and I don't think you would be doing much of that in a hospital, particularly a children's hospital. In saying that, they wanted me to go to a nursing home but I am doing the course with a view to going on to study social care so I wanted to work with people who have intellectual disabilities and I was lucky to find a residence that has a unit for elderly clients so I am completing my work experience there.

    What do you hope to do once it's completed?


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    RoRo979
    Registered Users Posts: 476 ✭✭RoRo979


    hairycakes wrote: »
    Oh great. The patient handling is a must really but the CPR+AED will be a huge benefit to you also. You will probably have to go with the nursing home as a lot of the course focuses around care of the elderly. For example, the assignments for one module require you to write a report about assisting client in feeding, showering and toileting and I don't think you would be doing much of that in a hospital, particularly a children's hospital. In saying that, they wanted me to go to a nursing home but I am doing the course with a view to going on to study social care so I wanted to work with people who have intellectual disabilities and I was lucky to find a residence that has a unit for elderly clients so I am completing my work experience there.

    What do you hope to do once it's completed?

    just so you know yourself, cheeverstown in templeoge would be willing to take you on for a bit of experience if you wanted some. They only have about 3 slots a week doing sport but it could be what your looking to do and maybe the experience will help you land there. I will go to the nursing home so thank you very much. Well tallaght hospital, a nursing home and our lady's hospital are local to me so I would be happy to try and land a job in one of those areas. My mother worked in Mount Carmel hospital before it closed and I did a bit of work experience there during Transition Year of school and didnt find it too bad.


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    hairycakes
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    That's really good to know. Thanks for that. I'll have to stick where I am for this course but that's good to know for the further course in Social Studies I want to do. That would be the area I would like to eventually get into. Once you enjoy working with people you'll get on fine :)


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