French Nursing module 3: Nutrition, medication and wellbeing (Nutrition, medication and wellbeing)
This is learning module 3 of 6 of our French B1 syllabus. Each learning module contains 6 till 8 chapters.
Learning goals:
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Assist with basic medication administration and dosage explanations
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Support patients with diets, swallowing problems, and fluid balance (I/O)
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Help residents choose meals, follow dietary restrictions, and maintain good nutrition
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Assist with elimination, incontinence care, and promote daily activities
Lessons (6)
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Explain prescribed and self-care medication
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Give clear dosage instructions
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Read and interpret medication overviews
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Vocabulary: dosage, pharmacology basics, packaging symbols, waste management, administration instructions
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Recognize eating/swallowing problems
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Fill in fluid or feeding lists
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Monitor hydration status and understand basic fluid balance (input/output)
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Vocabulary: healthy diet, aspiration prophylaxis, assistive tools for eating, restrictions, dysphagia vocabulary, fluid balance, intake/output (I/O), dehydration signs, hydration monitoring
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Explain meals and diet options
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Discuss preferences and adapt menus to special needs
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Vocabulary: meals and drinks in care, diabetes-related diet vocabulary, chronic illness nutrition, menu adaptations
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Support urination and defecation (using bedpans, urinals)
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Practice hygienic incontinence care
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Report color, consistency, and amount of urine/stool
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Vocabulary: excretions, urination/defecation, incontinence care, bedpans and urinals, hygiene care, describing color/consistency/amount
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Organize activities with residents
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Holidays and social events
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Participate in small talk and family meetings
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Vocabulary: social events, holidays, small talk vocabulary, family meetings, celebrations
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Describe informal care and family roles
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How to support volunteers
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Fill in home-care documentation
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Vocabulary: family roles, relationships, informal care, volunteer support, home-care documentation