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Health Assessment Through the Lifespan develops health assessment skills for nursing practice in Ontario. Learners will conduct inclusive, and culturally safe subjective and objective assessments-including health history, vital signs, physical examination, and system-based assessments through the lifespan. This course emphasizes documentation, regulatory standards, professional communication, and...

The course Clinical Decision-Making aligns with College of Nurses of Ontario competencies reflecting knowledge, skill and judgment required to deliver safe, ethical, competent, client-centred nursing care in the Ontario healthcare context. Learners will apply clinical decision-making processes that integrate legislative, regulatory and ethical requirements with critical analysis of client needs...

This course introduces students to the basic principles of human nutrition and the role of nutrition in the health care environment. Nutrient composition of foods and current nutrition recommendations for carbohydrate, fat, protein, vitamins, minerals and water will be discussed. An introduction to digestion, absorption and transport of nutrients will be provided. Energy balanced and body...

This introductory course is a pre-requisite for the Nutrition in Healthcare Course. Students will be given an overview of nutrition needs and factors affecting intake throughout the life cycle, with emphasis on the older adults and the frail elderly. Upon completion of the course students will be able to identify factors that affect food intake; describe social aspects of meals; understand Canada...

Special Diets in Healthcare has been designed for the Food Service Worker and their role in the Nutrition care process for residents of Long Term Care. This course looks at the dietary interventions and nutritional needs of residents. Topics such as, nutrition in aging, disease states, theraputic diets, texture and fluid modifications, hydration, food allergies and intolerances, nutrition...

This course helps the student acquire practical and transferable office administration skills, attitudes, behaviours and knowledge which are valuable in obtaining and retaining careers in todays fast-changing office environment. These skills can be applied to any office situation, ranging from a multinational corporation to a home-based enterprise. Topics covered include time management, conflict...

This is NOT a learn to type course. This course is designed to familiarize the user with beginning medical keyboarding, advanced keyboarding, medical language, grammatical and office skills. It includes case histories, a variety of medical reports, technical terminology and timed writings. These exercises will help the learner increase their knowledge of terms they will encounter on-the-job, and...

Medical office procedures will cover administrative and clerical functions including patient reception, scheduling appointments appropriate to patient needs, telephone procedures, medical records management and charting of progress notes, verbal and non-verbal communication with patients, computerization and the medical office, financial records, personal conduct, medical ethics and law. The...

Designed to study the record keeping practices in the hospital and physician's office. Emphasis is placed on hospital and medical staff organization, patient record context, procedures in filing, numbering and retention of patient records, qualitative analysis, release of information, forms control and design, indexes and registers, reimbursements, regulatory and accrediting agencies, and...

This course is designed to provide the student with the basic principles of efficient Health Claim Billing in Ontario. The student will learn how to use the Schedule of Benefits and Preambles of the Ministry of Health, as well as be introduced to computerized billing.