Title: Identify healthcare career options.
Course: Nurse Aide I Condensed (14051-I-A) > Section: Relating to the Healthcare System

Identification should include

- acute care
- long-term care (e.g., nursing home, assisted living, group homes, hospice)
- home care
- corrections
- outpatient care
- program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE)
- schools.

Refer to Unit I in Nurse Aide Curriculum, Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2023.

Process/Skill Questions:

- How does client care differ between acute care and long-term care?
- Why is there a trend toward home health care?
- Why is it important that one understand where you want to work and the options for the workplace?