Title: Identify healthcare career options.
Course: Nurse Aide I (14051-1) > 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, 2018.

Process/Skill Questions:

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