LPN Rehabilitation Course
- Course Objectives:
To provide advanced competency training to bridge the entry level competencies of Licensed Practical Nurse to the fulfill the role of LPN Rehabilitation Assistant in long term care facilities in New Brunswick. This role involves understanding and collaborating with the following specialties to optimize functioning for the resident of the nursing home:
- Speech Language Pathology (swallowing and communication referral requests)
- Physiotherapy
- Occupational Therapy
- Audiology
- Dietician (including nutrition and adaptive aids)
Course Format:
- Theory Portion: Delivered online by independent study with prepared course materials, videos and assignments
- Preceptorship: Supervised preceptorship with mentors working the role currently. Listing of possible preceptorship sites will be provided, students to contact preceptors and make own arrangements for hours
- Students have six months from the beginning of the course to complete online theory and preceptorship hours (extenuating circumstances will be considered individually if an extension is required for this timeframe)
Course Registration and Fees:
- Registration is open to all active NB LPN’s in good standing with ANBLPN
- Cost is $1295 and is payable before the start of the course
- Certification is issued upon successful completion of both theory and preceptorship portions
- Complete the attached registration form and submit payment to confirm placement in the next course offering in the Fall of 2023
If you would like to join our waitlist, place complete the form below.
REGISTER
Registration open until April 20, 2024
Course START DATE: April 29, 2024
Registration begins by completing the registration and submitting to the course instructor at cheyanne@beaconclinicalgroup.com. Final course payment is confirmed once full payment is received.
Below you can find the registration forms and you will be sent a secure link to make tuition payment.
| Class 1:
| Review of Course and Preceptorship Introduction to Rehabilitation for Older People • Person Centered Care • Comprehensive Assessment of the Older Adult • Effects of Aging • Frailty • Rehabilitation for Older People • Rehabilitation Team • Interdisciplinary Communication | I |
Class 2:
| Rehabilitation: How it works • Rehabilitation Potential and Selection for Rehabilitation • Setting rehabilitation goals • Rehabilitation equipment • Physiotherapy: How it works • Occupational Therapy: Function and Cognition • Nursing Patients through Rehabilitation • Speech Therapy: Communication and Swallowing • Psychological Input |
| Class 3:
| Supporting Rehabilitation • Nutrition and hydration • Social Work • Patient Story • Brain Health and Mental Capacity • Avoiding deconditioning • Measuring Progress with Rehabilitation • Keeping People Engaged in Rehabilitation • The Rehabilitation Environment and Culture | |
Class 4:
| Common Issues During Rehabilitation • Pain • Muscle and Joint Problems • Posture • Falls, Bone Health • Anxiety and Depression • Altered Cognition (Dementia) • Exercise Tolerance • Vison and Hearing • Physiological effects of bed rest and inactivity | ||
| Class 5:
| Specialized Rehabilitation Part One • Stoke • Spasticity • Fractures and Surgery • Movement Disorders • Dementia | |
Class 6:
| Introduction to Occupational Therapy: • Seating assessments • Assistive and adaptive seating options • Referral process |
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| Class 7:
| Nutrition • Role of the Dietician • Nutritional Assessment in the Elderly • Nutritional Risk and Swallowing Disorders • Diet modifications • Dehydration • Constipation • Alternative Nutritional Support | |
Class 8:
| Occupational Therapy: • Skin Integrity • Skin breakdown • Braden scale • Prevention • Treatment • Positioning • Supportive mattresses/ surfaces • Wound Management | ||
| Class 9:
| Introduction to Physiotherapy • Role of the LPN rehab assistant in the nursing home involving physiotherapy • Responsibilities of the rehabilitation assistant o To the resident o To the physiotherapist • Therapeutic Exercise (indications, goals, techniques) o Range of motion o Passive range of motion o Active-assisted range of motion o Active range of motion o Anatomical planes of motion o Stretching o Contractures | I |
o Active assisted exercise/strengthening ▪ Isometric exercise ▪ Isotonic exercise o Aerobic exercise | |||
Class 10:
| Speech and Language • Communication Tools • Speech support Audiology Basics • Introduction to audiology • Assistive hearing devices Music Therapy • Introduction • Examples | ||
| Class 11:
| Specialized Rehabilitation Part Two • Peripheral Vascular Disease • Amputee • Lymphoedema • Spinal Cord Injury | |
Class 12:
| Course Wrap Up Review of Preceptorship competencies |