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DVS Program

Health, Assistance and Nursing (French) - 5325

DVS

1800 hours

Qualified Instructors

This program can be offered at the campus(es) below. Please contact the campus of your choosing for program availability and delivery methods.

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Employment Rate

92%

*Jan-Dec 2023, CDI College QC;

Median Wage

$28 /hour

*Jobbank.gc.ca; 2024;

Learn to Provide Treatment Collaboratively With Other Healthcare Professionals

CDI College's Health, Assistance, and Nursing Care (French) - 5325 program provides a robust understanding of healthcare. The curriculum is crafted to shape skilled nursing assistants ready to contribute significantly to various healthcare environments.

 

The ongoing evolution and high demand in healthcare ensure abundant job opportunities for graduates. The growth of this sector due to an aging population, self-care trends, and outpatient care amplifies these opportunities.

  • BASIC CARE PROCEDURES
  • FIRST AID
  • GERIATRIC & PALLIATIVE CARE
  • HEALTH & WELL-BEING
  • HELPING RELATIONSHIPS
  • INFECTION CONTROL
  • NUTRITIONAL NEEDS
  • SYSTEMS OF THE HUMAN BODY
  • TEAMWORK & COMMUNICATION
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Authorized by the Ministry of Education. CDI College Business. Technology. Health Care (Permit 528500)

Program Intro Background

Program Courses

Determine Their Suitability for the Profession and Training

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Establish a status report of the profession, learn about your training project, recognize the importance of your involvement in the learning offered, and in the success of your study program. Confirming your professional orientation.

Become Familiar with a Comprehensive Approach to Health

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Situate health in a broader context of personal well-being, recognize the unique and multidimensional character of the person, recognize the attitudes, behaviors, and values that reflect the humanization of care. Ability to understand the contribution of the nurse and the auxiliary nurse in the care process, ability to assess the contribution of the nurse and the auxiliary nurse in realizing the therapeutic nursing plan.

Communicate in a Care Team

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Adopt behaviors that favor the understanding of and the proper functioning of a work team. Provide information on care provided. Recognize the importance of ensuring continuity of care. Become aware of one's strengths and limitations in communication.

Apply Basic Care Procedures

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Move or restrain a person. Provide care related to hygiene, comfort and dressing. Provide care related to diet and hydration. Provide care related to elimination. Taking the vital signs of a person. Providing care after death.

Establishing a Helping Relationship

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Adopt an attitude of openness towards others, appreciate indicators of the emotional state of a person. Show respect and empathy for someone. Awareness of the strengths and limitations in how they relate to others.

Become Familiar with the Legal and Ethical Aspects of the Profession

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Recognize the legal aspects related to the practice and the general activities of the nursing assistant. Recognize the rights of the person being cared for. Recognize the duties and obligations of the nurse and the auxiliary nurse. Personally situate oneself in relation to an ethical dilemma.

Apply Care Procedures Related to the Musculoskeletal System

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Establish the connections between physiology and the musculoskeletal system. Establish links between alterations and the musculoskeletal system. Select supportive care related to alterations of the musculoskeletal system. Perform a mandate related to the musculoskeletal system. Write observational notes.

Prevent and Control Infection

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Detect signs of inflammation and infection. Specify infection control odes, and how to properly wash hands. Importance of wearing gloves. Handle contaminated materials and body fluids. Use antimicrobial agents. Provide care to treat a wound.

Help a Client Meet His or Her Nutritional Needs

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Establish connections between diet and a person's state of health. Check the connection between the meal and a person’s diet. Encouraging a person to eat. Prevention of problems related to food.

Administer First Aid

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Provide first aid in case of discomfort, urgency, distress, obstruction, respiratory arrest, cardiac arrest, injury, hemorrhage, shock, intoxication, and allergy.

Provide Basic Care to Clients who are Experiencing Loss of Autonomy

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Work planning and communication of information related to the care provided. Personal assistance with respect to hygiene, comfort, dressing, mobilization, nutrition, hydration, and elimination. Maintain the room and communicate information effectively about the care given and the condition of the person.

Participate in Drug Therapy

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Laws governing pharmacotherapy. Links between drugs or other substances and their effects on the body. Calculation of doses for a drug or substance, preparation and administration of the drug and verification of self-medication.

Apply Care Procedures Related to the Nervous and Sensory Systems

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Role and anatomical structures of the nervous system. Role and anatomical structures of the sensory system. Clinical manifestations related to pain. Assistance and specific care related to the alterations of the nervous and sensory systems.

Apply Care Procedures Related to the Endocrine System

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Establish the links between physiology and the endocrine system. Select supportive care based on alterations to the endocrine system. Write observational notes.

Cardiovascular and Respiratory Systems (French)

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Subjects – Anatomical structures of the heart, its vessels and the circulatory system. Description of the role of the heart and its anatomical structures. Discernment of the anatomical structures and the role of the circulatory system. Role of the blood components. Discernment of the anatomical structures and the role of the respiratory system Role and organs of the respiratory system. Clinical signs associated with alterations in the cardiovascular and respiratory systems.

Apply Care Procedures Related to the Digestive

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Anatomical structure of the digestive system and the role of organs. Assistance and specific care related to alterations of the digestive system. Preoperative and postoperative care. Perform a mandate associated with the digestive system. Write observational notes.

Apply Care Procedures Related to the Urinary and Reproductive Systems

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Anatomical structure of the urinary and reproductive systems. Assistance and specific care related to alterations of the urinary and reproductive systems.

Intervene with a Client with Cognitive Deficits

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Identify the needs of a person with cognitive deficits. Appreciate the functional autonomy of a person with cognitive deficits. Promote the independence of a person with cognitive deficits. Select ways to mitigate disruptive behavior.

Provide Specific Care

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Detection of clinical manifestations related to different disturbed needs. Assistance care and specific care. Administration of drugs.

Intervene with a Client in Palliative Care

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Establish links between the terminal phase, its clinical manifestations, and the reactions of a dying person. Identify the needs of a person in palliative care. Ensure the comfort of a person in palliative care. Ensure the support of those around the palliative care patient.

Intervene with a Client with a Mental Health Problem

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Recognizing manifestations of anxiety and manifestations related to mental health issues. Means and methods of intervention.

Intervene with a Mother and her Newborn

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Establish links between pregnancy, the postpartum period, and clinical manifestations in the mother. Identify the needs of a mother. Meet the needs of a newborn. Ensure the comfort of a mother and her newborn.

Intervene with a Child or Adolescent with a Health Problem

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Meet the needs and ensure the comfort of a child or a teenager.

Provide Geronto-Geriatric Care

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Planning your shift. Entering into a relationship with the patient. Assisting the person with performing daily tasks. Give specific care to the person. Effectively communicate information about the care given and the condition of the person.

Provide Care to Clients with Mental Health Problems

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Planning your shift. Entering into a relationship with the patient. Assisting the person with performing daily tasks. Give specific care to the person. Effectively communicate information about the care given and the condition of the person.

Provide Care in a Medical Unit

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Planning the work needed. Observing the state of the person. Providing patient support. Providing specific care. Effectively communicate information about the person's condition.

Provide Care to Clients Undergoing Physical Rehabilitation

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Planning your shift. Entering into a relationship with the patient. Assisting the person with performing daily tasks. Providing specific care to the person. Effectively communicate information about the care given and the condition of the person.

Provide Care in a Surgical Unit

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Give preoperative and postoperative care to the person. Providing information about the care and condition of the person.     

Provide Care to Mothers and Newborns

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Enter into a relationship with the mother. Assist the mother in performing daily task. Give specific care to the mother or her newborn. Effectively communicate information about the care given and the status of the mother or newborn.

Provide Care to Children and Adolescents

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Connect with the child or adolescent. Assist the child or adolescent with the performance of daily tasks Provide specific care to the child or adolescent. Provide information about the care provided and the condition of the child or adolescent.

Provide Care to a Diverse Clientele

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Enter into a relationship with the person. Assist the person in performing daily tasks. Give specific care to the person. Effectively communicate information about the care given and the condition of the person.

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Admission

Benefits of this program

Employment Opportunities

To be eligible for admission to the Health, Assistance and Nursing program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements:

Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or its recognized equivalent, for example, an Attestation of Equivalence of Secondary V studies, or a postsecondary diploma such as the Diploma of College Studies or a Bachelor's degree
OR
Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin and have earned the Secondary V credits in language of instruction and Secondary IV credits in second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition for equivalent learning
OR
Persons who are at least 18 years of age upon entry into the program and have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the General Development Test, as well as Secondary V credits in language of instruction in a program of study established by the Minister, or recognition for equivalent learning
OR
Persons having earned Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister and who will continue their general education courses concurrently with their vocational training in order to obtain the credits they are missing among the following: Secondary IV and Secondary V language of instruction and Secondary IV second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister.

 

 

A person who has reached the age of 18 can be admitted to a program of study leading to a Diploma of vocational studies (DVS) based on functional prerequisites. These prerequisites, in place for those aged at least 18 years at the start date declared for the vocational training program, are: successful completion of the general development test (GDT) and obtaining and passing the tests relative to the specific prerequisites in the language of instruction and mathematics, if applicable.

  • Program offered in French only
  • Morning, afternoon or evening classes
  • Learn in an inclusive environment
  • Market-driven program
  • Healthcare professionals are in high demand
  • Accelerated course times so you can graduate quickly
  • Tight-knit, supportive community with classmates, instructors, and support staff
  • Earn your diploma of vocational studies in just a few months
  • Career Services department provides assistance finding jobs and building resumes
  • Authorized by the Ministry of Education. CDI College Business. Technology. Health Care (Permit 528500)
  • Clinics
  • Hospitals
  • Long-Term Care Centres

To be eligible for admission to the Health, Assistance and Nursing program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements:

Persons holding a Secondary School Diploma or its recognized equivalent, for example, an Attestation of Equivalence of Secondary V studies, or a postsecondary diploma such as the Diploma of College Studies or a Bachelor's degree
OR
Persons who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin and have earned the Secondary V credits in language of instruction and Secondary IV credits in second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister, or have been granted recognition for equivalent learning
OR
Persons who are at least 18 years of age upon entry into the program and have the following functional prerequisites: the successful completion of the General Development Test, as well as Secondary V credits in language of instruction in a program of study established by the Minister, or recognition for equivalent learning
OR
Persons having earned Secondary III credits in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister and who will continue their general education courses concurrently with their vocational training in order to obtain the credits they are missing among the following: Secondary IV and Secondary V language of instruction and Secondary IV second language and mathematics in the programs of study established by the Minister.

 

 

A person who has reached the age of 18 can be admitted to a program of study leading to a Diploma of vocational studies (DVS) based on functional prerequisites. These prerequisites, in place for those aged at least 18 years at the start date declared for the vocational training program, are: successful completion of the general development test (GDT) and obtaining and passing the tests relative to the specific prerequisites in the language of instruction and mathematics, if applicable.

  • Program offered in French only
  • Morning, afternoon or evening classes
  • Learn in an inclusive environment
  • Market-driven program
  • Healthcare professionals are in high demand
  • Accelerated course times so you can graduate quickly
  • Tight-knit, supportive community with classmates, instructors, and support staff
  • Earn your diploma of vocational studies in just a few months
  • Career Services department provides assistance finding jobs and building resumes
  • Authorized by the Ministry of Education. CDI College Business. Technology. Health Care (Permit 528500)
  • Clinics
  • Hospitals
  • Long-Term Care Centres
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Hear From Our Graduates

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“My instructor is always involved in activities related to the nursing profession, which allows for a much better overview of the various approaches advocated in the community.”

Julie B.

Health Assistance and Nursing - 5325

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“CDI College’s approach is personalized so we feel good and are always well supported. Moreover schedules are flexible, which is really important for those of us who have children.”

Stephanie R.

Health Assistance and Nursing - 5325

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