The professional caregiver is able to collect basic health care parameters/vital signs/personal abilities relating to the patient/client. This is done autonomously and independently but according to instructions. | The professional caregiver is able to: - involve relevant others in the assessment of the patient/client (see also CA.6.1),
- perform measurements of basic health parameters/vital signs (e.g. height, weight, body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate, breathing rate, abdominal girth),
- collect information about the patient’s/client’s ability to self-care in daily living (e.g. eating, drinking, personal hygiene, dressing, excretion, mobility),
- collect information about the patient’s/client’s daily routine (e.g. being awake and asleep, course of the day),
- collect information about the patient’s/client’s preferences and dislikes (e.g. regarding food and drink),
- collect information about the patient’s/client’s cognitive ability (e.g. consciousness, mood changes, orientation, behaviour),
- collect information about the patient’s/client’s sensory functions (e.g. visual and auditory impairment),
- collect information about the patient’s/client’s social behaviour (e.g. contact to others, relationships, loneliness),
- report results of health assessment of patient/client to relevant professionals,
- document the results of measurements (see also CAA.2).
| The professional caregiver is able to: - name the range of normal vital parameters (e.g. blood pressure, heart rate, body temperature),
- explain their own behaviour when faced with abnormal vital parameters,
- describe how to support patients/clients with limitations (e.g. limited mobility urination, walking with the blind),
- explain techniques for measuring basic vital functions (e.g. temperature, blood pressure, breathing rate),
- list technical equipment necessary for gathering the patient’s/client’s vital data,
- describe differences between sleep and unconsciousness,
- list cognitive functions (e.g. learning, recognising, comparing, thinking, memory, consciousness, emotions, mood),
- list physical functions (e.g. movement, breathing, digestion),
- list sensory functions (e.g. communicative ability, speech, vision, hearing),
- name different behaviours (e.g. aggressive, stable, apathetic, anxious),
- describe assessment methods in nursing care (e.g. observation, simple interview with the patient/client and relevant others),
- discuss possible health assessment results.
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