青少年准备通过手部训练成为护士助理
时间：2019-01-03 作者：英语课 分类：2017年VOA慢速英语(十二)月
Teens Prepare to Be Nurse Assistants Through Hands On Training
People often say that the best way to learn is by doing. Right now, some high school students in Rockville, Maryland are trying that idea. They are studying nursing, including training in a real medical environment.
The students are taking part in a certified 1 nursing assistant, or CNA program. It will prepare them to take and pass certification exams and begin a career in health care.
Twenty skills
Linda Hall is a professor of nursing at Montgomery County College. This is the third year she has led the CNA program. The course work takes place after school, four days a week. Students spend 88 hours in the classroom and train in the field for 60 hours. Hall says that they learn at least 20 skills that nursing assistants depend on daily.
"…such as brushing teeth, giving a bath, putting someone on a bedpan, feeding someone. All of those skills are part of the 20 skills that they need to know before they can graduate. There is also a passing grade of 80. They can't even take the final exam if their average grade is not 80 or above."
She says completing the program and passing the CNA exam provides these students a possible future career.
"When the class is completed and the grades are in, they get a license 2 from the state of Maryland to be a certified nursing assistant. Then, they prep for the geriatric nursing assistant license, which is an extra step up for them."
Hands on nursing
The students practice everything on each other: talking to a patient, taking a pulse; checking blood pressure. Then, they move on to the second part of their training: meeting real patients to help.
The CNA training program takes place inside Ingleside at King Farm, a retirement 3 community that includes assisted-living. Student Natalia Estrada Aguirre says she enjoyed getting to know the residents better as she helped them.
“I wasn’t really sure, you know. I thought they were all fragile 4 and you got to be very careful with them, but honestly, they love it when you help them, they love when you give them a hand because they always need it. So I learned more to connect with them and interact 5 with them in a better way. I think you need to be very patient, very driven."
John Holly 6 is Ingleside's health care administrator 7. He says residents welcome the young people because they are lively. He says residents “enjoy the additional attention that they get because there are more students here.”
Young people help old people
The CNA training program was founded by neurologist William Leahy, who serves on Ingleside's board of directors.
John Holly says that Leahy cares about people. "And so the vision is simply to provide individuals an opportunity and to provide for the best care that people can receive."
Aguirre praises the training program as “priceless.”
"Ever since I've been little I've been wanting to do something in nursing and helping 8 others, because I really love doing that. So, this is kind of like a first-hand experience on my nursing and helping other people out.”
Her classmate, 17-year-old Kelli Wilson, wants to become a doctor. Wilson says she joined the CNA program to learn more about the health care profession.
"I think one of the most important things I've learned is about one-patient care, like how to treat patients. Even if I want to take it further not just as a nurse, as a doctor, it's always important to keep your patients and their mental, emotional and physical body in one and make sure that you're treating them respectfully and well."
The program appears to help everyone it touches: The Ingleside residents, the students, and the health care system as a whole.
I’m Jill Robbins.
Words in This Story
nursing - n. the job of taking care of people who are sick, injured, or old
certify 9 – v. to say officially that something or someone has met certain standards or requirements
brush - v. to clean or smooth (something) with a brush
bedpan - n. a shallow pan used as a toilet by a person who is too ill to get out of bed
license - n. an official document or card that gives you permission to do, use, or have something
geriatric - adj. of or relating to the process of growing old and the medical care of old people
assisted-living - n. a system that provides a place to live and medical care for people (such as elderly or disabled people) who need help with daily activities
fragile - adj. easily broken or damaged
interact - v. to talk or do things with other people
pulse - n. the regular movement of blood through your body that is caused by the beating of your heart and that can be felt by touching certain parts of your body
- Doctors certified him as insane. 医生证明他精神失常。
- The planes were certified airworthy. 飞机被证明适于航行。
- The foreign guest has a license on the person.这个外国客人随身携带执照。
- The driver was arrested for having false license plates on his car.司机由于使用假车牌而被捕。
- She wanted to enjoy her retirement without being beset by financial worries.她想享受退休生活而不必为金钱担忧。
- I have to put everything away for my retirement.我必须把一切都积蓄起来以便退休后用。
- The old lady was increasingly fragile after her operation.那位老太太手术后身体越来越虚弱。
- This glass disc looks very fragile.这个玻璃盘子看起来很容易碎。
- All things are interrelated and interact on each other.一切事物互相联系并相互作用。
- The policeman advised the criminal to interact with the police.警察劝罪犯与警方合作。
- I recently acquired some wood from a holly tree.最近我从一棵冬青树上弄了些木料。
- People often decorate their houses with holly at Christmas.人们总是在圣诞节时用冬青来装饰房屋。
- The role of administrator absorbed much of Ben's energy.行政职务耗掉本很多精力。
- He has proved himself capable as administrator.他表现出管理才能。
- The poor children regularly pony up for a second helping of my hamburger. 那些可怜的孩子们总是要求我把我的汉堡包再给他们一份。
- By doing this, they may at times be helping to restore competition. 这样一来, 他在某些时候,有助于竞争的加强。