General Duty Assistant (GDA) Course

About Course

General Duty Assistants (GDAs) GDAs usually work in a hospital environment but may work at homes of sick patients and may be called by similar names such as Orderlies, Nursing Assistants, Nursing Aides or Bedside Assistants. Internationally, they are usually called Nursing Assistants or Patient Care Assistants. They work in collaboration with (and usually under the supervision of) doctors, nurses, and other healthcare providers to deliver the prescribed healthcare services to their patients. As they deal with patients, essential qualities include an orientation to service, empathy, basic communication skills and the ability to follow orders and behave ethically.

Scope of work: hospitals, nursing homes, standalone clinics and diagnostic labs

• Chapter-1
  1. Orientation to healthcare facilities.
• Chapter-2
  2. Broad functions of General Duty Assistant
• Chapter-3
  3. Introduction to human anatomy and physiology.
• Chapter-4
  4. Ergonomics and body mechanics at healthcare setting.

• Chapter-5
  5.Routine in-patient activities.
• Chapter-6
  6. Positioning/transferring /mobility of patients.
• Chapter-7
  7. Observing, reporting and documentation
• Chapter-8
  8. Bathing, grooming and dressing up a patient
• Chapter-9
  9.Nutrition and hydration
• Chapter-10
  10. Bed making
• Chapter-11
  11. Preventing patient injury.
• Chapter-12
  12. Last offices (death care).
• Chapter-13
  13.Sanitation, safety and First Aid.
• Chapter-14
  14. Infection control and prevention
• Chapter-15
  15. Bio Medical Waste management.
• Chapter-16
  16. Basic computer knowledge Soft skills and communication