Identify healthcare career options.

Identification should include

• acute care
• long-term care (e.g., nursing home, assisted living, group homes, hospice)
• home care
• corrections
• outpatient care
• program of all-inclusive care for the elderly (PACE)
• schools.

Refer to Unit I in Nurse Aide Curriculum Links to an external site., Virginia Board of Nursing, Virginia Department of Health Professions, 2018.

Process/Skill Questions:

• How does client/resident/patient care differ between acute care and long-term care?
• Why is there a trend toward home health care?
• Why is it important that you understand where you want to work and the options for the workplace?