The Client Status module is designed according to the AES course framework, which includes four phases:
- Explore
- Learn & Practice
- Reflect
- Reinforce
Below you'll discover how AES can help you teach your students about body measurements and vital signs according to these four phases.
Phase 1: Explore
Activity: Explore
In this activity, students use and care for electronic thermometers with sheaths, tympanic thermometers with probe covers, stethoscopes, sphygmomanometers, scales with height bars and alcohol wipes.
Phase 2: Learn & Practice
Unit 1: Vital Signs and Body Measurements
In this unit, students will learn about: vital signs and body measurements and their importance to overall health. They will learn how to identify, measure, and record patient height and weight.
Lessons
1. Vital Signs
2. Body Measurements
3. Quiz
Unit 2: Temperature
In this unit, students will learn about: body temperature and factors that may affect it as they explore ways to take patient temperature using glass thermometers and taking oral and tympanic temperatures.
Lessons
1. Temperature
2. Glass/Mercury Thermometers
3. Oral Temperature
4. Tympanic Temperature
5. Quiz
Unit 3: Pulse
In this unit, students will learn about: pulse as they describe pulse rate and rhythm and take and record radial and apical pulse.
Lessons
1. Pulse
2. Radial Pulse
3. Apical Pulse
4. Quiz
Unit 4: Respiration
In this unit, students will learn about: respiration as they describe respiration rate, character, and rhythm, identify normal and abnormal respirations, and take and record respirations.
Lessons
1. Respiration
2. Quiz
Unit 5: Blood Pressure
In this unit, students will learn about: blood pressure, systolic and diastolic readings, and normal and abnormal blood pressures and take and record blood pressure with a sphygmomanometer.
Lessons
1. Blood Pressure
2. Quiz
Unit 6: Reading Analog Devices Game
In this unit, students will play a learning game to gain practice through repetition in reading: a glass thermometer, a balance beam scale, and the gauge of a sphygmomanometer. The first lesson (training) is a tutorial to learn about the simulated devices used in the second lesson (game).
Lessons
- Part 1 - Training
- Part 2 - Seeing Patients
Phase 3: Reflect
Activity: Reflection Questions and Discussion
In this activity, students will journal about ranges for vital signs and when they should be reported; how to select the appropriate temperature measurement method; and treating patients with respect and empathy. A class discussion can follow.
Phase 4: Reinforce
Activity: Examining Vital Signs
In this activity, students: measure, record and graph vital signs; evaluate the information; and identify factors that may affect vital signs.
Activity: Current Event
Students will review articles for information related to a topic in the module. Once an article is found, students complete a Current Event form.
