HLTH 134 — Practicum to Hawaiian and Indigenous Health and Healing: Kupuna care for Nurse Aides
This course is a practicum companion to HLTH 124 and prepares students to work in non-long-term care settings. However, it does not qualify students to sit for the State of Hawaiʻi Nurse Aide exam to become a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA). Intro to Hawaiian and Indigenous Health and Healing combines traditional Western healing knowledge and care giving skills. Training in the Native Hawaiian traditional healing practices focuses on mälama kapuna (elder care), mälama ʻaina (agricultural practices), kaʻaʻike waha (communication), ʻai Pono (healthy nutrition), hoʻoponopono (mutual restitution), lomilomi (massage), and lāʻau lapaʻau (plant medicine). Western knowledge focuses on human anatomy, medical terminology, basic nursing care, basic home care, emergency care, nutrition, dressing, bathing and feeding patients, taking patients' temperature, blood pressure and pulse, and reporting too nurses. (3 hours Clinical Instruction)