Health & Wellness Fundamentals

Code: 8523-8524

Credit:  ½ credit

Elective/ Required: Elective 9-12 (May take multiple semesters)

Prerequisite: Counselor Approval

Course Description: Health & Wellness Fundamentals is specially designed instruction to provide students with the necessary skills to maintain a healthy lifestyle with maximum independence. The critical components include but are not limited to emotional and physical health. Subtopics may include and are not limited to: understanding feelings, getting along with others, stress management, nutritional diet, and physical fitness, care of skin/hair/nails, dental hygiene, and human sexuality. This course is a self-contained class.

Skills Needed to be Successful in the Class

Students must be able to work collaboratively, actively listen, and willing to communicate with others.

Learning Goals: The student will be able to:

1. Demonstrate functional health literacy skills to obtain, interpret, understand, and use basic health concepts to enhance personal, family, and community health.

2. Synthesize interactive literacy and social skills to establish and monitor personal, family, and community goals related to all aspects of health.

3. Apply critical literacy/thinking skills related to personal, family, and community wellness.

4. Use media literacy skills to analyze media and other influences to effectively manage health risk situations and advocate for self and others.

5. Demonstrate behaviors that foster active lifestyles for individual and the benefits of society.

Careers Related to Content

CNA, home health care, physician’s office

Human Growth & Development (Concurrent Course)

Code: 3541

Credit: 1/2 credit              

Elective/Required:  Elective 11-12

Prerequisite:  None

Course Description: Human Growth and Development throughout the life cycle is the focus of this health education course.  Topics include:  prenatal development and birth, marriage and family responsibilities, parenting issues, domestic violence, aging and retirement issues such as nursing home care, euthanasia, death and dying.  Also, adolescent issues such as: depression and suicide, problem solving and decision making skills, intimate relationships, teen pregnancy, sexual harassment and violence including rape and high risk behaviors associated with STD’s and AIDS.

Skills Needed to be successful in the Class

Students must be able to write and express opinions and ideas verbally and in writing as well as work cooperatively in small and large groups.

Learning Goals:  The student will be able to:

1. Describe the physical, social, emotional, and intellectual development that occurs in each stage of the life cycle.

2. Analyze factors that contribute to successful relationship and marriage.

3. Examine causes, preventions and alternatives to domestic violence.

4. Apply problem solving and decision making skills to high risk behavior.

5. Recognize symptoms of mental health disorders.

Careers Related to Content

All health care providers and allied health professionals.

Health Concepts

Code: 3557

Credit: ½ credit

Elective/Required: Elective 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Course Description: Health Concepts is an overview of health and wellness concerns of today.  Topics include the basics of wellness, stressors in life and how to handle them, sleeping habits and dreams, making responsible decisions about drugs, tobacco, alcohol, and relationships and preventing STI’s.

Skills Needed to be Successful in the Class

Students must be able to write and express opinions and ideas verbally and in writing as well as work cooperatively in small and large groups.

Learning Goals:   The student will be able to:

1. Analyze lifestyle factors that contribute to health and wellness.

2. Take responsibility for their health and well-being.

3. Gain a sense of competence and personal power in their choices.

4. Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

Careers Related to Content

Health professionals, personal trainers, health and physical education teachers and youth counselors.

Healthy Lifestyles

Code: 3558

Credit: ½ credit

Elective/Required: Elective 9-12

Prerequisite: None

Course Description: Healthy Lifestyles is an overview of health and wellness concerns of today. Topics include a lifestyle assessment, nutrition basics, exercise for health and fitness, personal and environmental safety, and how our health changes as we age.

Skills Needed to be Successful in the Class

Students must be able to write and express opinions and ideas verbally and in writing as well as work cooperatively in small and large groups.

Learning Goals: The student will be able to:

1. Analyze lifestyle factors that contribute to health and wellness.

2. Take responsibility for their health and well-being.

3. Gain a sense of competence and personal power in their choices.

4. Comprehend concepts related to health promotion and disease prevention to enhance health.

5. Advocate for personal family and community health.

Careers Related to Content

Health professionals, personal trainers, health and physical education teachers and youth counselors.

Nurse’s Aide (Concurrent Credit Course)

Code:   3549

Credit: ½ MHS credit + 3 MCC credits.

Elective/Required:  Elective 11-12

Prerequisite:  None

Course Description: There are two courses available:  A 75 hour course which prepares you for employment in a nursing facility that provides care for the elderly or chronically ill or a 135 hour course which prepares you for employment in hospitals as well as long-term care facilities. This course requires a 30 hour clinical to be arranged by the instructor. A uniform, a watch that reads seconds, and a notebook will be needed.

Skills Needed to be Successful in the Class

The student must be able to work independently and have good written and oral communication skills, be trustworthy, responsible, enjoy working with and being around people from different economic and cultural backgrounds, feel compassion for people who are physically or mentally handicapped, and find satisfaction in challenging work that helps others.

Learning Goals: The student will be able to:

1. Understand the role and functions/duties of a nurse aide. 

2. Use responsibility in maintaining a safe environment for residents. 

3. Explore personal hygiene needs of resident and help residents meet these need. 

4. Explore basic body structure/function of nutrition/assist residents to fulfill nutritional needs. 

5. Explore routine care procedures within scope of practice. 

Careers Related to Content

Health occupations such as registered nurse, practical nurse, nursing assistant, nurse in industrial health, physicians office or home health care.