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Nursing assistant and care aide competency checks: Daily living, vital signs and safe care

A ready-made course, live deck and two surveys for nursing assistants. AhaSlides tracks progress, completion and scores for you. 40 minutes, 6 lessons. Last reviewed 21 October 2026; not legal advice.

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Learners prepare on their own, you answer questions live, and the surveys tell you what stuck. 14 fields to fill in with your own policy, contacts and locations; each one is highlighted inside the course.

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The Nursing assistant and care aide competency checks: Daily living, vital signs and safe care course as a learner first sees it

Completion is tracked for you

Learners sign in to take the course, so every start, finish and score is recorded in AhaSlides. No spreadsheet to keep.

  • Who has finished

    See who has not started, who is in progress and who has completed the course.

  • Every score

    Each learner's answers to the quizzes and activities in the course.

  • What landed

    Survey results show what people took away, and the 30-day check-in shows whether they use it.

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6 lessons, about 40 minutes

What learners can do at the end of each lesson. Minutes are an estimate.

  • Lesson 1: Your role and why it matters · 7 min

    Before you begin · Morning on Ward 5 · You are the eyes and ears

  • Lesson 2: Personal care with dignity · 7 min

    The principles in brief · Order a bed bath · Report or record?

  • Lesson 3: Eating, drinking and vital signs: a routine · 7 min

    Safe eating and drinking · Vital signs routine · Check

  • Lesson 4: Moving safely and grey areas · 7 min

    Scenario · Scenario · Match the concern to the action

  • Lesson 5: Infection prevention, records and speaking up · 7 min

    Habits that protect · Who to tell · Scenario

  • Lesson 6: Final assessment · 5 min

    Practice · Completion

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Common questions

Yes. The course, the live deck and both surveys are free. Claiming the template into your AhaSlides account is free too.

Yes. The course is self-paced and online, and the live deck lets you add a live session in the room or online.

At onboarding before any observed skills sign-off, annually for competency validation, and when a role or task list changes.

Nursing assistants, care aides, care assistants and healthcare assistants in hospitals and care homes, plus the nurse educators who validate them; run by the nurse educator or clinical education lead responsible for aide onboarding and annual competency validation.

Record completion in your own LMS or record system, so you can show who finished the course and when.

Yes, everything. Change the wording, swap scenarios for ones from your workplace, add your logo, or remove parts that don't apply.

Your own details, each highlighted inside the course:
  • Clinical education contact
  • Local policy link
  • Incident reporting route
  • Escalation route
  • Regulator and standards
  • LMS or record system
  • Aide skills checklist
  • Local observation chart
  • Local nutrition record
  • Moving and handling plan
  • Course URL
  • Live session URL
Then edit anything else you like: wording, scenarios, your logo.
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