Identification should include
- professional dress, as specified by employer (i.e., agency)
- personal hygiene and grooming
- personal characteristics such as honesty, tact, integrity, punctuality and dependability, empathy, respect, confidentiality
- professional behavior.
Process/Skill Questions:
- Why is professional dress important to a home health aide?
- What is the most important personal characteristic of a home health aide?
- Why is personal hygiene important to a home health aide?
- Why should a home health aide continue their education?
- Why should a home health aide belong to a professional organization? Which should one seek to join?
- What are some methods of helping a client maintain their dignity?