Your healthcare career starts here — beautifully.

Haus of Healthcare Academy gives aspiring CNAs, patient care technicians, and medical assistants a structured, elegantly designed learning experience — covering clinical foundations, safety, communication, and certification readiness — so you walk into your first shift prepared, polished, and confident.

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"You deserve a clinical education that meets the height of your ambition — and that is exactly what I built."

— LATISHA COLEMAN

What you'll learn

What you'll be able to do

Demonstrate foundational patient care skills including hygiene, mobility, transfers, and positioning with safety-first technique
Accurately measure and document vital signs and recognize values that require escalation
Apply infection control protocols and standard precautions correctly in simulated and real clinical scenarios
Communicate professionally and compassionately with patients, families, and healthcare team members
Identify ethical boundaries, documentation standards, and healthcare team roles to function as a professional
Prepare strategically for applicable patient care certification exams and enter the healthcare workforce with confidence

How it works

A school that adapts to you

This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.

We learn your level

A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.

Lessons adapt as you go

Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.

Your AI coach keeps you moving

Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.

The curriculum

What's inside your school

12 modules · 67 lessons

Welcome to Patient Care

Orients students to the healthcare field, the role of the patient care professional, and how to succeed in this course.

1.1The Patient Care Professional: Roles and ResponsibilitiesIncluded
1.2Healthcare Settings and the Care EnvironmentIncluded
1.3Body Systems Overview: Anatomy and Physiology EssentialsIncluded
1.4Legal, Ethical, and Professional FoundationsIncluded
1.5Knowledge Check and Module QuizIncluded

Vital Signs

Teaches students to accurately measure, interpret, and document all five vital signs, and recognize values requiring escalation.

2.1Temperature: Measurement and Normal RangesIncluded
2.2Pulse and RespirationIncluded
2.3Blood Pressure: Technique and InterpretationIncluded
2.4Oxygen Saturation and Pain AssessmentIncluded
2.5Recognizing and Reporting Abnormal ValuesIncluded
2.6Vital Signs Documentation and Module QuizIncluded

Patient Hygiene and Activities of Daily Living

Builds competency in assisting patients with personal hygiene, grooming, bathing, and all activities of daily living safely and with dignity.

3.1Principles of Patient Hygiene and DignityIncluded
3.2Bathing: Bed Bath, Shower, and TubIncluded
3.3Oral Care, Hair, Nail, and Skin CareIncluded
3.4Dressing, Toileting, and Elimination AssistanceIncluded
3.5Nutrition, Hydration, and Feeding AssistanceIncluded
3.6ADL Scenarios, Knowledge Check, and Module QuizIncluded

Mobility, Transfers, and Positioning

Develops safe, technique-driven skills for moving, transferring, and positioning patients to prevent injury to both patient and caregiver.

4.1Body Mechanics and Safe Lifting PrinciplesIncluded
4.2Assisting with Ambulation and Range of MotionIncluded
4.3Bed-to-Chair and Chair-to-Bed TransfersIncluded
4.4Repositioning in Bed and Pressure Injury PreventionIncluded
4.5Therapeutic Patient PositionsIncluded
4.6Mobility and Positioning Scenarios, Knowledge Check, and Module QuizIncluded

Infection Control and Standard Precautions

Equips students to break the chain of infection and apply standard and transmission-based precautions correctly in all care settings.

5.1The Chain of Infection and How Disease SpreadsIncluded
5.2Hand Hygiene: Handwashing and Hand SanitizerIncluded
5.3Personal Protective Equipment: Selection and Donning/DoffingIncluded
5.4Transmission-Based Precautions: Contact, Droplet, and AirborneIncluded
5.5Sterile Technique, Sharps Safety, and Biohazard DisposalIncluded
5.6Infection Control Scenarios, Knowledge Check, and Module QuizIncluded

Patient Safety

Prepares students to identify, prevent, and report the most common safety hazards and emergencies encountered in clinical care settings.

6.1Fall Prevention: Risk Assessment and Safety MeasuresIncluded
6.2Restraints: Alternatives, Types, and Legal RequirementsIncluded
6.3Fire Safety, Electrical Safety, and Disaster PreparednessIncluded
6.4Emergency Awareness: Codes, CPR Readiness, and ChokingIncluded
6.5Incident Reporting and Error PreventionIncluded
6.6Patient Safety Scenarios, Knowledge Check, and Module QuizIncluded

Patient Communication

Develops the verbal, nonverbal, and written communication skills needed to interact professionally with patients, families, and care teams.

7.1Therapeutic Communication TechniquesIncluded
7.2Communicating with Diverse and Vulnerable PopulationsIncluded
7.3Communicating with Patients with Dementia and Special NeedsIncluded
7.4Interprofessional Communication and SBAR ReportingIncluded
7.5Communication Scenarios, Knowledge Check, and Module QuizIncluded

Documentation and Basic Specimen Collection

Teaches accurate, legal, and timely charting practices alongside the fundamentals of safe specimen collection for patient care staff.

8.1Principles of Healthcare DocumentationIncluded
8.2Charting Methods: Narrative, EMR, and Flow SheetsIncluded
8.3Intake and Output, ADL, and Vital-Sign ChartingIncluded
8.4Specimen Collection Fundamentals: Urine, Stool, and SputumIncluded
8.5Documentation and Specimen Scenarios, Knowledge Check, and Module QuizIncluded

Special Populations: Dementia, Aging, and Diversity

Prepares students to deliver safe, individualized care for older adults, patients with dementia, and other populations with specialized needs.

9.1Normal Aging: Physical and Cognitive ChangesIncluded
9.2Understanding Alzheimer's Disease and DementiaIncluded
9.3Behavior Management and SundowningIncluded
9.4Care for Patients with Disabilities and Mental Health ConditionsIncluded
9.5End-of-Life Care and Comfort MeasuresIncluded
9.6Special Populations Scenarios, Knowledge Check, and Module QuizIncluded

Professional Boundaries, Ethics, and Healthcare Teamwork

Builds the professional identity, ethical decision-making skills, and team collaboration habits essential for long-term healthcare career success.

10.1Professional Boundaries in Patient CareIncluded
10.2Healthcare Ethics: Principles and DilemmasIncluded
10.3Patient Rights, Abuse Recognition, and Mandatory ReportingIncluded
10.4The Healthcare Team: Roles, Hierarchy, and DelegationIncluded
10.5Professionalism, Time Management, and Workplace ConductIncluded
10.6Ethics and Teamwork Scenarios, Knowledge Check, and Module QuizIncluded

Certification Exam Preparation

Provides targeted review, test-taking strategies, and timed practice assessments aligned with leading patient care certification exams.

11.1Certification Pathways OverviewIncluded
11.2Test-Taking Strategies for Healthcare ExamsIncluded
11.3High-Yield Clinical Skills ReviewIncluded
11.4High-Yield Communication, Documentation, and Ethics ReviewIncluded
11.5Timed Practice Exam and Performance AnalysisIncluded

Career Preparation and Course Completion

Launches students into the healthcare workforce with a polished professional portfolio, career strategy, and their Haus of Healthcare Academy Certificate of Course Completion.

12.1Building Your Healthcare Resume and Cover LetterIncluded
12.2Interviewing with Confidence: Healthcare EditionIncluded
12.3Certification and Career Pathway GuideIncluded
12.4Final Comprehensive AssessmentIncluded
12.5Certificate of Course Completion and Next StepsIncluded

Who it's for

Is this you?

First-time CNA candidates

You are stepping into healthcare for the first time and need a structured, exam-aligned foundation that covers every skill and topic the CNA credential expects — taught clearly, with zero assumed background.

Career changers entering healthcare

You are leaving another industry and bringing your work ethic with you — this course gives you the clinical vocabulary, professional standards, and confidence to make the transition on your own timeline.

Patient care technician (PCT) aspirants

You want to work in a hospital or clinical setting as a PCT and need a program that goes beyond basics — covering documentation, specimen collection, communication, and the interprofessional team from day one.

Medical assistant students

You are pursuing an MA role and want a self-paced supplement that sharpens your clinical foundations, patient interaction skills, and understanding of healthcare ethics and legal responsibilities.

Experienced caregivers going formal

You have been caring for loved ones or working in home care for years — now you want the credential and the structured clinical knowledge to match the real-world experience you have already earned.

Busy students juggling life

Between work, family, and everything else, you need a 24/7 self-paced program that does not ask you to rearrange your life — just to show up when you can and learn in a way that actually sticks.

Questions

Frequently asked

Your teacher

A note from your teacher

LATISHA COLEMAN

If you are reading this, I already know something about you: you feel called to healthcare. Maybe you have for a long time. Maybe the calling came recently — through a family member you cared for, a moment in a hospital that shifted something in you, or simply the deep sense that you want to do work that matters. Whatever brought you here, I want you to know that feeling is real, it is valid, and it is exactly the right starting point.

What I also know is that starting in healthcare can feel overwhelming. The terminology is unfamiliar. The stakes feel high. You may wonder whether you are really ready — whether you have what it takes to walk into a clinical setting and perform with confidence. That uncertainty is not a sign you are in the wrong place. It is a sign that you take this seriously. And that is exactly the student I built this academy for.

Haus of Healthcare Academy exists because aspiring patient care professionals deserve more than a dry textbook or a rushed crash course. You deserve a learning experience that treats your ambition with the same care and dignity that you will one day show your patients. Every module in this curriculum — from vital signs and infection control to communication, documentation, and certification prep — was designed to give you clinical knowledge that is accurate, applicable, and presented in a way that actually builds your confidence rather than diminishing it.

I also know that your life does not pause while you pursue this goal. You may be working, raising children, managing a household, or all of the above. That is why this course is entirely self-paced, available every hour of every day, and structured so that each lesson builds logically on the last. You can move quickly or take your time. You can revisit a module when the material clicks differently the second time. This is your education, on your terms — held to a professional standard that will serve you the moment you step into a clinical environment.

By the time you complete this program, you will know how to take and document vital signs, assist patients with hygiene and mobility with safe technique, apply infection control protocols, communicate therapeutically across diverse patient populations, navigate the ethics and legal responsibilities of your role, and walk into a certification exam with a real strategy. You will also have a resume, a cover letter framework, and the interview skills to present yourself the way you deserve to be seen.

This is your invitation. The career you are reaching for is not out of reach — it is waiting for you here. Let's build it together, beautifully.