Nursing Assistant Certified

Spring 2018

Enrollment:

Fall, Winter, Spring, and Summer

Degrees and Certificates

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Program Description

Nursing assistants care for patients in hospitals, long-term care facilities, hospice, and in the home. This course introduces students to this fulfilling career, covering basic nursing assistant skills, patient and family relationships, health care teams and legal issues. CPR and HIV/AIDS training is included in this course.
 
This course prepares students to provide direct patient care in a variety of health care settings. The Nursing Assistant Certified has direct contact with the patients and residents in these settings in the process of providing care for their basic daily needs. Students learn to recognize the patient’s physical, social and emotional needs and to care for these patients and meet their needs in a caring manner.
 
Required: Background check and 100 percent attendance in lecture and clinical required to qualify to take the Nursing Assistant Certification exam.
 

Program Learning Outcomes

  1. The Nursing Assistant graduate will provide patient care and assist with patient basic daily needs in hospitals, nursing homes, skilled nursing facilities, extended care facilities, convalescent centers and home health care settings.
  2. The Nursing Assistant graduate will complete the required forty-eight (48) didactic hours in the classroom and fifty (50) supervised clinical hours in a skilled nursing facility.
  3. The Nursing Assistant graduate will be able to care for patients in a variety of health care settings and will recognize physical, social and emotional patient needs, and will care for these patients and meet their needs in a caring manner.
  4. The Nursing Assistant graduate will be eligible to take the Washington State Certified Nursing Assistant test, which includes a written and skills test with minimal competency according to the state standards.

Certificate - SCC

Offered at Locations:  Spokane Community College

First Quarter

NURS 108Nursing Assistant Certified 6
6
6 credits are required for the Certificate

Disclaimer: The college cannot guarantee courses will be offered in the quarters indicated. During the period this guide is in circulation, there may be curriculum revisions and program changes. Students are responsible for consulting the appropriate academic unit or adviser for more current and specific information. the information in this guide is subject to change and does not constitute an agreement between the college and the student.