Program Overview
Total Clock Hours
160 hours
Program Length
8 weeks
Graduation Requirements
Complete all courses with a minimum score of 70% on all course work
Award
Certificate of Completion
Program Description
The Nurse Assistant program enhances the abilities of students in a wide variety of skills in the health care industry. Students will learn interpretation of medical and social needs of people being served, nutrition, and working with long term care. This course will enable the graduate to obtain professional employment in a variety of employers such as clinical facilities, long term care, nursing homes, and hospitals.
Program Objectives
Upon completion of this program, the graduate will be able to:
- • Describe the role, responsibilities, and certification requirements of a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA).
- • Demonstrate respect for patient rights and provide care in accordance with legal and ethical standards.
- • Communicate effectively with residents, families, and healthcare team members.
- • Apply principles of infection control and perform basic medical and surgical asepsis techniques.
- • Assist residents with daily living activities including bathing, dressing, feeding, and toileting.
- • Measure and document vital signs, weight, height, intake, and output accurately.
- • Perform patient care procedures such as bed making, specimen collection, and non-sterile dressing changes.
- • Provide rehabilitative and restorative care including safe transfers, ambulation, and range-of-motion exercises.
- • Support residents during emergencies, end-of-life care, and with special physical or psychological needs.
- • Observe, document, and report changes in resident condition using proper terminology and charting procedures.
Program Mission
The mission of this program is to provide high quality healthcare assistant training that prepares the student for the ever changing healthcare environment. The goal of this program is to prepare the student to become California Certified Nurse Assistant.
Outline of Subject Matter
| Topic | Description | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Introduction | Role and responsibilities of the CNA, Title 22, certification requirements, professional ethics. | 2 |
| Patient's Rights | Health & Safety Code, Code of Federal Regulations, privacy, dignity, confidentiality. | 3 |
| Interpersonal Skills | Communications, defense mechanisms, socio-cultural factors, family interaction. | 2 |
| Prevention Management (catastrophe and unusual occurrences) | Emergency procedures, general safety, fire/disaster plans, oxygen handling. | 1 |
| Body Mechanics | Basic body mechanics, transferring techniques, alignment, ambulation, gait belt use. | 6 |
| Medical and Surgical Asepsis | Infection control, universal precautions, PPE, bio-hazardous waste management. | 10 |
| Weights and Measures | Metric and household measurements, military time, intake/output measurement. | 2 |
| Patient Care Skills | Bathing, dressing, oral hygiene, hair care, skin care, elimination, catheter care. | 64 |
| Patient Care Procedures | Bed making, specimen collection, tube care, enemas, intake/output, warm/cold application. | 26 |
| Vital Signs | Temperature, pulse, respirations, blood pressure measurement and documentation. | 9 |
| Nutrition | Food pyramid, fluid requirements, therapeutic diets, feeding techniques. | 8 |
| Emergency Procedures | Signs of distress, emergency codes, Heimlich maneuver, safety devices. | 5 |
| Long Term Care Patient | Special needs patients, common diseases/disorders, community resources. | 2 |
| Rehabilitative Nursing | ADLs, range of motion exercises, ambulation assistance, adaptive devices. | 6 |
| Observation and Charting | Patient care documentation, care plans, legal issues, terminology. | 12 |
| Death and Dying | Grieving process, physical signs of death, emotional/spiritual needs, postmortem care. | 2 |
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