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Program Level:

Certificates

Program Type:

Face-to-Face

Department:

Nursing Education

Institute:

Health & Biosciences

College:

SPC

What is the Nurse Aide program?

Always working under the direction of a nurse (RN or LPN/LVN) the nurse aide provides hands-on nursing care to patients, residents, clients, and customers in a variety of healthcare settings. Nurse aides typically provide assistance with bathing, dressing, eating, toileting, and oral care to people who cannot do these tasks alone.

What will I learn?

This program will include residents’ rights, communication, safety, observation, reporting, and assisting residents in maintaining basic comfort and safety, with clinical experience of instruction providing detailed educational training and work-based skilled experience in direct patient care at a clinical site.

What can I do with this course of study?

Certified Nursing Assistant

What's special about the program?

Upon completion of the program, the Certified Nurse Aide student will have completed entry-level nursing assistants training to achieve a level of knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to provide basic care to residents in long-term care facilities.

Students will have completed entry-level nursing assistants training to achieve a level of knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to provide basic care.

Contact Us

Dr. Krysten Bailey, DNP, RN.

Program Director

210-486-2099

MLK : Center for Health Professions (CHP), 100C

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