Nurse Aide
Offered At the following campus locations
Program Overview
The Nurse Aide Technical Certificate of Credit prepares students with classroom training and practice as well as the clinical experience necessary to care for patients in various settings including general medical and surgical hospitals, nursing care facilities, community care facilities for the elderly, and home health care services. Students who successfully complete the Nurse Aide Technical Certificate of Credit may be eligible to sit for the National Nurse Aide Assessment program (NNAAP) which determines competency to become enrolled in the State nurse aide registry.
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Course Overview
| Course | Credit Hours |
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ALHS 1040 Introduction to Health Care Introduces a grouping of fundamental principles, practices, and issues common in the health care profession. In addition to the essential skills, students explore various delivery systems and related issues. Topics include: basic life support/CPR, basic emergency care/first aid and triage, vital signs, infection control/blood and air-borne pathogens.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Clinical Procedures for Medical Assistants, ISBN 978-1455748341, $102.74
4311 | 3 |
ALHS 1060 Diet & Nutrition for AHS A study of the nutritional needs of the individual. Topics include:nutrients, standard and modified diets, nutrition throughout the lifespan, and client education.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Nutrition and Diet Therapy, ISBN 978-1133960508, $169.95
2266 | 2 |
ALHS 1090 Med Term/Allied Health Sciences Introduces the elements of medical terminology. Emphasis is placed on building familiarity with medical words through knowledge of roots, prefixes, and suffixes. Topics include: origins (roots, prefixes, and suffixes), word building, abbreviations and symbols, and terminology related to the human anatomy.
Required textbooks and materials:
- Medical Terminology: A Systems Approach, ISBN 978-0-8036-3575-3, $86.95
2267 | 2 |
NAST 1100 Nurse Aide Fundamentals Introduces student to the role and responsibilities of the Nurse Aide. Emphasis is placed on understanding and developing critical thinking skills, as well as demonstrating knowledge of the location and function of human body systems and common disease processes; responding to and reporting changes in a residents /patients condition, nutrition, vital signs; nutrition and diet therapy; disease processes; vital signs; observing, reporting and documenting changes in a residents condition; emergency concerns; ethics and legal issues and governmental agencies that influence the care of the elderly in long term care settings; mental health and psychosocial well-being of the elderly; use and care of mechanical devices and equipment; communication and interpersonal skills and skills competency based on federal guidelines. Specific topics include: roles and responsibilities of the Nurse Aide; communication and interpersonal skills; topography, structure, and function of the body systems; injury prevention and emergency preparedness; residents rights; basic patient care skills; personal care skills; and restorative care.
Required textbooks and materials:
- The New Nursing Assistant Textbook, ISBN 9780846320104, $56.98
2685 | 6 |
| *13 minimum semester hour credits required for certificate | |
