Nursing Assistant/Nurse Aide

Course Code: CNA

The Nursing Assistant course will provide the training and necessary skills that will enable students to provide quality care services for residents in long-term healthcare setting, for patients in a nursing home or hospitals. Student benefits from small classes, with high qualify professional license teachers in their respective field. Students receive hands-on experience as they learn in an affiliated health care facility such a nursing home or hospital.

Nursing Assistants, also known as Nursing aides, geriatric aides, assistive personnel, or hospital attendants play an important role in the care of people who are ill or injured. People are living longer. As people age, the need for health care increases, and so more services are need. Advanced technology means that more lives are saved. Although life is maintained, some of these individuals will need continuing health care.

All individuals performing nurse aide duties in a nursing home on a full-time, part-time or contractual basis must meet minimum training and competency requirements in accordance with state and federal regulations and be listed in good standing on the NAR. The majority of nurse aides on the registry become certified by successfully completing a NYS-approved nursing home nurse aide training program and passing the Competency Examination. The exam consists of two parts: 1) a Clinical Skills exam (practical portion); and 2) a Written (oral) exam  .

Job description
The Nursing Assistant, perform routine tasks under the supervision of nursing and medical staff. They answer patients’ call bells, deliver messages, serve meals, make beds, and help patients eat, dress, and bathe. Aides also may provide skin care to patients; take temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure; and help patients get in and out of bed and walk. They also may escort patients to operating and examining rooms, keep patients’ rooms neat, set up equipment, store and move supplies, or assist with some procedures. Aides observe patients’ physical, mental, and emotional conditions and report any change to the nursing or medical staff.