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Program Description
This program is designed for students wanting to complete a one semester Certificate in Nurse Aide and enter the workforce. Students explore patient care procedures, skills, regulations and ethical issues. Learn the entry-level skills required for a career as a CNA in a long-term care facility, acute care facility or a home health care agency. Not all patients a nurse aide cares for are elderly, but the special needs of the geriatric population are an emphasis of the Nurse Aide training program at FRCC. A Nurse Aide certificate from FRCC qualifies the student to take the State Certification Examination to become a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA).
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What You Will Learn
Upon successful completion of the CNA program you will be able to:
1. Master the basic nursing skills of a Nurse Aide to assist a professional Nurse to provide quality patient/resident care in a variety of settings, and to successfully pass the state certifying exam to become a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)
2. Demonstrate mastery and competency of physical care skills, personal care skills, emotional/psycho-social care skills, mobility, nutrition and hydration, elimination and therapeutic procedures, including measuring and recording vital signs, observing and reporting, and documenting care provided to residents
3. Demonstrate safety techniques for prevention of injury, understand Heimlich maneuver and other emergency procedures, and follow safety protocols in clinical to safely deliver resident care
4. Understand and demonstrate competency with infection control procedures, including protection of self and others
5. Use critical thinking skills to apply knowledge from class to the clinical setting, and while performing care of residents
6. Demonstrate effective, accurate, ethical, and professional spoken, written, and non-verbal communication skills with instructors, peers, facility staff, residents and families, and develop good rapport with residents, demonstrating appropriate responses to clients with mental or emotional needs
7. Consistently demonstrate professionalism in dress, attitude, communication, attendance, preparation, ownership, respectfulness, truthfulness, reliability, and demonstrate understanding of the skills required of a professional Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)
8. Understand and implement patient and resident rights, including the right to choice, privacy, and confidentiality, and abide by Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) laws at all times
9. Understand and follow the scope of practice of a Nurse Aide
First Semester
| NUA 1001 | Nurse Aide Health Care Skills | 4 |
| NUA 1070 | Nurse Aide Clinical Experience | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 5 |