This is a 96 hour program that meets state requirements for student to pass the Georgia Medical Care Foundation oral and written exams for certification and to function in Hospitals, Nursing Homes and Personal Care Homes as a Certified Nursing Assistant.

This course introduces the student to basic nursing care and clinical skills. Consideration is given to the fundamental role of the Nursing Assistant to develop student skills in communicating and understanding the residents. Resident safety, infection control, body mechanics, bed making, assisting residents with daily care are some of the topics addressed.  Students will demonstrate the importance of meeting elimination needs, basic nutrition fundamentals of taking vital signs, transferring, ambulation & basic emergency care, rehabilitation and restorative care, understanding human sexuality, Patient Bill of Rights, the principles of range of motion and its exercises. The student is also introduced to the clinical aspects of nursing in a skilled care facility.  

This program is taught on campus and in a Long Term Care Facility. Certification Exams are given on Campus after Program completion.

Career opportunities for trained health care personnel have never been better! This is a career field where you can feel good about what you do. At the end of each worday, you will know that you made a difference in someone's life. Isn't that good feeling worth pursuing?

Employment in heath care:

• Health care will generate 3 million new jobs through 2016, more than any other industry.
• Occupations projected to grow the fastest in the economy are concentrated in the health care industry.
• Most workers have jobs that require less than 4 year of college education.

 

Taken from the U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook.