Dual Enrollment Nurse Aide II

This course is the second year of an occupational preparation program, emphasizing advanced skill training in areas such as catheter care, range of motion, bowel and bladder training, end of life care, selected procedures for maternal and infant care, and admission and discharge procedures. Students learn diseases and body systems as related to advanced clinical care of the acute medical-surgical patient, the chronically ill, and the elderly. On-the-job instruction in a licensed nursing home is part of the course. Upon completion of the nurse aide program, the student is eligible to take the nurse aide certification exam that leads to employment as a certified nurse aide in hospitals and nursing homes. Students are required to complete required program hours needed for their licensing exam. During their clinical experience students will be required to be dressed in uniform and adhere to grooming standards. Fees are associated with this course