Certified Nurse Aid

This is the course outline for Atlantic Cape Community College’s Certified Nurse Aid. The following are course objectives: understanding healthcare settings, the nursing aid and the care team; legal and ethical issues; communication and cultural diversity; preventing infections; safety and body mechanisms; emergency care and disaster preparation; human needs and human development; the healthy human body; positioning; transfers and ambulation; admitting, transferring and discharging; the resident’s unit; personal care skills; basic nursing skills’ nutrition and hydration; urinary elimination; bowel elimination; common chronic and acute conditions; confusion, dementia and Alzheimer’s disease; mental health and mental illness; rehabilitation and restorative care; special care skills; and dying, death and hospice. It includes four modules, the length of the course, each objective, with a breakdown by topic, objectives, competencies, learning structures, method of presentation, explanation, evaluation, assignments, and assessments.
Microsoft Word HCNA 146 Certified Nurse Aid Course Outline (109 KB)

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Date:
2016
Primary Material Type:
Syllabus
Institution:
Atlantic Cape Community College
Project Name:
Northeast Resiliency Consortium
Funding Source:
TAACCCT Round 3
Subjects:
CNA, certified nurse aid, nurse aid, NRC, Northeast Resiliency Consortium

Industry / Occupation

Industry Partner:
Linwood Care Center
Industry Sector:
Health Care and Social Assistance -- Nursing and Residential Care Facilities -- Nursing Care Facilities (Skilled Nursing Facilities) (6231)
Occupation:
Healthcare Support Occupations -- Nursing Aides, Orderlies, and Attendants (31-1012)

Education / Instructional Information

Instructional Program:
Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences (51)
Credit Type:
  • Non-Credit
Credential Type:
  • Certificate
  • Credential
Educational Level of Materials:
  • 1st year Community College or equivalent
Time Required:
90 minutes
Language:
English (United States)
Interactivity Type:
Mix of Active and Presentation.
Quality Rubric:
Other
Quality Note:
Uploaded Document Describing Third Party Review Process: https://www.skillscommons.org/handle/taaccct/11916
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Quality of Online/Hybrid Course Design assured by:
  • None
Course Note:
HCNA-146

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