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Dec 22, 2024
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2022-2023 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
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NURS 105 - Nursing Assistant Training Program 3 CR
The Nursing Assistant Training Program is an 80.5-hour course approved by the State of Michigan, Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs. The course consists of classroom, laboratory, and clinical instruction. The major emphasis is on long-term care with the integration of concepts from acute care and home health care. Classroom hours will focus on theory, while laboratory hours will focus on the attainment of skills that are necessary for the nursing assistant to possess. Clinical hours will focus on implementing skills obtained in the laboratory and will take place in a long-term care setting. Students must enter this course with the minimum technical standards of critical thinking and cognitive competencies; professionalism; communication; mobility; motor skills; sensory; observation; and tactile sense. See the Nursing Assistant Training website for complete descriptions.
Additional Information: Additional Information: TB test, flu vaccination (from October to March), and at least 17 years of age by the first day of class is required. A criminal background check will be completed during this course.
Requisites: (1) Next Gen ACCUPLACER® reading score of 240, or at least a grade of C in TSRE 55 (AND) (2) An official GED or high school transcript.
Course Learning Outcomes:
- Form a relationship, communicate and interact competently on a one-to-one basis with the residents.
- Demonstrate sensitivity to the resident’s emotional, social, and mental health needs through skillful interactions.
- Assist residents in attaining and maintain functional independence.
- Exhibit behavior and support and promotion of resident’s rights.
- Demonstrate observational and documentation skills needed in the assessment of resident’s health, physical condition and well-being.
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