Certified Nursing Assistant
(CNA 1000)

Begins Fall 2008

This online course is divided into three parts.  There are 41 hours of theroy (online instruction), 19 hours of laboratory instruction with return demonstration, and 72 hours in the clinical setting.

REQUIRED TEXT: Carter, Pamela J. (2007). Essentials for Nursing Assistants. ISBN: Q–7817–9687-3

Carter, Pamela J. (2007). Essentials for Nursing Assistants Workbook. ISBN: 13:978-0-7817-8040-7 or ISBN: 10-0-7817-8040-3

OTHER FEES: You may begin the Theory part of the course while obtaining the required documentation.  To complete the CNA Course, you must provide the following documentation (included are the approximate fees for each):

The Certified Nurse Assistant course is a 132 hour course designed to teach students the art of caregiving in long-term residential care facilities.  The students are taught their role as support personnel and learn the skills necessary to safely care for patients.  Those skills include feeding, dressing, bathing, transferring, and toileting.  Medical terminology, safety, body mechanics, communication skills and the patient’s bill of rights are also stressed during classroom and clinical instruction.

Anyone at least 16 years of age that is interested in providing direct patient care to primarily long term care residents.

The “classroom portion” of this course may be taken in the privacy of their home or at work online.  You will need to:

• Have access to a computer with internet access
• Have and be able to use at least Microsoft Word ‘98
• Be able to navigate the Web and use email

The clinical part of this course will be completed in any approved healthcare facility.

Long term care providers serve the fastest growing population group – the elderly.  A 2003 report prepared by the Department of Health and Human Services for Congress stated:  “The total number of Americans in need of long-term care is expected to rise from 13 million in 2000 to 27 million in 2050, an increase of over 100 percent. The most significant factor increasing demand for long-term care will be the growth of the elderly population which will rise from 8 million in 2000 to 19 million in 2050.  If current occupational trends continue, by 2010 direct care worker jobs in long-term care settings (RNs, licensed practical and vocational nurses, NAs, home health and personal care workers) will grow to 2.7 million, an increase of 800,000 jobs or about 45 percent from the 1.9 million jobs these occupations provided in 2000.