Nursing Assistant

The nursing assistant program is designed for students who have expressed interest in the entry-level nursing profession - CE584
Nursing

Nursing Assistant

The program focuses on caring for individual's hygiene needs, activities of daily living, and other basic healthcare needs in the home, acute, and long-term care settings. Upon completion of the nursing assistant program, the graduate is eligible to apply for and take the Nurse Assistant Certification Exam to become a Certified Nursing Assistant in the State of California.
APPLICANT FOR Nursing Assistant

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students should be able to:

  • Classify the basic human needs according to Maslow’s hierarchy and apply the knowledge of these needs to the care of Level I patients (Middle, Older, and Very Old Adults).
  • Describe the following eleven developmental psychosocial stages in the life cycle, according to Erikson/Newman and Newman.
  • Assess the position of the patient from maximum health to death, according to the health-illness continuum.
  • Demonstrate beginning critical thinking in using the nursing process with Level I patients’ chronic health problems in various settings.
  • Identify the three roles of the Associate Degree Nurse inherent within the outcome objectives of the nursing program.
  • Demonstrate math/medication competency in calculations and drug dosages.
  • Identify the competencies needed for a new graduate nurse in the current healthcare delivery system.
  • Refer to the School of Nursing Associate Degree Nursing Program Level Objectives. 
Required Courses (6-10 units)  Units
HET-80
or
NRN-11
Nursing Assistant Training Program (NATP)

Foundations of Nursing Practice Across the Lifespan 
6

8.5
NRN-11A
or
NVN-52
Nursing Learning Laboratory 

Introductory Concepts of Vocational NursingNursing Fundamentals

0.5

9.5

Potential Careers in

  • Acute Care Facilities
  • Long-term Care/Skilled Nursing Facilities
  • Home Care