Course Overview: This course trains individuals to provide essential daily care to patients, helping them with activities such as bathing, dressing, and eating, while also monitoring vital signs and reporting health concerns to nurses.
Demand & Relevance: Nursing assistants are crucial in long-term care facilities, where patients require consistent help with their daily activities. The demand is rising due to the increasing elderly population and the need for long-term care.
Job Opportunities: Common employers include nursing homes, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals.
Course Synopsis
This course covers the physical comfort and safety functions specific to a nursing assistant. The course includes modules on patients, procedures for geriatric and adult patients, patients’ rights, infection control, nutrition, physical and social support, legal and ethical considerations, documentation, and privacy. This course is taught to prepare students for the state board exam required to obtain certification from the state of South Carolina. After successful completion of the course the student will receive a certification exam given by the Department of Health and Human Services.
5 hours CPR
40 hours class lecture
20 hours skills lab
40 hours clinical rotation at a designated Nursing Home and/or clinicals in the skills lab
3 days a week or 5 hours each day for 4 weeks for lecture/skills lab/CPR
40 hours of clinical during the 5th week Mon-Friday
Day classes 9am-2pm and clinical 9am-5pm
Evening classes 4pm-9pm and clinical 3pm-11pm
Must be at least 17 years of age
Complete a 2 step TB skin test prior to clinical
SLED background check that meets approval
* Class time and days are subject to changes.
