Nursing Assistant

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.

For information on program and course Requirements, technology/software requirements, fees, and clinical facility locations, please see the Nursing Assistant Training Program Information Sheet.

For questions regarding program requirements, enrollment, and application processes, please visit the Health-Related Sciences Engagement Center to find a listing of Pre-Nursing Workshops and to connect with our Educational Advisor and Nursing Enrollment & Evaluation Specialist.
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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.