Fundamental Skills for Nursing Assistants

This course will prepare the learner to take a standardized test acceptable to the NH Board of Nursing for Licensure as a nursing assistant, and for employment in the health care field as a nursing assistant. The learner will be prepared to meet the basic self-care needs of clients throughout the life span. Content includes: legal and ethical responsibilities of the nursing assistant, identification of self-care needs of the client, principles of communication, asepsis, body mechanics and common health problems related to body systems. Basic psychomotor nursing skills used by the nursing assistant as a care agent will be acquired. This program is 144 hours in total. A direct care clinical rotation of 80 hours is planned to integrate knowledge and skills in the role of Nurse Assistant. Clinical laboratory experiences will provide the opportunity for mastering these skills prior to a supervised clinical rotation.