The Nursing Assistant program prepares students for employment as nursing assistants, nursing aides, and orderlies, nurse aides in nursing homes or nurse aides, orderlies & attendants. Students will perform nursing skills in the clinical and/or simulated laboratory settings under the supervision of a qualified registered nurse instructor.
This program offers a sequence of courses that provides coherent and rigorous content aligned with challenging academic standards and relevant technical knowledge and skills needed to prepare for further education and careers in the Health Science career cluster; provides technical skill proficiency, and includes competency-based applied learning that contributes to the academic knowledge, higher-order reasoning and problem-solving skills, work attitudes, general employability skills, technical skills, and occupation-specific skills, and knowledge of all aspects of Health Science career cluster. Clinical and simulated laboratory learning experiences must correlate with didactic instruction. For nursing assistant completion a minimum of 40 hours of clinical experience must be obtained. Twenty hours of this clinical experience must be in a licensed nursing home. This course prepares individuals for the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) certification.
Nursing Assistant 2023-2024 Program Dates:
SPRING 2024:
Program Dates: February 26, 2024 – April 10, 2024 (MONDAY – THURSDAY, 8 am – 4 pm)
Application Deadline: February 23rd
Orientation: February 23rd @ 9:00 am (East Campus)
Registration Due Date: February 23rd
Program Dates: April 15, 2024 – May 21, 2024 (MONDAY – THURSDAY, 8 am – 4 pm)
Application Deadline: April 5, 2024
Orientation: 4/12/24 @ 9:00 am (Building 15)
Registration Due Date: 4/11/24
SUMMER 2024:
Program Dates: June 3, 2024 – July 17, 2024 (MONDAY – THURSDAY, 8 am – 4 pm)
Application Deadline: May 28, 2024
Orientation: 4/30/24 @ 9:00 am (Building 15)
Registration Due Date: 5/29/24
FALL 2024:
Program Dates: August 12, 2024 – September 18, 2024 (MONDAY – THURSDAY, 8 am – 4 pm)
Application Deadline: August 6th
Orientation: 8/8/24 @ 9:00 am (Building 15)
Registration Due Date: 8/7/24
Nursing Assistant (Articulated) · H170690 · 165 Hours
OCP | Course Number | Course Title | Course Length | SOC Code |
---|---|---|---|---|
A | HSC0003 | Basic Healthcare Worker | 90 | 31-9099 |
B | HCP0121 | Nurse Aide and Orderly (Articulated) | 75 | 31-1014 |
$481.80 | Florida Resident Tuition ($2.92 x 165 hours) |
$45.00 | Registration Fee |
$25.00 | Facility Fee |
$75.00 | Lab Fee |
$38.24 | Drug Screening |
$10.00 | Liability Insurance |
$60.00 | Bookstore (1 set of scrubs) |
Total Costs $735.04 |