If you are interested in certification testing information, please click here: Nursing Assistant Certification Testing
As a Nursing Assistant, you will have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide appropriate care for the elderly and ill patients in nursing home, hospital, and home care settings. Successful completion of this course qualifies the student to sit for the state certification written skills exam.
The Nursing Assistant program has specific enrollment dates with specific student schedules being flexible. The approximate completion time is 110 hours or 1 month at 30 hours per week and maintaining 100% progress.
IMPORTANT NOTE: If you are enrolling in any health occupation program, any misdemeanor or felony conviction that you have on your record, may negatively impact your chances of completing the program, being placed on an externship site, and employment in a health care career. See your specific program coordinator for more detailed information.
COURSE REQUIREMENTS
- Students must be 16 years old
- *Background check – $32
- *Drug screen – $30 (Instructor will send the student for the drug screen)
- Tuberculosis (TB) screening (Student is responsible for getting this test either from their personal physician, the Health Department [by appointment only] -$12, or Workmed [walk-in] – $17) (cost not included in tuition/fees at time of enrollment)
- Students are required to wear scrubs to class and clinicals
- Students are required to complete three 8-hour clinicals at a nursing home before completing the program
*The background check and drug screen are paid for at the time of enrollment.
ENROLLMENT INFORMATION
Start Dates (day classes) – Day classes are taught Monday-Friday from 8:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.*
- 02/16/10
- 03/22/10
- 05/03/10
- 06/07/10
Start Dates (evening classes) – Evening classes are taught Monday-Thursday from 5:00-9:00 p.m.
- 03/01/10
- 04/26/10
- 06/14/10
*Individual student schedules are flexible.
Employer Advisory Team
- Pine View Transitional Rehab
- Applegate Home Care and Hospice
- Hearts for Hospice
- Wasatch Care Center
- Emeritus Estates
- Aspen Care Center
- Lomond Peak Care and Rehab
- Crestwood Care Center
Externship Sites
- Aspen Care Center
- Crestwood Care Center
- Emeritus Assisted Living
- Lomon Peak Care and Rehab
- Pine View Transitional Rehab
- Wasatch Care Center
- Washington Terrace Health and Rehab
| Program Details | |
| Completion Time: | 1.5 months (110 hours) |
| Campus Location(s): | BDO Campus |
| Estimated Costs: | $633.00 |
| Estimated Starting Pay: | $8.80 - $10.00/hr |
| Estimated Experienced Pay: | $10.70 - $11.93/hr |
| Course Descriptions: | Download PDF |
| Course Outline & Cost Sheet: | Download PDF |
What's Happening in the Nursing Assistant (CNA) program
Your Instructor
Marta Jones
801-612-4176
