Programs
BASIC NURSING ASSISTANT TRAINING (CIP Code 51.3902)
Description: Clock Hours: 120 (Theory|Lab|Clinical: 60|20|40)
This 120 clock-hour program meets the requirements of Illinois Nursing Reform Act of 1979. Completion of the program leads to certification of compliance from the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH). This program prepares students into their roles and responsibilities as nurse assistants in both the clinical and at home setting. The course includes a coordinated lecture/discussions, supervised skills laboratory and clinical practice. Students acquire the basic knowledge and technical skills needed to provide basic nursing care to residents in long-term care facilities as well as patients in hospitals, private homes, or other health care facilities. Upon successful completion of this program, students are eligible to sit for the Illinois Nurse Aide Competency Examination administered by Southern Illinois University of Carbondale.
Certification Requirement:
To be able to work in long term care facilities, successful graduates must pass the competency exam given by the SIUC within 120 days from program completion.
Learning Objectives/Expected Outcomes:
At the end of the course, the student will be able to:
- Describe the healthcare system and its role as part of the nursing team
- Describe the person’s rights
- Describe the role of the nursing assistant
- Identify good work Ethics
- Learn how to communicate with the healthcare team
- Have a better understanding of the person
- Describe the human body structure and function
- Discuss and demonstrate how to provide care for the older adults
- Discuss and demonstrate how to promote safety
- Discuss and demonstrate how to prevent falls
- Demonstrate the use of restraints alternatives and safe restraint use
- Discuss and demonstrate how to prevent infection
- Discuss and demonstrate benefits of good body mechanics
- Discuss and demonstrate how to safely handle, move and transfer the person
- Discuss and demonstrate how to perform grooming and hygiene
- Demonstrate how to assist residents with their nutritional needs
- Discuss and demonstrate how to assist residents with bowel and urine elimination
- Discuss and demonstrate how to collect specimen
- Discuss and demonstrate how to assist with exercise and activity
- Discuss and demonstrate how to assist with wound care
- Discuss and demonstrate how to assist with oxygen needs
- Discuss and demonstrate how to assist with rehabilitation and restorative nursing care
- Discuss and demonstrate how to care for person with common health problems
- Discuss and demonstrate how to care for person with mental health problems
- Discuss and demonstrate how to care for person with confusion and dementia
- Discuss and demonstrate how to assist with emergency care
- Discuss and demonstrate how to care for the dying person
COURSE CONTENT OUTLINE
Theory 60 hours|Lab 20 hours|Clinical 40 hours
| CONTENT OUTLINE/REQUIRED READINGS | SKILLS LAB | CLINICAL |
| WEEK 1 | ||
| Chapter 1 Hospitals and Nursing Centers | ||
| Chapter 2 The Person’s Rights | ||
| Chapter 3 The Nursing Assistant | ||
| Chapter 4 Work Ethics | ||
| Chapter 5 Communicating with the Health Team | ||
| Chapter 6 Understanding the Person | ||
| WEEK 2 | ||
| Chapter 7 Body Structure and Function | # 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 13, 21 | |
| Chapter 8 Care of the Older Person | ||
| Chapter 9 Assisting with Safety | ||
| Chapter 10 Assisting with Fall Prevention | ||
| Chapter 11 Restraint Alternatives and Safe Restrain Use | ||
| Chapter 13 Body Mechanics | ||
| Chapter 14 Assisting with Moving and Transfer | ||
| WEEK 3 | ||
| Chapter 12 Preventing Infection | # 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 15, 17, 19 | |
| Chapter 15 Assisting with Comfort | ||
| Chapter 16 Assisting with Hygiene | ||
| Chapter 17 Assisting with Grooming | ||
| Chapter 18 Assisting with Urinary Elimination | ||
| Chapter 19 Assisting with Bowel Elimination | ||
| Chapter 20 Assisting with Nutrition and Fluids | ||
| WEEK 4 | ||
| Chapter 21 Assisting with Assessment | #12, 14, 16, 18, 19, 20 | |
| Chapter 22 Assisting with Specimens | ||
| Chapter 23 Assisting with Exercise and Activities | ||
| Chapter 24 Assisting with Wound Care | ||
| Chapter 25 Assisting with Pressure Ulcers | ||
| Chapter 26 Assisting with Rehabilitation and Restorative Nursing | ||
| WEEK 5 | ||
| Chapter 27 Assisting with Oxygen Needs | Skills Validation | |
| Chapter 28 Caring for Persons with Common Health Problems | ||
| Chapter 29 Caring for Person with Mental Health Disorders | ||
| Chapter 30 Caring for Person with Confusion and Dementia | ||
| Chapter 31 Assisting with Emergency Care | ||
| Chapter 32 Assisting with End of Life Care | ||
| WEEK 6 | ||
| Clinical | # 1 | |
| Clinical | # 3 | |
| Clinical | # 3 | |
| Clinical | # 4 | |
| Clinical | Clinical Evaluation |
# 5 |
SKILLS LAB REFERENCE
The following skills procedure are taught during skills lab portion of the program.
Students are expected to be able to perform the following minimum required 21 skills:
| 1. Wash hands- | 2. Oral hygiene- |
| 3. Hair care- | 4. Shaving resident- |
| 5. Nail care- | 6. Take temperature- |
| 7. Take pulse- | 8. Respiration- |
| 9. Blood pressure- | 10. Make unoccupied bed- |
| 11. Make occupied bed- | 12. Feed resident |
| 13. Dress resident- | 14. Unit check |
| 15. Measure weight- | 16. Measure height |
| 17. Place resident in side-lying position- | 18. Passive range motion |
| 19. Calculate intake/output | 20. Transfer resident to wheelchair |
| 21. Partial bath | Other skills: Care of hearing aids Care of eyeglasses Care of dentures |
