Nursing Assistants provide hands-on care to patients in a variety of ways. They work with the healthcare team to provide personal care, measure and record vital signs, assist with nutrition and elimination needs and other care needs under the supervision of a Registered Nurse.

Nursing Assistants may work in a variety of health-care settings including nursing homes, assisted living facilities, rehabilitation facilities, and hospitals.

Skills you will learn:

• Roles and responsibilites
• Health-care facilities
• Legal rights and ethics
• Communications skills
• Emergency care and CPR
• Patient care environment
• Infection control
• Body mechanics
• Anatomy and Physiology
• Bed making
• Personal care
• Nutrition and elimination
• Vital signs
• Medical terminology
• Mental health care
• Death and dying