NU 5.406 - Nursing Assistant

Institution:

Linn-Benton Community College

Subject:

Description:

(150 hours, 9 cr) F/W/Sp/Su Fulfills the Oregon State Board of Nursing requirement. (75 hours of classroom/skills laboratory instruction and 75 hours of clinical experience) Course includes instruction in basic bedside nursing skills, basic restorative services, mental health and social service needs, personal care skills and resident rights. Students will learn the knowledge and skills necessary to care for convalescing residents and residents in nursing facilities. Following successful completion of the course, the student may take the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) examination to be certified as a Nursing Assistant. Prerequisite: Students are urged to have a high school diploma and to be physically able to lift and turn dependent residents, see and hear residents in distress, therapeutically communicate, intervene in stressful situations, make judgements under stress. Students must score at the 31st percentile or higher on the LBCC Computerized Placement Test (CPT) or have completed RD 080 with a "C" or betterbefore entering the program. Show proof of negative TB test within the last nine months and measles immunizations #1 and #2 if born after Jan. 1, 1957. Prior to resident care the student must be deemed "qualified"following a criminal history check. All students will be required to do a fingerprint card prior to Certification from Oregon State Board of Nursing. Cooperating with the drug testing policies of any non-LBCC, clinical teaching site is a condition for continued enrollment in the course.

Credits:

9.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.linnbenton.edu

Phone Number:

(541) 917-4999

Regional Accreditation:

Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities

Calendar System:

Quarter

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