Nursing Assistant, CTC

Program Description: The credit Nurse Assistant Program is available as an 8-week program to Adult Ed 5 for 6 students only. All other students interested in Nursing Assistant, please see Workforce programs. This program prepares students to perform basic care services to patients including checking vital signs, grooming, and nutrition. The program includes an introduction to health care, basic nursing skills, body structure and function, and infection control.

Program Accreditation: Louisiana Department of Health (LDH)

Program Coordinator: Derika Gray, BSN, RN

Program Instructor(s): Megan LeBoeuf, LPN

Special Comments: This program requires a clinical component that will take place at one or more of the following locations: Chateau Terrebonne, Heritage Manor of Houma, Thibodaux Regional Health System, The Oaks of Houma, Terrebonne General Health System. All courses in this program of study must be completed with a grade of C or higher

Overall Grade Point Average: Program requirements must be completed with an overall grade point average of 2.0 or higher.

Student Learning Outcomes: Students who successfully complete the Nursing Assistant program will be able to:

1. Demonstrate knowledge and skill in the following criteria identified by the Louisiana Department of Health (LDH), Louisiana Register and the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act (OBRA) as guidelines for Nurse Aide Training:
   1. Appropriate communication and interpersonal skills.
   2. Basic concepts of infection control.
   3. Safety and emergency procedures, including identifying residents at risk for falls.
   4. Basic nursing skills, including but not limited to bed-making, taking vital signs, measuring height and weight, caring for the resident environment, measuring fluid and nutrient intake and output, assisting in the provision of proper nutritional care, ambulating, using body mechanics, maintaining infection control and safety standards, attaining/maintaining proficiency in CPR, caring for residents when death is imminent, and recognizing abnormal sign and symptoms of common diseases and conditions.
   5. Basic personal care skills including, but not limited to bathing, mouth care, grooming, toileting, assisting with eating and hydration, and skin care.
   6. Basic skills by modifying his/her own behavior in response to residents’ behavior, identifying developmental tasks associated with the aging process and use task analysis, segmenting of those tasks to increase independence, providing training in and the opportunity for self-care according to the residents’ capabilities, demonstrating principles of behavior modification by reinforcing appropriate behavior and causing inappropriate behavior to be reduced or eliminated, demonstrating skills supporting age-appropriate behaviors by allowing the resident to make personal choices, providing and reinforcing other behavior consistent with the residents’ dignity, and utilizing the residents’ family as a source of emotional support.
   7. Skills which incorporate principles of restorative nursing, including the use of assistive devices in ambulation, eating, and dressing, maintenance of range of motion, proper turning and positioning both in bed and chair, transferring, bowel and bladder training, enema administration, and care and uses of prosthetic devices, such as hearing aides, artificial eyes, artificial limbs, etc.
   8. Behavior which maintains residents’ rights, including but not limited to: assisting a resident to vote,
2. providing privacy and maintenance of confidentiality, allowing the resident to make personal choices to accommodate individual needs, giving assistance in resolving grievances, providing needed assistance in getting to and participating in resident and family groups and other activities, maintaining reasonable care of residents personal possessions, providing care which maintains the resident free from abuse, mistreatment or neglect, and reporting any instances of such poor care to appropriate facility staff, and maintaining the residents’ environment and care, so as to minimize the need for physical or chemical restraints.
3. Discuss the responsibilities related to admission, transfer, and discharge of residents receiving care in various healthcare facilities.
4. Demonstrate the application of basic principles of Standard and Transmission Based Precautions in the lab and clinical settings.
5. Explain how the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA) compliance regulation impacts workers in long term care.
6. Demonstrate an understanding of the concepts of biological, psychosocial, socio-cultural, spiritual needs, and /or developmental factors that influence health attainment.

CIP Code: 513902