Acceptance into the Nursing Assistant Certified program is first come, first serve for applicants who have submitted completed applications. Applicants are notified via email if their application is missing documents. Nursing Assistant Certified NAC Certified nursing assistants have the knowledge and skills necessary to provide daily care to adult residents, patients, and clients who are unable to care for themselves. Theory and Lab class times will vary per quarter.
Now offering on-site in-facility Washington State written and skills testing to students who successfully complete our program! Out of State Students — Professional License. Nurses' aides are known as CNAs in most states, and while the standards vary between states, they're generally similar. CNAs can train on the job in most states, or through formal training programs at community colleges, vocational colleges and training hospitals.
Graduates of a state-recognized training program must complete a licensing or registration application disclosing any criminal history, and pass a certification exam designed to test their competence. Once certified, most states require CNAs to pay an annual licensing fee and meet clearly defined standards for continuing education. In Washington State, nurses' aides use the job title "nursing assistant certified. The Department of Health performs background checks on each applicant and issues the state license.
New graduates from these training programs can begin working in the NAC nursing field immediately, registering with the state as a "nursing assistant registered" NAR within three days of being hired. For healthy and mobile residents, they help with dressing, grooming, exercise programs and mobility. They provide a higher level of care for patients in poor health, including bathing them and helping them with toilet functions.
As needed, NACs also take and record the patients vital signs, reposition them to avoid bedsores, and provide catheter care. In most facilities NACs have more interaction with patients than the other caregivers, and are the first to notice if a patient's physical or mental condition begins to deteriorate. Many community and technical colleges in Washington state offer NAC training, as do some private for-profit schools.
Schools typically offer the program four times each year. The curriculum teaches students subjects including their legal and ethical responsibilities toward patients, the limitations of their professional scope, and appropriate standards of hygiene and workplace safety.
Hands-on supervised experience should also be a part of the training program. After graduation, candidates must apply to the state's department of health for a license to practice.
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