CNA112 — Cert Nursing Assist Trng
7.0 HR. (OC) Prerequisite: Department approval. Incorporating classroom, laboratory, and clinical instruction, this course is designed to prepare students to demonstrate the technical skill competency of the nursing assistant, from criteria dictated by Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and Southern Illinois University Carbondale (SIUC). Upon successful completion, students will be eligible for the Illinois Nurse Assistant Competency Evaluation to become certified as a nursing assistant in the State of Illinois, and obtain employment in nursing homes, long-term care facilities, hospitals, clinics, home, or community health agencies. Course content emphasizes resident/patient rights, safety, and infection control, and includes, but is not limited to, Alzheimer's/dementia, and cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Four and a half lecture hours and five and a half laboratory hours per week. (Formerly HLTH 112)