Certified Nursing Assistant

Certified Nursing Assistant

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CCRI
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How to Apply
Duration: 240 Total Hours

Course Description:

Lecture: This course helps develop the technical skills, compassion, communication, and critical thinking skills necessary to function effectively in a health care setting.  A humanistic approach to caregiving is a theme during lecture to ensure students practice this approach throughout their career.

Skill Lab: Students will learn the 23 skills necessary to take the National Nursing Assistant Assessment Program (NNAAP) Examination.  Students will receive in-person instruction in a nursing lab to prepare for the skills evaluation portion of the NNAAP examination.

Clinical: Students will work in a in a real health care-setting, supervised by a CCRI CNA instructor that is a registered nurse, by applying the knowledge gained through lectures and skill labs acting as a Nursing Assistant.

Successful completion of each component of the CNA training program positions the student to receive a 120 temporary CNA license through Rhode Island Department of Health and the opportunity to sit for the NNAAP Examination within a year of class completion date.

Classes take place at the Lincoln campus.

Class is a combination of remote classroom learning with hands-on technical skills.

Six sessions to choose from:

Session 1:
1/16/24 – 4/5/24

Session 2:
2/6/24 – 4/26/24

Session 3:
2/27/24 – 5/16/24

Session 4:
5/14/24 – 8/6/24

Session 5:
9/10/24 – 12/2/24

Session 6:
9/10/24 – 12/20/24

Hours per week: 20
Total hours of training: 240

Preregistration required: Yes – 6 weeks before start of class
Orientation required: Yes – 4 weeks before start of class

You will learn:

  • You pass English literacy test
  • Diet and Nutrition
  • Safety and Infection Control
  • Assisting Patients with Daily Activities
  • Techniques for Feeding Patients
  • Basic Life Support Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and First Aid
  • Correct Procedures on Moving and Adjusting Patients
  • Anatomy and Physiology
  • Patient Documentation and Recording
  • Communication Skills
  • Proper Hygiene
  • Taking Vital Signs
  • Medical Ethics and Terminology

You will earn:

  • American Heart Association BLS/CPR Certification
  • Certified Nursing Assistant Training Program Certificate
  • 120 Day Temporary CNA State License
  • Eligibility for RI Nursing Assistant licensing examination

You can enroll if:

  • High School Credential
  • You pass English literacy test
  • Pass a background check

As a SNAP E&T participant, you will get:

  • Help paying for childcare while you are enrolled (if you qualify)
  • All of your training certificates paid
  • A uniform if your new job requires it
  • If you qualify, Riptiks and/or gas cards if you don’t have transportation to make sure you can get to class

In addition to training you will get wrap around supports:

  • Employment Coaching with Recruiter
  • Case Management
  • Help getting all of the income supports you qualify
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