1. What does a Nurse Aide I do?

Nursing Assistants provide direct personal care for residents and/or patients in a variety of settings including hospitals, long-term care facilities, assisted living, and home health. Shifts vary for each facility/setting.

After reading the Course Description and you decide this is the course for you, go to the Registration page and Register for the course.

Yes, the Registration Fee is not included in the total course price. The balance due willl be $525.00.

Students learn the basic skills used to provided personal care skills, i.e., vital signs, feeding, grooming, bathing, toileting, etc.

Yes, a transcript (only) is acceptable, because the curriculum requires the basic knowledge of reading, writing and basic math.

Students must show proof of Immunizations including: a Tetanus Booster (within the last 10 years), PPD Skin Test, 2 MMR's or Titers, Chicken Pox Immunization or Titer, Hepatitis b Vaccine and  current seasonal Flu Vaccine. Complete  Immunization records are due on or before the first day of class. 

Your Junior High School, Pediatrician or the State Health Department. If neither of those facilities have your records you can make an appointment with your personal physician or urgent care center to draw titers. Some of the titers take more than a day, so you will have to get them drawn days before clinical rotation.

The Nursing Assistant I course is 119.0 hours. The course typically lasts 3 weeks in the day, 8 weeks in the evening and  8.5 weeks on weekends. There are 87.0 hours of classroom with lab and 32.0 hours of clinical experience.

Yes. CPR is separate of the required 119.0 hours of training. Even if you currently have certification, (it must be American Heart), you would still be required to attend the CPR training in the schedule.

Students go to a facility with a Registered Nurse instructor to practice the skills learned in the on-campus lab.

Clinicals are held in different facilities in Charlotte. Usually the clinical site is in an acute care hospital. Students will also go to a long-term care facility.

No.