NAS-3240 - Nurse Aide Level I

Course Description

This course is designed to prepare graduates to provide personal care and perform basic nursing skills for the elderly and other adults. Emphasis on aging process including mental, social and physical needs of the elderly, patient's rights, nutrition management, elimination procedures, safe environment, restorative services, personal and special care procedures and activities, human body structure and function and related common disease/disorders, communication and documentation, death and dying, and roles of the nursing assistant and health team members. A skill/competency evaluation is required. The course includes class, laboratory and clinical learning experiences. Upon satisfactory completion of the course and skill/competency evaluation, the graduate is eligible to apply for listing as a Nurse Aide I by the N.C. Division of Facility Services.

Course Outline

Nursing Assistant Program Policies:
• The clinical site requires a criminal background check and a urine drug screen. Failure to obtain a urine drug screen on the designated day will result in dismissal from the program. It is at the discretion of the clinical site, not the college, to determine if students are eligible to attend clinical. If your criminal background check /urine drug screen leads to ineligibility, you will be dismissed from the program.
• In rare instances, clinical site or classroom dates may vary from your schedule. These are rare and usually occur because of instructor emergency or inclement weather. You must have a flexible schedule. Refunds are not given for schedule changes that students cannot accommodate. Make-up days, such as in the case of inclement weather, will be at the discretion of your instructor.
• The attendance policy is very strict. Students may only miss twelve (12) hours. Any clinical hours missed must be made up hour for hour regardless of the reason. If students are more than 10 minutes late for class, they will be docked one full hour. Any part of an hour missed equals one hour.
• Students will have multiple choices quizzes throughout the nursing assistant program. In order to move forward to the clinical portion of the program, students must have an 80 average on all quizzes and must score an 80 or better on the pre-clinical exam. Failure to achieve an 80 average and an 80 on the pre-clinical exam will result in dismissal from the program. Your instructor will counsel you throughout the program if there is a problem with your quiz grades. Retakes will be given (up to 3) at the discretion of your instructor.

Physical/Conduct Requirements & Verbal/Written Warnings
• Progressive Discipline: Students are expected to conduct themselves in a manner consistent with that of health care professionals. Failure to adhere to these expected behaviors will result in progressive discipline, which may include the following:
1st Offense: Verbal Warning

2nd Offense: Written Warning

3rd Offense: Dismissal from the Program

• There is NO light duty.
• Students must be able to lift a minimum of 50 pounds, stand for up to 5 hours, stoop or bend without assistance, be able to listen to soft sounds, and speak English fluently.
• Students must be able to accept constructive criticism, control their temper, and follow directions.
• Being disrespectful, rude, interruptive, disruptive, or showing impatient behavior toward the instructors, classmates, staff, patients, or clinical staff will NOT be tolerated at anytime and will result in being dismissed from the program.
• Students may be dismissed if their RN instructor suspects that the student is a safety risk in clinical due to physical or behavioral issues.
• Cell phones are prohibited in the classroom and clinical sites. In the case of an emergency, students may talk to their instructor and the situation will be dealt with on an individual basis.
• Students who are caught cheating or stealing will be dismissed from the program at the discretion of the instructor.
• Students will be dismissed for fighting, using profanity, or demonstrating an attitude that would frighten a patient such as loud, raised, angry voices.
• If a student is dismissed from a class for any of the above reasons, they will not be eligible for a refund.

ALLIED HEALTH PROGRAMS IMMUNIZATIONS
Allied Health students are required to produce the following immunizations to be allowed into the clinical setting. Students must produce proof/results to their instructor. Please bring immunizations on the first day of class! The following is a list of those requirements:
1. Current (within the year) negative ***2 step Tuberculin Skin Test or a QuantiFERON Gold Test. Proof must include the date given, the date read, and the results.
2. Positive Hepatitis B titer or proof of three (3) injections or waiver. Titer results must show that you are immune or the student must begin Hepatitis B vaccination series or sign a declination waiver provided by the school.
3. Varicella (Chickenpox) titer or proof of two (2) injections. Titer results must show that you are immune or the student must begin Varicella vaccination series.
4. MMR (Measles, Mumps, and Rubella) titer or proof of two (2) injections. Titer results must show that you are immune or you must begin an MMR vaccination series.
5. Tdap once, then Td booster every ten (10) years, may substitute Tdap as booster.
6. Seasonal flu vaccine if clinical rotations begin between October 1st and March 31st.
*Note: a 2-step Tuberculin Skin Test consists of being administered the first TB Skin Test and having it read after 48-72 hours. If the test is negative, a second TB Skin Test is administered 1-3 weeks later. The second TB Skin Test is read after 48-72 hours. This will involve a total of 4 trips to your provider office.

Jessica Jessup

Director of Allied Health

(336) 386-3416

jessupjd@surry.edu

 Results may be faxed to 336-386-3402.

Learner Outcomes

Notes

• Please bring your book on the 1^st day of class.
• Social Security card & Driver's License will need to be brought on the 1^st day of class.
• All required immunizations will need to be brought on the 1^st day of class. (Please see program overview for required immunizations.)

Applies Towards the Following Certificates

• Nurse Aide I Workforce Certificate : Nurse Aide I Workforce Certificate