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Nursing assistants play an important role in basic patient/resident care activities in hospitals, nursing homes, and other healthcare settings, including home healthcare. If you’re a good communicator, compassionate, and interested in caring for people, becoming a nursing assistant may be a rewarding career choice for you.

Accreditation

Wisconsin Department of Health Services – (DHS Approved program)

Lakeshore Technical College's Nursing Assistant program courses prepare students to obtain state certification to be employed/practice in the state of Wisconsin. The College does not guarantee its curriculum matches the requirements for preparation, examinations, or licensure for other states.

Career Area

Health Science

Type

Technical Diploma

Program Number

30-543-1

Availability

CBE

Technical Diploma
1 Terms
3 Credits
Flexible Starting Dates

Summer 2023 CBE Schedule
Fall 2023 CBE Schedule
Spring 2024 CBE Schedule

CBE Hybrid - hybrid courses offer students the opportunity to set their own flexible schedule.
Additional course activities will require students to participate in scheduled on-campus classes.

Career Outlook

Nursing Assistant

Median Income: $28,393.00*

POTENTIAL JOB TITLES

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Home Health and Personal Care Aides

Home Health and Personal Care

Nursing Assistants

Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.

Orderlies

Transport patients to areas such as operating rooms or x-ray rooms using wheelchairs, stretchers, or moveable beds. May maintain stocks of supplies or clean and transport equipment.

Psychiatric Aides

Assist mentally impaired or emotionally disturbed patients, working under direction of nursing and medical staff. May assist with daily living activities, lead patients in educational and recreational activities, or accompany patients to and from examinations and treatments. May restrain violent patients. Includes psychiatric orderlies.

Disclosure:

*Lightcast/EMSI data is a hybrid dataset derived from official government sources such as the US Census Bureau, Bureau of Economic Analysis, and Bureau of Labor Statistics. This salary data is from Lakeshore District, unless noted otherwise (i.e. Wind programs use State of WI.)

Career Pathways Admissions Flexible Learning Courses

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ADMISSION AND FIRST SEMESTER ENROLLMENT STEPS

Work with Admissions Advisor to:

Submit Application
Submit transcripts and test scores
Complete the Background Information Disclosure.
Complete the Student Success Questionnaire.
Complete Health form.
Complete Technical Standards form.
Complete the Nursing Assistant Handbook.
Schedule your First Time Program Counseling/Registration Session with your assigned program counselor to plan your first semester schedule, review your entire plan of study and discuss the results of the Student Success Questionnaire.

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CBE Member Competency-Based Education (CBE) is learning at your own pace by mastering competencies through demonstration. It is an academic model in which the time it takes to demonstrate competencies varies, while the expectations about learning are held constant. Students demonstrate mastery through multiple forms of assessment, often at a personalized pace. Once all competencies for this program have been assessed and mastered, students will earn their Technical Diploma.

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Faculty Bios

Gerri Van Oss

I am passionate about teaching the most basics of care for the long-term elderly patient or resident. It is the most important role in health care. Nursing Assistants are the eyes and ears of the health care team and make the biggest impact for a resident in their quality of life.

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