Total Program Hours: 125 Externship Hours: 30 Class Hours: 95
Students are required to complete 95 hrs. of classroom training and 30 hours of internship in a nursing home.

The job duties and the program description are as follows: Vital instructions are given to students concerning the health, well care, nutrition, and mobility of the patient. Basic patient care techniques and ways are the primary basis of the course. Performing nursing procedures and tasks involved in the person’s care. Learning basic nursing care skills like Communication, Infection Control, Safety and emergency procedures, resident’s rights, basic nursing skills, personal care skills, elimination procedures, skincare, transferring, positioning, turning methods, dressing, ambulating the person, range-of-motion exercises, signs and symptoms of common diseases.

Nursing assistants perform different tasks from state to state. Students check on patients regularly, making frequent rounds. They observe patients and report problems, recognize abnormal vital signs, administer patient care, respond to a patient’s condition, and assist nurses with complicated treatment procedures.