Nursing Assistant Training
Nursing assistants, certified nursing assistants, geriatric aides, unlicensed assistive personnel, orderlies, or hospital attendants provide hands-on care and perform routine tasks under the supervision of nursing and medical staff.
What is a Nursing Assistant?
Specific tasks of nursing assistants vary, with nursing assistants handling many aspects of a patient’s care. They often help patients to eat, dress, and bathe. They also answer calls for help, deliver messages, serve meals, make beds, and tidy up rooms. Nursing Assistants sometimes are responsible for taking a patient’s temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, or blood pressure.
They also may help provide care to patients by helping them get into and out of bed and walk, escorting them to operating and examining rooms, or providing skin care. Some nursing assistants help other medical staff by setting up equipment, storing and moving supplies, and assisting with some procedures. Nursing Assistants also observe patients’ physical, mental, and emotional conditions and report any change to the nursing or medical staff.
Nursing assistants employed in nursing care facilities often are the principal caregivers, having far more contact with residents than do other members of the staff. Because some residents may stay in a nursing care facility for months or even years, nursing assistants develop ongoing relationships with them and interact with them in a positive, caring way.
Nursing Assistant Program Application
Summer 2012
Click: Application for Prescott Summer 2012 NSG114 - Nursing Assistant.
Click: Application for Verde Valley Summer 2012 NSG114 - Nursing Assistant.
Fall 2012
Click: Application for Fall 2012 NSG114 - Nursing Assistant.
Please follow the instructions on the application carefully. Incomplete applications will be denied.
For more information, email Nancy.Bowers@yc.edu.
CPR for Healthcare Providers Training Resources
- Yavapai College (Course #: EMS 123)
- Central Yavapai Fire District @ 928-772-7711
- Chino Valley Fire Cepartment @928-636-2442
- Lifeline Ambulance @928-445-3814
- Prescott Fire Department @928-445-5555
- Sedona Fire Department @928-282-6800
We do NOT accept ONLINE CPR certification for the Allied Health programs.
Certification Information
- Arizona State Board of Nursing (site to obtain license application)
- D & S Diversified Technologies (site to sign up for license exam)
NSG 114 Prescott-Nursing Assistant: click »
You must be on time, the first day of class or you will be dropped from the class. Allied Health maintains an alternate list of students for NSG114. Open positions will be offered to students on the alternate list providing they are present and on time the first day of class.
Applications for NSG 114-Prescott
Summer 2012 Nursing Assistant Application - Prescott
FALL 2012 Nursing Assistant Application
The application is available on the Allied Health web site. Please follow the instructions on the application carefully. Incomplete applications will be denied.
For more information email Stephanie Kallam at Stephanie.Kallam@yc.edu.
Fingerprint Information
Please apply for your DPS Fingerprint Clearance Card ASAP! Click here for fingerprint information.
One of your options for getting your fingerprint card and having your prints taken is YC Campus Safety. You will be applying as a volunteer in a health care facility.
Click here for ADDITIONAL fingerprint information from the DPS Web site.
Course Information
The college uses several different clinical sites. The program coordinator will assign you to a clinical site during the first week of class. The start time may vary from site to site.
Before the first day of class:
- For 1st day of class, please read chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 50. Purchase texts as soon as possible.
- Purchase Navy Blue uniform top and pants / white shoes. You can wear street clothes to lectures, however uniforms are REQUIRED for all off-campus clinical sessions.
- Lecture / Skills / Clinicals for a total of 136 hrs.
Required Textbook for Summer 2012
Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants (soft-cover version) Text and Nursing Assistant Video Skills - Student Version DVD 3.0; Sheila Sorrentino, 8th edition, ISBN: 978-0-323-090285-5
Uniform
- 3-pocket pullover scrub top (Any brand) or scrub top with 2 bottom pockets. Color: Navy
- Navy uniform pants. NO JEANS, LEGGINGS, STIRRUPS OR SWEATS
- White, closed toe and secure heel (closed or strap), leather or vinyl uppers, low rubber heel. No clogs or canvas sneakers
Instructor:
Certification Information
- Arizona State Board of Nursing (site to obtain license application)
- D & S Diversified Technologies (site to sign up for license exam)
NSG 114 Verde-Nursing Assistant: click »
Applying for NSG 114-Verde
The application is available on the Allied Health web site or click here for the Verde Summer 2012 Nursing Assistant Application. Please follow the instructions on the application carefully. Incomplete applications will be denied.
For more information, please email Stephanie Kallam at Stephanie.Kallam@yc.edu .
We do NOT accept ONLINE CPR certification for the Allied Health programs.
Fingerprint Card Requirement
Please apply for your DPS Fingerprint Clearance Card ASAP! Click here for fingerprint information.
One of your options for getting your fingerprint card and having your prints taken is YC Campus Safety.
ADDITIONAL fingerprint information from the Arizona Department of Safety.
Course Information
The college uses several different clinical sites. The program coordinator will assign you to a clinical site during the first week of class. The start time may vary from site to site.
TIPS: Before the first day of class:
- Purchase Navy blue uniform top and pants / white shoes. You may wear street clothes to the first class,
- Purchase Texts as soon as possible.
- Read chapters 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 7 & 50 before coming to the first day of class.
- Lecture / Skills / Clinicals for a total of 136 hours.
PLEASE ARRANGE YOUR SCHEDULE SO YOU MAY ATTEND CLASS!!!
Required Textbook for Summer 2012
Mosby's Textbook for Nursing Assistants (soft-cover version) Text and Nursing Assistant Video Skills - Student Version DVD 3.0; Sheila Sorrentino, 8th edition, ISBN: 978-0-323-090285-5
Uniform
- 3-pocket or 2 pocket (with bottom pockets) pullover scrub top (any brand) Color: Navy
- Navy uniform pants; NO JEANS, LEGGINGS, STIRRUPS OR SWEATS
- White, closed toe and secure heel (closed or strap), leather or vinyl uppers, low rubber heel. No clogs or canvas sneakers
Uniform Shop Locations
You may purchase online or at these local locations:
- United Uniforms
470 Main Street
Cottonwood, AZ
(928) 634-1666 - Wal-Mart,
Cottonwood, AZ
Instructors:
Certification Information
- Arizona State Board of Nursing (site to obtain license application)
- D & S Diversified Technologies (site to sign up for license exam)
Completion of Certificate Programs
In order to post completion of a certificate program on a college transcript, students MUST complete an application for graduation. Students should apply at the beginning of their final semester. Contact Registration for details.
Academics
Important Dates
Allied Health Internship Applications for Summer 2012 are due no later than May 7, 2012.
Allied Health Internship Applications for Fall 2012 are due no later than August 3, 2012
Begin accepting Nursing Assistant Applications for Summer 2012 and Fall 2012 on April 16, 2012.
Documents & Forms
Nursing Assistant Application Summer 2012 Prescott Campus
Nursing Assistant Application Summer 2012 Verde Valley
Nursing Assistant Application Fall 2012
Allied Health Internship Application Summer/Fall 2012
Contact Us
- Allied Health Information
- Mon-Thurs: 8AM-5:30PM
- Allied Health Information (928) 771-6122
- fax line (928) 777-3144
- stephanie.kallam@yc.edu
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