Gerthill Allied Health School Nurse Assistant Training classes are offered year-round and can prepare you for a career as a licensed or certified nursing assistant (CNA). Our comprehensive and balanced classes for students interested in becoming CNAs consist of three steps that must be successfully completed in order for a student to graduate. After graduation, you will be eligible to take the California State Certification Examination to become certified.
- CLASSROOM THEORY: Introductory concepts including roles and responsibilities; legal issues; ethics; patient communications; anatomy and physiology. Safety: controlling infection; preventing injuries; responding to emergencies. Providing care: vital signs; positioning/transferring; restorative care; environmental comfort and rest; cleanliness/grooming; meals/fluids; elimination; admissions/transfers/discharges Special care situations: specific illnesses; dementia/cognitive changes; end of life care; infants/children; Transitioning from student to employee.
- CLASSROOM DEMONSTRATIONS: This component builds upon the theory portion of the CNA classes through in-person classroom skills practice. Some of the skills you will perform with the assistance of your fellow students and instructor include personal care (bathing, feeding and grooming), positioning the patient, transferring the patient, and taking vital signs such as blood pressure.
- CLINICAL ROTATIONS: Upon successful completion of the theory and classroom demonstrations of this course designed to prepare CNAs, students begin the clinical training component of the program, working directly with residents of a long-term care facility under the supervision of a licensed nurse who has been approved by Gerthill Allied Health School.
Gerthill Allied Health School Nurse Assistant Training providers offer a range of time options so that you can learn around your schedule. Nurse Assistant Training is offered year-round, including summers, which is an ideal time for college nursing students and physician assistants to take this course. For more details about cost, schedules, locations and other requirements, please contact us by filling out our online form on this website or by calling 424-329-3030.