2024-2025 College Catalog
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NUR 111 - Nursing Assistant Clinical
Credits: 1
Lab/Lecture: Three Lab.
To provide students with the necessary clinical time required for application for state certification as a Certified Nursing Assistant or Licensed Nursing Assistant. Students will practice basic concepts common to all members of the health team in acute and long-term care settings, which include basic principles of communication, nutrition, emergency care, medical terminology, environmental safety and comfort, ethical/legal aspects of health care, basic nursing skills based upon fundamental nursing concepts in giving individualized client care.
This course requires forty (40) hours of supervised clinical in a variety of health care facilities.
Requirements to enter the class include: a current TB skin test, a DPS Fingerprint Clearance card, influenza vaccination for the current flu season, TDAP immunization (within the last 10 years), proof of 2 Varicella immunizations or a positive titer ready by a licensed health care provider, and proof of 2 MMR immunizations or a positive titer read by a licensed health care provider. These requirements are subject to change at the discretion of Northern Arizona Healthcare.
Course Outcomes:
Students will be able to:
- function as a member of the health team within a health care facility/community;
- demonstrate effective communication;
- demonstrate ethical and legal behaviors;
- maintain a safe environment for the client;
- demonstrate general principles of infection control;
- demonstrate basic nursing assistant interventions;
- report abnormal findings to the appropriate health care team member;
- provide care for the peri-operative client;
- provide care for the client with special needs;
- apply basic knowledge of body systems.
Prerequisite(s): The requirements are subject to change at the discretion of Northern Arizona Healthcare. Please refer to the CCC website for a list of current requirements.
Corequisite(s): NUR 110 .
Grading Option: May be taken for S/U credit.
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