Medication Aide Training - Admissions Requirements
To be a medication aide in a licensed Texas facility, you must:
* Read, write, speak, and understand English;
* Be at least 18 years old;
* Be free of communicable diseases, and in suitable physical and emotional health to safely administer medications;
* Be a high school graduate or have a GED; (a)
* Work in a facility as a certified nurse aide or unlicensed direct care staff person on the first official day of your medication aide training program; and
* Have been employed in a facility for 90 days as an unlicensed direct care staff person.(b)
- (a) Applicants who attended school out of country must have their documentation verified as being equivalent to high school graduation in the United States.
(b) This does not include home health agencies, hospitals, skilled nursing facilities (SNF) in hospitals, staffing agencies, city-county jails or adult day care.
Nurse Aide Training - Admissions Requirements
A Certified Nurse Assistant is an integral part of effective care for residents in Lon term Care. Preparing Nurses assistants to provide basic care to such resident is the first steps on the career Ladder. The Central Texas Nurse Nurse work Inc, plays an important role in the community by providing opportunities for career advancement beginning with this Nurse Aide course.
A criminal background check is required before starting the CNA program.
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Minimum Requirements:
- Ability to read and write English or Spanish
- GED
- High School Diploma
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Course Outline
This training program is designed to provide entry-level employment training and can be the foundation for a career in health care. Preparation for nursing Assistant to achieve a level of knowledge, skill and abilities essential to provide basic care to residents in long-term care facilities.
Topics include residents’ right, communication, safety observation, reporting and assisting residents in maintaining basic comfort and safety. Emphasis is on effective interaction with members of the health care team.
This program includes:
** Infection control
** Safety
** Basic Physical
** Psychological Needs related to Aging
** Patient Care Skills and the Principle of Nutrition
The program consists of 51 contact hours in the classroom and/ laboratory practice and demonstration and 24 hours contact of resident care in the long-term care facility. Both courses must be met successfully to apply to take the registry exam. The last 8 hours are set for the student to take the nurse Aide Training Competency Exam, a requirement for placement upon the Nurse Aide registry (date and time to be arranged with the instructor)
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