Nurse Aide I
The Nurse Aide I course prepares students to provide personal care and perform basic nursing skills for the elderly and other adults. Emphasis is placed on the aging process. Topics covered include safety, restorative care, personal and functional diseases/disorders, communication, patient’s rights, nutrition management, and elimination. CPR (Basic Life Support through the American Heart Association) instruction, competency and certification are incorporated into course curriculum. Students are required to successfully complete all segments of the course including classroom, lab skills practice, and clinical hours in order to receive a certificate of course completion.
After successfully completing all course components, the student is eligible to apply online to sit for the state exam, whereas he/she must successfully pass a two-part written and skills state competency examination before being listed on the North Carolina Nurse Aide Registry with the Division of Health Service Regulation.
Admission Requirements:
- Introduction to Health Services Orientation
- Social Security card – name must match government-issued photo ID
- Government-issued photo ID – name must match Social Security card
- Proof of immunizations completed by health care provider. Records may be obtained from the last school attended or current/past health care providers and must include:
- Td (tetanus) / Tdap every 10 years
- 2 Measles, Mumps, Rubella (MMR) or positive titer
- 2 Varicella (chicken pox) or positive titer
- Tuberculin Skin Test (TST) (be current, negative or documentation of negative chest x-ray)
- Hepatitis B series / Declination
- Influenza (Flu) vaccine current through flu season October thru March
Note: Students who successfully complete Nurse Aide I training at CCC&TI, will receive two (2) points toward competitive admission into the Physical Therapy Assistant program at CCC&TI and 10 points toward competitive admission into the Radiography program at CCC&TI.