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Nurse Aide (CNA) Certificate

continuing education (fast track)

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Median Salary

$35,676

Annual Job Openings

3,253

Currently Employed

19,144

Occupational Description

Provide or assist with basic care or support under the direction of onsite licensed nursing staff. Perform duties such as monitoring of health status, feeding, bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, or ambulation of patients in a health or nursing facility. May include medication administration and other health-related tasks. Includes nursing care attendants, nursing aides, and nursing attendants.

 

Salary by Experience

Entry Level - $29,488

Mid Level - $35,676

Senior Level - $45,754

 

Employment Projection

 

General Skills

  • Service Orientation
  • Social Perceptiveness
  • Active Listening
 

Job Tasks

    Turn or reposition bedridden patients.

    Answer patient call signals, signal lights, bells, or intercom systems to determine patients' needs.

 

Wage and projection data is sourced using: Occupational Employment Statistics (OES) data from the Bureau of Labor (BLS) for state level wage data Employment Projection Tables (EP) from Bureau of Labor (BLS) for the projections data Data may vary based on experience, education and geographical area.

Program Pathway

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Courses Contact Hours
NURAC 2100105 Nurse Aide, Certified 64
NURAC 2106003 Nurse Aide, Certified (Clinical) 44
Nurse Aide (CNA) Certificate Total 108

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Program Details

A certified nursing assistant, or CNA, helps patients or clients with healthcare needs under the supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or a Licensed Vocational Nurse (LVN).

CNAs often work in a wide variety of settings; nursing homes, hospitals, adult day care centers, personal homes and assisted living facilities all require nursing assistants to act as a helpful liaison between the RN or LVN and the patient.

Nursing assistants fulfill basic quality-of-life needs for patients of any age in residential nursing care facilities or outpatient clinics. Since nursing assistants have daily contact with patients, they are gatherers of vital information about the patients' conditions, which they must then transmit to their supervisors. A CNA's workload can become intense and fast-paced, but the human contact and ability to help those in medical need is a strong motivating factor.

The Lone Star College CNA program will provide the skills, knowledge and abilities essential to providing basic care to residents of long-term care facilities. You will learn about resident's rights, communication, safety, observation, reporting and assisting residents in maintaining basic comfort and safety.

Prepares for the Texas Department of Health and Human Services State Examination. Required by: National Healthcare Association

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