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If you are interested in working as an
acute
care or long-term care
nursing aide or assistant, LCC has these options: Acute Care
Nurse/Assistant/Orderly - CHSE 101
Program Length
You can choose the program of evening classes, which lasts 16 weeks, or the daytime program, which lasts four and one-half weeks.
Nature of Work
The Acute Care Nurse Assistant or Orderly performs routine tasks under
the supervision of nursing staff. He or she answers patients' call
bells, delivers messages, serves meals, makes beds, and helps patients
eat, dress, and bathe. Aides also may provide skin care to patients;
take temperatures, pulse, respiration, and blood pressure; perform
glucometer tests and sterile insertion of urinary catheter; and help
patients get in and out of bed and walk. They also may escort patients
to operating and examining rooms, keep patients' rooms neat, set up
equipment, store and move supplies, or assist with some procedures.
Nurse assistants observe patients' physical, mental, and emotional conditions and
report any change to the nursing or other health care staff.
Long-Term Care Nurse
Aide - CHSE 108
Program Length
This is a variable format, state-certified course consisting of
94 hours of course work, usually over a three-week period.
The course includes lecture, laboratory and clinical experience.
Those who successfully complete this course are eligible to take the
state examination and become a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA).
Nature of Work
The Long-term Care Nurse Aide works with patients in a
long-term care nursing facility, providing basic nursing and personal
care, while promoting patient independence.
Important
Information
A condition that must be met for
participation in the Long-Term Care Nurse Aide/Orderly Program in
the form of a clear “Background Check” is explained below.
The State of Michigan (Enrolled House
Bill No. 4057, May 10, 2002) mandates a “Background Check” for
every student in a Long-Term Care Nurse Aide/Orderly Program or
one which contains this content along with a clinical component.
This Bill states in Section 20173 (1)
that a health facility or agency that is a nursing home, county
medical facility, or home for the aged shall not employ,
independently contract with, or grant clinical privileges to
an individual who regularly provides direct services to patients
or residents in the health facility or agency if the individual
has been convicted of 1or more of the following:
(a) A felony or an attempt or conspiracy
to commit a felony within the 15 years
immediately preceding the date of application for
employment or clinical
privileges.
(b) A misdemeanor involving abuse,
neglect, assault, battery, or criminal sexual
conduct or involving fraud or theft against a
vulnerable adult as that term is
defined in section 145m of the Michigan penal
code, or a state or federal
crime that is substantially similar to a
misdemeanor described in this
subdivision within the 10 years immediately
preceding the date of
application for employment or clinical
privileges.
Nurse Aide:
Acute and Long-Term - CHSE 110
This program combines the
education and job skills of both the Acute Care and the Long-term care
training programs into one eight credit course that meets during the day
for six-weeks Those who successfully complete this course are eligible
to take the state examination and become a Certified Nurse Assistant
(CNA). Employment prospects for people with the education are enhanced
because they are able to work in both acute care and long-term care
facilities.
General Nurse Aide/Assistant Career Information
Employment prospects
for Nurse Assistants/Orderlies
Job prospects for acute and long-term care nurse assistants will be very
good because of the growing population of elderly people. These jobs
offer entry into health care employment. The flexibility of night and
weekend hours also provides high school and college students a chance to
work during the school year.
Skills you need
Applicants should be tactful, patient, understanding, healthy,
emotionally stable, dependable, and have a desire to help people. They
should also be able to work as part of a team, have good communication
skills, and be willing to perform repetitive, routine tasks. Aides must
be in good health. A physical examination, including a tuberculosis
test, may be required.
Expected earnings
Median hourly earnings of nurse aides were $8.89 in 2000
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