This second course in the Nurse Aide Program is an occupational preparation course, emphasizing advanced skill training in areas such as catheter care, range of motion, bowel and bladder training, care of the dying, selected procedures for maternal and infant care, and admission and discharge procedures. Students learn diseases and body systems as related to advanced clinical care of the acute medical-surgical patient, the chronically ill, and the elderly. Fifty clinical hours of on-the-job instruction in a licensed nursing home are required.
Prerequisites
C or Better in Nurse Aide I