Lassen Community College will be offering a late start Certified Nursing Assistant course beginning November 2nd, providing the specific knowledge and clinical skills and training required for Nurse Assistants. Geriatric and long-term care are emphasized in the month-long course.
Areas covered in the class, which runs through December 2nd,  will include role responsibilities, communications, infection control, safety and emergency procedures, personal care and the patient environment, nutrition and feeding, elimination needs, vital signs, charting and reporting, modified care for special needs, and restorative nursing.
Completion of this course, with clinical experience in a long term care facility such as Modoc Medical Center with a grade of “C” (75%) or higher, qualifies the student to take NATTP.
Students will complete 80 hours of lecture instruction in a classroom setting. The remaining 108 hours of lab instruction will be completed in 9 12-hour clinical days.
Please contact the instructor for clinical site assignments at [email protected]. For more information, please contact the Nursing Office at 530.251.8870.
Certified Nursing Assistant
Lecture – Monday through Friday
8am to 5:20pm
11/2/2020 to 11/13/2020
Lab/Clinical – Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday
6am to 5:50pm
