Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide - Reid State Technical College

Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide from Reid State Technical College is a Campus Certificate Clinical Nurse degree that prepares you for a Nursing career. The Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide (NAS/HHA) certification program meets the training requirements and regulations mandated by the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA-87). Upon satisfactory completion of the program, the student will receive National Home Health Certification and will be eligible to take the National Long-Term Care Competency Exam. The program is one semester: emphasizing care of the resident in a long-term care facility, and care of the client in the home.Students receive clinical training in a long-term care facility and work with clients in the home. The 16 hours of required training prior to direct contact with a resident is met. The curriculum is designed to prepare the student to provide safe care to residents in a long-term care facility and/or clients in the home. The nursing assistant/home health aide is a basic care giver with the knowledge and skill necessary to provide for or give assistance to the client/resident in activities of daily care . Nursing assistants/home health aides work under the supervision of a licensed nurse. The NAS/HHA program is based at Reid State Technical College Workforce Center in Evergreen, Alabama. The clinical facilities used for student learning are within a fifty-mile radius of the college. Students are responsible for their own transportation to these facilities. Mission The Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide program encourages the growth and development of the student as a person, employee, and citizen. The faculty believes and supports promoting positive educational experiences to increase the individual feelings of self-worth. The faculty believes the teaching-learning process should be a reciprocal process promoting the holistic care concept of nursing . Education is a lifelong process that contributes positively to man?s place in society. Purpose The purpose of the Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide program is to provide accessible, quality educational opportunities that will provide individuals with the knowledge, technical skills, and attitudes necessary to obtain entry-level employment. The certificate program is intended to produce graduates who are prepared for entry-level employment as nursing aides, certified nursing assistants (CNAs), long-term care nursing assistants, and home health aides. Program graduates are to be competent in the technical areas of patient care in long-term care facilities and in home settings. Reid State Technical College will accomplish program objectives by introducing students to the holistic method for providing care and will offer technical training in the core areas of nursing assistant and home health care . The occupational skill preparation should meet the OBRA and Foundation for Hospice and Homecare recognized skill standards. The college will ensure program quality through internal certification of graduate competencies and external certification of graduates and program accreditation by the Foundation for Hospice and Home Care. The philosophy and purpose of the Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide program is consistent with that of the governing institution. Employment Outlook According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook 2010-2011, the overall employment of nursing, psychiatric, and home health aides is projected to grow 28 percent between 2008 and 2018, faster than the average for all occupations. However, growth will vary for individual occupations. Employment for nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants will grow 19 percent, faster than the average for all occupations, predominantly in response to the long-term care needs of increasing elderly populations. Financial pressures on hospitals to discharge patients as soon as possible should boost admissions to nursing care facilities. As a result, new jobs will be more numerous in nursing and residential care facilities than in hospitals, and growth will be especially strong in community care facilities for the elderly. Modern medical technology will also drive demand for nursing aides, because as the technology saves and extends more lives, it increases the need for long-term care provided by aides. However, employment growth is not expected to be as fast as for other healthcare support occupations, largely because nursing aides are concentrated in the relatively slower growing nursing and residential care facilities industry sector. In addition, growth will be hindered by nursing facilities? reliance on government funding, which does not increase as fast as the cost of patient care . Government funding limits the number of nursing aides nursing facilities can afford to have on staff. Median hourly earnings of nursing aides, orderlies, and attendants were $11.46 in May 2008. The middle 50 percent earned between $9.70 and $13.76 an hour. The lowest 10 percent earned less than $8.34 and the highest 10 percent earned $15.97 an hour. Objectives Upon successful completion of the Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide program, the graduate will be able to: 1. Identify basic communication techniques. 2. Contribute to the identification of basic needs of the resident or client at home. 3. Communicate significant findings to the appropriate health care worker. 4. Safely perform basic therapeutic nursing procedures to prevent or assist in restoring health deviations. 5. Protect the privacy of and show respect for the dignity of individuals. 6. Utilize appropriate communication techniques with the client and family. 7. Seek assistance when needed to provide safe care . 8. Exhibit proper ethical and legal behavior in giving nursing care to the resident or client. 9. Perform nursing care with regard to the principles of infection control. 10. Demonstrate behavior that maintains the rights of residents or clients. 11. Acquire the proper knowledge and skills to respond to emergencies. View more details on Reid State Technical College . Ask your questions and apply online for this program or find other related Clinical Nurse courses.