Certified Nursing Assistant / Home Health Aide

Los Angeles Southwest College; Long Beach (CA); On-site; USD 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a rewarding career as a Nursing Assistant or Home Health Aide, where you will play a vital role in enhancing the lives of individuals in need. This program at an established educational institution offers you the chance to gain essential skills and knowledge through a comprehensive 10-week course, preparing you for state certification and a fulfilling career in healthcare. You will learn to provide compassionate care, assist with daily living activities, and communicate effectively with patients and their families. With the increasing demand for nursing professionals, this is an excellent opportunity to make a significant impact in the community while building a stable and rewarding career.

Qualifications

• Completion of a 10-week program for State certification as a Nursing Assistant or Home Health Aide.
• Essential skills include communication, critical thinking, and patient care.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and assist patients with daily activities and personal care.
• Communicate effectively with patients and healthcare professionals.

Skills

Critical Thinking

Communication Skills

Compassion

Attention to Detail

Patience

Listening Skills

Education

High School Diploma or Equivalent

Certificate of Achievement as a Nursing Assistant

Certificate of Achievement as a Home Health Aide

Job description

Play a Critical Role in People's Lives Every Day

Chart a patient’s vital signs every hour to ensure nothing has changed. Monitor and change bandages on a patient’s wounds. Help a patient eat lunch in their home. Reposition a bed-ridden patient so they don’t get bed sores. Talk with a patient at a residential home about the book she is reading. Careers being a nursing assistant and home health aide are extremely vital to helping people recover from an injury, find comfort through a long illness, or feel engaged in a senior center.

Nurses and aides are essential to our healthcare system and maintaining people’s health and well-being. Isolation from illness, injury, or older age is just as much of a health concern as the issues those patients are dealing with. Being a nursing assistant or home health aide requires a lot of attention to detail, compassion, patience, and listening skills. You will be constantly meeting new people who are at their most vulnerable moments in life attending to their needs as you also inform healthcare supervisors on their condition.

LASC offers a 10-week program with everything you need to become eligible for State certification and employment as a Nursing Assistant or Home Health Aide in long-term care facilities settings. Nursing careers continue to be in high demand, and with a career as a nursing assistant or home health aide, you will always find a rewarding experience to help someone in their time of need.

Office Location:
School of Career & Technical Education, Room 132

Office Hours:
Mondays to Fridays: 9:30AM - 4:00PM

Careers in Certified Nursing Assistant / Home Health Aide

Here are a few careers and their salaries you could have with a Certified Nursing Assistant / Home Health Aide certificate:

What You’ll Learn at LASC in the Certified Nursing Assistant / Home Health Aide program

You can get a Certificate of Achievement as a Nursing Assistant (CNA) or as a Home Health Aide (CHHA) at LASC where you have both clinical experience and academic theory to gain the knowledge you need to have a successful career:

• Gain critical-thinking, logic, and communication skills as you learn how to assist patients and other healthcare professionals in reporting and treating patients’ health issues in a timely manner.
• Discover best methods and practices on how to communicate with patients and their families as you learn the intricacies of patient care, completing different medical procedures, and how to keep information on your patients scheduled and organized.
• Learn patient care, such as safety principles, infection control, methods for providing physical care, and emotional and social support.
• Once you successfully complete the CNA program, you will be able to take the Certified Licensing Examination to become a Certified Nursing Assistant or Home Health Aide and begin your career!

Degrees, Courses, & Requirements

Review LASC’s required course of study for these programs. Go to LASC’s current Course Catalog for specific course information, and find out about how to complete the Nursing Application Process to start your path at LASC to becoming a nurse:

Major Code: 1230.30

Total Required Units: 30

Get Ready Before You Start

If you’re interested in being a nursing assistant, you can begin preparing for it before your first class starts at LASC:

• Make sure to enroll in LASC: you must be a student of the college in order to start the program.
• Sign up on the 'Interest List': to receive the most up-to-date information on the program (i.e. flyers, information/orientation sessions, program updates).
• Once you’re at LASC: make sure to get involved with on-campus clubs and organizations, such as the Future Nurses of America and Toastmasters, or become a student ambassador, or run for student body government. These create new relationships and enhance your resume to show potential employers your commitment to building leadership skills and furthering your healthcare community.

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Program (Graduate) Outcomes

• 80% or greater of graduates from the Los Angeles Southwest College Associate Degree Nursing program will pass the NCLEX-RN Exam on the first attempt.
• 80% or greater of employers will be satisfied with entry level ADN graduates’ work performance 12 months after beginning employment.
• 75% or greater of ADN graduates will be employed in the field of nursing or return to advanced education within 12 months.