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Health Care Assistant (CNA) is offered at Â鶹ֱ²¥ Jasper County and Wayne County Center as a credit, CTE program.

The Health Care Assistant Program prepares the individual to assist the health care team under the direction of a health care professional. Graduates of the one semester program will be awarded the Certificate of Health Care Assistant. Students who complete the program may qualify for employment as Homemakers, Nurse Assistants, Long-term Care Aides, or Home Health Aides.

The Health Care Assistant Program has been designed in modular format to allow  sequential scheduling over a semester. The program combines classroom instruction with laboratory work and clinical practice. The curriculum emphasizes employability skills, job seeking skills, legal aspects of health care, safety in health care, communication and observation skills, medical terminology, and basic health care procedures. Included is basic life support (American Heart Association), body structure and function, human growth and development, and nutrition. Emphasis is placed on common diseases and disorders and skills required to care for the long-term care resident.

Admission Requirements

• Meet general admission requirements of the college
• High School Diploma or GED
• TB Skin Test will be administered during the semester
• Students must have a clear FBI background check. This will be completed during the semester. Students whose background checks reveals a crime unacceptable by a clinical site may be ineligible for the program.
• Must complete a Health Care Assistant Program Application and submit to Health Care Assistant Office.
• Must be 18 years of age by October 1st for Fall Semester admit or March 1st for Spring Semester admit