Nursing Assistant - Certificate (Major Code - CNA)

The Nursing Assistant Certificate, which requires one semester to complete, is approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing to prepare students for nursing assistant certification. Emphasis is on communication, patient safety, anatomy and physiology, specific patient-care skills, and patient rights. Includes the nursing process and the legal and professional responsibilities of the nursing assistant. Also covers the basic physical, psychosocial, and cultural needs of all patients, with special emphasis on the geriatric population.

Students taking this program for state certification must be 16 prior to program completion, provide documentation of U.S. citizenship or qualifying alien status, undergo fingerprinting, pass a background check, and have received absolute discharge from the sentence for any felony conviction no less than 5 years prior to submitting their application for state certification.

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