The Nursing Assistant Certificate Program is a 90-hour program consisting of 74 hours of classroom/lab, and 16 hours of clinical in a local health care facility.
Workbook/Worksheet Assignments
The detailed course schedule will indicate when the workbook/worksheet assignments are due. This is required to be completed on the student’s own time. These assignments provide application of knowledge and skills acquired in the course. The on-time completion of these assignments has a value of 15% of the final GPA.
Classroom/Lab
74 hours will be spent with the instructor in the classroom/lab. These 74 hours will be comprised of theory presentation, skill demonstration, skill practicing, and return demonstration of those skills. Classroom homework, assignments, and quizzes and exams must be completed before attending clinical.
Clinical
Each student is required to complete 16 hours of clinical. The clinical is held in local health care facilities. An instructor will be present at the clinical site and must be present on the unit when students are performing skills on clients. Instructors may assign students to pair with facility staff, while still maintaining oversight of the learning experience. Clinical will be done in groups of 6 to 8 students. Students are considered guests in these facilities and must always behave professionally and respectfully.
Inappropriate behavior at clinical is grounds for failing the program.
The clinical experience requires students to use health information and read clients records in detail. Prior to clinical experience, students will sign a Confidentiality Statement. It states that students and employees of Bellin College will abide by confidentiality policy of the clinical site. Classroom faculty will assign students to the clinical site.