To successfully complete the Nursing Assistant Program, a student must pass the classroom, lab, and clinical portion.
Classroom
- All quizzes, exams, workbook assignments, and successful demonstration of the bed bath skill must be completed prior to attending clinical.
- The student must have achieved a minimum passing score of 77% on the combination of scores from all the components named above.
- If a score of less than 77% is received on the final exam, the student will be given one opportunity to retake this exam with the highest score for retake being 77%.
- If a score of 77% is not achieved on the final exam, the student will fail the course.
Lab
- All skills must be performed competently in the lab setting before the student can go to clinical.
Clinical
- The clinical grade will be S=Satisfactory or U=Unsatisfactory based on the student's performance at the clinical setting.
- No more than two unsatisfactory grades are allowed within each category. If more than two unsatisfactory grades are received, an unsatisfactory grade will be given for that category. Any unsatisfactory category grade will result in failure of clinical, resulting in failure of the course.
Upon graduation, a student will have completed three credits. In the event a student is not successful in the classroom/lab or clinical, the entire program must be repeated.
Patient Lift Policy
Students will be trained to transfer clients safely and according to the principles of patient care ergonomics and with proficiency in the use of available equipment that is used to transfer clients. Equipment used to transfer clients includes, but is not limited to, mechanical lifts, friction reducing devices, wheelchairs, and gait belts.
Students will be trained, regardless of age, on the use of mechanical lifts. A clinical site may refuse to allow a student under the age of 18 in a nurse aide training program to transfer a resident using a lift since employees under 18 are prohibited from doing so, however the clinical site should allow a student to practice the skill on another student or instructor using the facility equipment.