Nurse Aide

Students study nursing occupations as related to the health care system. Students study normal growth and development, simple body structure and function, and medical terminology and are introduced to microbes and disease.  They receive elementary skill training in patient-nurse aide relationships; taking and recording of vital signs; cardiopulmonary resuscitation; and bathing, feeding, dressing, and transporting of patients in hospitals and nursing homes.  This program is regulated by the Virginia Board of Nursing.  Students are required to complete a minimum of 140 hours of training to be eligible for the certification exam.  This includes 100 hours in the classroom/skills lab and 40 hours of direct patient/resident care in the nursing home and/or hospital.