Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) & Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA) Certificate

BLS Provider training is designed to provide healthcare professionals the ability to recognize several life-threatening emergencies, provide CPR, use an AED and relieve choking in a safe, timely and effective manner. This course is for healthcare professionals who need to know how to perform CPR, as well as other lifesaving skills, in a wide variety of in-hospital and out-of-hospital settings. You must demonstrate competency through both a written test and skills evaluation. Upon successful completion, an AHA BLS Provider card will be issued, valid for two years.

Prepare for the rewards of becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant. Get the foundation you need to be successful in the classroom as well as the workplace. Sharpen your skills in taking measure­ments and basic math. Learn about communication, professionalism on the job and in the classroom, and teamwork. Other topics include resumes, application letters and how to prepare for inter­views. This training program includes a clinical component. The clinical site is not currently requiring COVID vaccination but can reinstate the requirement at any time. If that should happen, any student who is not vaccinated will not be able to proceed with their clinicals unless they receive the vaccine. Please note, if you register for this course, but cannot attend clinicals due to your vaccination status, a refund will not be issued.

Become a caring, efficient, safe, and professional member of the health care team. Learn basic patient care skills, the CNA role on the healthcare team, disease processes, infection control and safety issues. Combined with the clinical portion (AHE-580), this course meets all require­ments to be eligible for CNA certification in MD and prepares students for the National GNA exam. Requires study time outside of class. Includes exams, which must be passed prior to starting clinical. Prerequisites: AHE-257 CNA Preparation, American Heart Asso­ciation BLS Provider CPR. Students must take the College’s reading placement test no later than one week before the first session.

Build upon the skills and knowledge in Part I (AHE-042). Assume the role of the CNA in a long-term care facility under the supervision of an MBON approved instructor. Prerequisites: successful completion of Nursing Assistant Part I. Uniform, white shoes, written documentation of MMR and Varicella immunity, negative TB test or chest x-ray within last 6 months, Hepatitis B immunity or waiver, and American Heart Association BLS Provider CPR are required. Flu and Covid vaccines may be required. Cost includes required fingerprinting and the fee for the NNAAP GNA exam which will be administered on campus at a date to be determined after successful completion of this course. Students are responsible for additional costs such as application fee to MBON and background checks. These costs vary. All CNA students are required to attend the GNA skills lab (AHE-455) prior to the GNA exam. Refer to the course listing for the skills lab and register now.

Prepares persons working as Geriatric Nursing Assistants for the safe preparation, administration, and charting of routine medicines. Requires study time outside class and includes tests which the student must pass prior to starting the clinical experience. Prerequisites: Students must take the College reading and math placement tests or provide college transcripts, have a minimum of one year full-time current employment as a geriatric nursing assistant; submit a letter of recommendation from their DON; provide a copy of a current, active CNA/GNA certification; negative TB test/Chest Xray within the last year; proof of immunity to  MMR, Varicella and Hepatitis B or sign a  Hep B waiver; and proof of flu vaccine for the current flu season.