ADMISSIONS CRITERIA
All applicants must:
- Complete an application (if not currently enrolled). Designate Nurse Aide Certificate (C45840) as the program of interest. If you are a current student, see Admissions to complete a change of major form if you wish to apply to the program.
- All applicants must be able to meet all Technical Standards required of the program. Those standards are as follows:
- Lift up to 50 pounds routinely
- Able to reach, bend and stoop often
- Able to push and pull routinely
- Have full use of both hands, wrists and shoulders
- Distinguish audible sounds
- Able to distinguish colors correctly
- Work standing on the feet 80% of the time
- Interact compassionately and effectively with the sick and injured
- Communicate effectively with patients and other health care professionals
The Nurse Aide Certificate has limited enrollment. Students will be accepted into the courses based on application submission date and meeting the college testing requirement.
Any student interested in completing Nurse Aide courses outside of the certificate program, please visit Continuing Education for availability.
PROGRESSION CRITERIA
In order to progress to the Spring Semester, a student must:
- Be currently licensed as a Certified Nurse Aide I with the North Carolina Division of Health Service Regulation with no substatnitated findings of abuse, neglect or misappropriation or resident property.
- Must have current CPR certificate for Healthcare Providers that must remain current through clinical rotation. CPR certification will be included in the Nurse Aide I class for those who need it.
CLINICAL EDUCATION
Clinical education will be provided at cooperating hospitals or health care facilities within the area served by the college. Transportation and associated expenses are the sole responsibility of the student.
NOTES
- Applications must be updated annually by applicants who were not accepted the previous year.
- Each student admitted into a health science program may be required to submit to a criminal background check and drug testing prior to enrollment each academic year. The results of these tests could affect the student's ability to progress in the program.
- Each student completing a health sciences program may be required, by an external agency, to submit to a criminal background check and/or drug test prior to a state or national licensing/certification board approving the graduate to sit for licensure/certification exams.
