The course presents basic nursing assistant principles and skills with an emphasis on caring for clients in an adult care home. This course is designed to meet the curriculum requirements of the Kansas Department of Aging and Disability Services (KDADS). Satisfactory completion of the course entitles the student to take a competency exam to become certified in the state of Kansas.
Provides a systematic learning experience with basic word structure, suffixes, prefixes and an overview of anatomy and physiology. Includes learning exercises/review questions regarding terminology related to surgical procedures and pathology, medical specialties, abbreviations, diagnostic and laboratory tests and vocabulary words.