Course Information
Nurse Aide Training Will Include
Basic Nursing Skills
- Taking and recording vital signs
- Caring for the residents' environment
- Recognizing abnormal signs and symptoms of common diseases and conditions
Personal Care Skills
- Bathing, grooming, dressing and toileting, assisting with eating and hydration, and skin care.
Mental Health and Social Service Needs
- Identifying developments tasks associated with the aging process.
- Behavior management
- Assisting the resident in preserving dignity
Care of Cognitively Impaired Residents
- Communicating and understating the behavior of the cognitively impaired.
Basic Restorative Services
- Use of assistance devices in transferring, ambulation, eating and dressing
- Maintenance of range of motion
- Bowel and bladder training
Resident Rights
- Providing privacy and maintenance of confidentiality
The course provided at Bluegrass Nurse Aide Training Center fulfills the requirement of S.R.N.A. certification for admission to the University of Kentucky College of Nursing RN program, and Bluegrass Community and Technical College RN and LPN programs.
Course Follow-Up
After successful completion of the Nurse Aide Training course the student will be scheduled by the Center to take the State Competency Evaluation. The Kentucky Community and Technical College System has responsibility for the final written or oral examination and the skills demonstration aspect of the competency evauluation. The cost of the examination is $75 and is payable to the testing center at the end of the course.
Within 30 days of satisfactory completion of the competency evaluation, KCTCS shall forward to the Kentucky Nurse Aide Registry, the name and social security number, address and test date of students who have successfully completed the competency evaluation.
The Kentucky Board of Nursing shall maintain, on the registry the name of each student who has successfully completed the competency evaluation.