Certified Nurse Assistant Training (CNA)

This subject introduces students to the role of the nurse aide in the long-term care setting. Overview of the nurse aide candidate handbook and Texas Health and Human Services requirements. This subject will also cover the following units: safety and emergency measures, resident’s rights and independence, communication, and interpersonal skills, and taking care of yourself.  

Upon completion of this subject, student will have the skills necessary to care for the long-term care resident. They will also be able to demonstrate Body Mechanics, Positioning, Moving Residents, Taking Care of the Resident’s Environment, Assisting with Bathing and Resident Hygiene Needs, Toileting and Perineal Care, Skin Care, Nutrition, Hydration and Elimination Skills.  

This subject is devoted to preparing students for their career as a Certified Nurse Aide and introduces students to promote a restraint-proper environment, vital signs, height and weight, observing/reporting/documenting, admission/transfer/discharge of residents, and coping with death of residents.

This subject is a time to review the restorative skills already taught, stress the importance of restoration, 

and add new knowledge and skill in restorative care for the nurse aide. 

During this subject mental health and social service needs will be integrates into the nurse aide course. 

The following units will be covered: Psychosocial Needs of the Resident, Culture Changes, Specific Behavior Problems, and Cognitive Impairment Problems such as Dementia and Alzheimer’s. 

During this subject Conflict Resolutions and Technologies will be covered. Communication plays a big 

part in conflict resolution. Examples and scenarios of conflict resolution will be covered in this subject. 

Electronic health records, electronic documentation, and diƯerent programs/applications that the nurse 

aide may come across will be discussed so they can become familiar and comfortable using the 

technology available.

During this portion of the program, students will put into practice the skills they have gained in previous 

subjects. Each Nurse Aide Training Program must teach at least 40 hours of clinical training, defined as 

hands-on care of residents in a nursing facility by trainees under the direct supervision of a licensed 

nurse. Clinical training provides the opportunity for the trainee to learn to apply the classroom training to 

the care of residents with the assistance and direct supervision of the instructor. The trainee continues to 

be under the general supervision of a licensed nurse when providing services to a resident even after a 

trainee has been found competent by the program instructor.