PREREQUISITES: Completion of Emergency Procedures with a least a C average and completion of Medical Terminology

Specific knowledge and skills for students and/or nurse aides to assume the role and responsibility required in long-term care is communicated to the student through lectures, lab, and clinical practice in a long-term care facility. The focus of the course is communication, infection control, safety, residents' rights, and basic nursing skills. This class strictly adheres to the federal guidelines of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA). Student must meet required classroom hours and clinical hours to participate. With successful completion of this course students will be eligible to complete Kentucky’s Nurse Aide Certification Exam.