Nurse Assistant

Career & Technical Certificate

Modes of Instruction

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Nursing assistants provide basic care and assist patients with activities of daily living. CNA’s are the backbone of the healthcare industry, often spending more time with patients than other members of the healthcare team. CNAs complete common tasks: cleaning or bathing patients; helping patients use the toilet and dress; turning and repositioning patients; talking with patients and relaying patient concerns and information to nurses; measuring patients’ vital signs, and assisting patients with meals and self-care. Kaskaskia College’s CNA program is the first step to a rewarding healthcare career.

What You Can Do

Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA)
Patient Care Technician (PCT)

To apply to the College, please click the Apply button below. To apply to this program, scroll to the bottom of the page and under “Additional Information”, choose the Allied Health Applications link.

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How to Apply to the Program

1. Apply to Kaskaskia College (see link above).

2. Fill out the Allied Health Application. The link contains applications to all the Kaskaskia College Allied Health Programs.

Questions? Learn more about the Nursing Program Application Process.

Student Learning Outcomes (SLO)

Students can expect to achieve these outcomes only if they honor all course policies, attend classes regularly and/or participate online, complete all assigned work in good faith and on time, and meet all other course expectations of them as students.

Explain the role as a member of the health care team.
Identify standard abbreviations and medical terminology.
Demonstrate knowledge of the body’s structure and function
Utilize understanding of everyday needs and necessary skills in providing care to persons of all ages.
Apply necessary nursing principles to provide safe nursing in any care setting. (Competencies in 21 skills identified by the Basic Nurse Assistant Training Program from IDPH).
Demonstrate effective intrapersonal skills in interactions with others.
Differentiate between normal aging and cognitive dysfunctional disease processes.
Identify the basic knowledge of psychological needs and effectively care for a patient and their family at the end of life.

Program Details

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Applicants must complete a Kaskaskia College application and have a social security card at the time of registration. All applicants need proof of ability to read at the 8th-grade level, either through an ACT test or the KC Placement Test. The test must be within five years of the date of application. Any student receiving financial aid must be a high school graduate or HEC recipient.

Curriculum

First Semester
NAST-160	Nurse Assistant	7.00
		7.00

Cost

First Semester
tuition (7 credit hours)	$952.00
student services fee (7 credit hours)	$168.00
lab fee	$128.00
books	$168.00
physical exam and TB test	$100.00
insurance	$23.00
certification exam	$95.00
uniform, watch, shoes	$160.00
CNA Kit	$55.98
	$1849.98

The CNA program requires approximately eight or sixteen weeks and includes classroom theory, laboratory practice, and clinical assignments. The guidelines are provided by the Illinois Department of Public Health and include 12 hours dedicated to the care of Alzheimer’s Disease patients.

NAST 160 is a seven-credit hour course. The entire seven hours must be completed for the student to be eligible to take the state CNA exam.
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