O’NEILL, Neb. -- The O'Neill Extended Campus is offering a pair of classes in the coming weeks related to administering medication and being a nurse aide.
HEALTH, WELLNESS AND SAFETY
MEDICATION AIDE. This course is designed to prepare you to meet the requirements of the Medication Aide Act and the responsibilities of the medication aide in an assisted living facility and/or nursing facility. This course includes information regarding medication administration, pharmacology, rules and regulations, classification of drugs, orders, storage, abbreviations and an overview of commonly used drugs and documentation. Upon completion of this course, you are eligible to take the state administered written exam. After successfully passing this examination and completing the application procedure, your name will be placed on the medication aide registry at the Nebraska Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure, Credentialing Division. Financial assistance is available through the Community College GAP Assistance Program for students meeting income guidelines. For more information, call 402-844-7245. Book is available at the O’Neill Extended Campus. ISBN#1010-9656. Mon., Tues., Wed., Fri., 8 am-2:10 pm. Room 105. Instructor: Karen Hoffman. 3 cr. $393+$73.30 for textbook.
August 25-September 10 (HLTH 1120) CRN#17354
NURSE AIDE. This course is designed to meet the Nebraska Health and Human Services System training requirements for nurse aide certification and employment in long-term care facilities. This course combines classroom lecture and laboratory application for the development of basic skills needed to provide safe, effective, and caring services to the elderly or chronically ill patient of any age, in a long-term care facility. Upon completion of this course, you are eligible to take the state written and practical skills exam. After successfully passing this examination and completing the application procedure, your name will be placed on the basic nurse aide registry at the Nebraska Health and Human Services Regulation and Licensure, Credentialing Division. Book is available at the O’Neill Extended Campus. ISBN #1017-4227 and Competency Skills Packet ISBN #1010-9632. An additional $45 fee will be required if you choose to register to take the Certified Nursing Assistant exam at the end of the course. This $45 fee will be required at the time of the non-credit exam registration. Mon., Tues., 8 am-3:35 pm, Room 105. Instructor: Karen Hoffman 3 cr. $393+$85.60 for textbooks.
September 15-October 13 (NURA 1110) CRN# 17424
For more information on any of these classes, contact the O’Neill Extended Campus, or Merri Schneider, the director, at merri@northeast.edu or 402-336-3590.
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