O’NEILL, Neb. -- The O'Neill Extended Campus is offering a variety of classes in the coming weeks and months that include St. Patrick’s Day related lore, keeping healthy, CPR training, public speaking and more.
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 lectures 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. Monday, Tuesday, 9 a.m. to 3:35 p.m., Room 105. Instr. Karen Hoffman 3-credit. $384+$85.60 for textbooks. March 17-April 15 (NURA1110) CRN#26359
CONTINUING EDUCATION
IRISH O’NEILL-LEGENDS AND LORE. St. Patrick's Day is on its way, but do you know who, what, and why we celebrate? Learn about the history of Ireland, including the backstories that brought people to Holt County and O’Neill. This class also focuses on the evolution of the St. Patrick’s Day celebration in O’Neill from the 1880s through the present day. Take this class taught by an old-school insider and never be called a Plastic Paddy again! Monday, 6:30-9:30 p.m., Room 104. Instr. Natalie Butterfield. $30 March 10 (HORC 5130) CRN#70231
SMART DEVICES. Discover how to use a Smartphone, tablet, or other mobile device for emailing, browsing the web, managing time, getting directions, taking notes, taking photos, and listening to music. Explore free applications that can be downloaded to your device. Participants need to bring their own device fully charged and know their Apple ID and password or Google ID and password. Tuesday, 6-9 pm, Room 125. Instr. Emily Morrow. $30
March 18 (INFO 5160) CRN#70246
CONNECTION OF GUT HEALTH TO OVERALL HEALTH. Learn how the health of our gut and the microbes that live within us affect nearly every other system in our body. Autoimmune diseases, food intolerances, fatigue, skin irritations, weight gain, and stomach issues can all be a sign of poor gut health. We will be exploring how what we eat is crucial to the environment of our gut microbes. Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 125. Instr. Sara Paxton. $20 March 25 (HPER 5150) CRN#70247
COMPUTER TUTOR-IN SESSION. Do you have a laptop or computer and need to learn how to utilize it better? This basic computer class offers a hands-on approach for participants to troubleshoot and resolve specific issues they encounter with their own devices. Attendees will bring their personal computers and receive tailored assistance from the instructor, addressing questions and challenges related to software, hardware, and general usage. This course provides a supportive environment to enhance your tech proficiency on your laptop. Participants need to bring their own device fully charged and know their password. Thursday, 6 to 9 p.m., Room 125. Instr. Emily Morrow. $30 March 27 (INFO 5105) CRN#70248
IMPORTANCE OF BLOOD SUGAR. Blood sugar monitoring is not only important for diabetics. Learn how the role of blood sugar monitoring can change your hormones, inflammation, mood swings, cholesterol, and much more. We will explore the body’s response to high blood sugar and methods we can take to prevent and even reverse chronic disease caused by elevated blood sugars. Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 125. Instr. Sara Paxton. $20 April 8 (HPER 5150) CRN#70250
QUICKBOOKS LEVEL 1. This introductory course covers the basics of setting up a company, creating customers, receiving payments, and making deposits into your bank accounts. You will work with and create vendors and pay bills, create and edit a chart of accounts for your company, run reports, and reconcile bank accounts. Tuesday, Thursday, 5:30 to 8:30 p.m., Room 122. Instr. Amber Marcellus. $60 April 14-16 (ACCT 5101) CRN#70273
CPR INSTRUCTOR RENEWAL. This American Heart Association course is a recertification for current CPR Instructors. Any new materials and new procedures will be included in this 4-hour class. Students must bring their current instructor card. You MUST pre-register. Thursday, 6 to 10 p.m., Room 104, Instr. J. Jacob. $40 April 17 (HLTH 5400) CRN#70094
BALANCING HORMONES THROUGH NUTRITION. This course focuses on how nutrition can help balance hormones and support women’s health at every stage. We’ll cover natural ways to improve your menstrual cycle without birth control, manage perimenopause and menopause, and support PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome) through holistic approaches. Learn practical strategies to achieve hormonal balance and enhance overall well-being with the right foods. Tuesday, 7 to 9 p.m., Room 125. Instr. Sara Paxton. $20
April 22 (HPER 5150) CRN#70249
QUICKBOOKS LEVEL 2. This course covers creating inventory, dealing with items, and adjusting inventory counts on a continual basis. Learn about sales tax and sales tax groups, paying your sales tax, running payroll, and paying your payroll liabilities. We will create capital assets and utilize the Loan Manager, generating an amortization schedule. Discuss dealing with bad debt and creating journal entries. Tuesday, Thursday, 5:30-8:30 p.m., Room 122. Instr. Amber Marcellus. $60 April 28-30 (ACCT 5300) CRN#70274
WORKFORCE PARTNERS
CRITICAL THINKING. Critical Thinking is the willingness to imagine or remain open to considering alternative perspectives, the willingness to integrate new or revised perspectives into our ways of thinking and acting, and willingness to foster criticality in others. Critical Thinking clarifies goals, examines assumptions, discerns hidden values, evaluates evidence, and assesses conclusions. A critical thinker is open-minded, well-informed, judges well the credibility of sources, identifies assumptions, develops, and defends a reasonable position, and draws conclusions. Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon, Room 104, Instr. DeeAnn Zimmerman. $150 March 6 (BSAD 5110) CRN#70059
ENGAGING AND MOTIVATE OTHERS. Engaging and Motivating Others: Effective leaders motivate and engage all the people who are connected to the organization. This not only includes the employees at every level, from the front line to the executives, but also the customers and other stakeholders like investors and board members. This session will show you how to get the most out of your teams. Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon, Room 104, Instr. Dan Kuester. $150 March 27 (BSAD 5205) CRN#70068
GETTING COMFORTABLE WITH PUBLIC SPEAKING. Public speaking is a common point of anxiety for people despite the fact we do it every day. Anytime we engage in conversation outside our home we are engaged in public speaking, whether that’s a one-on-one conversation or a presentation to 100 people. This session will outline how to build comfort with off-the-cuff and prepared presentations. Time will also be spent on strategies to reduce anxiety and increase confidence. Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon, Room 104, Instr. Ike Rayford. $150 May 8 (BSAD 5100) CRN#70073
WORKPLACE STRESS-BEAT BURNOUT. Positive and negative stress is a constant influence on all our lives. The trick is to maximize the positive stress and to minimize the negative stress. Learn techniques to cope with heavy workloads, demanding expectations and the daily dramas that lead to stress and eventual burnout. Increase your mental toughness and stop being distracted by negative emotions. Refocus your time and energy and learn to take ownership and responsibility for things and situations that you don't like. Thursday, 9 a.m. to noon, Room 104, Instr. DeeAnn Zimmerman. $150 May 29 (BSAD 5270) CRN#70072
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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