Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) Course
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Course times
This course will be run over 9 months of study, divided into 3 terms of 3 months each.
Due to Zambian public holidays on 1st and 2nd July 2013, the first term will actually begin on Wednesday 3rd July and consist of 3 days and 5 weeks, followed by 4 weeks holiday. Then the term will resume for 13 weeks. This will allign the course with Zambian Ministry of Education term times and breaks. Boarders can start arriving from 1st July 2013, so they have time to settle in before teaching and learning begin.
Duties of Certified Nursing Assistants
Certified nursing assistants perform many essential, non-clinical nursing tasks in a hospital, health centre, nursing home, hospice or the patient's home.
Duties include helping patients complete everyday tasks, such as preparing or having a meal, getting out of or into a chair, wheelchair or bed, using the toilet or a bed pan, dressing, taking a shower or bath, shopping, using the telephone, managing money, doing exercise, and household chores.
CNAs work under the supervision of registered nurses, performing tasks delegated to them. They get basic medical knowledge during their certificate training course
In some health care settings, nursing assistants will take and record a patient's vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse rate, body temperature and respiration rate, measure the patient's height and weight, wash hands correctly, collect specimens of urine, stool and sputum and ask the patient about his/her level of pain.
When CNAs are not busy with their normal tasks, they are often asked to move medical equipment and supplies, assist in hospital procedures, set up medical equipment, observe and report the mental, emotional, and physical state of the patients, answer patients' calls for help, serve meals to the patients, clean patient rooms, make beds and deliver messages.
Course times
This course will be run over 9 months of study, divided into 3 terms of 3 months each.
Due to Zambian public holidays on 1st and 2nd July 2013, the first term will actually begin on Wednesday 3rd July and consist of 3 days and 5 weeks, followed by 4 weeks holiday. Then the term will resume for 13 weeks. This will allign the course with Zambian Ministry of Education term times and breaks. Boarders can start arriving from 1st July 2013, so they have time to settle in before teaching and learning begin.
Duties of Certified Nursing Assistants
Certified nursing assistants perform many essential, non-clinical nursing tasks in a hospital, health centre, nursing home, hospice or the patient's home.
Duties include helping patients complete everyday tasks, such as preparing or having a meal, getting out of or into a chair, wheelchair or bed, using the toilet or a bed pan, dressing, taking a shower or bath, shopping, using the telephone, managing money, doing exercise, and household chores.
CNAs work under the supervision of registered nurses, performing tasks delegated to them. They get basic medical knowledge during their certificate training course
In some health care settings, nursing assistants will take and record a patient's vital signs, including blood pressure, pulse rate, body temperature and respiration rate, measure the patient's height and weight, wash hands correctly, collect specimens of urine, stool and sputum and ask the patient about his/her level of pain.
When CNAs are not busy with their normal tasks, they are often asked to move medical equipment and supplies, assist in hospital procedures, set up medical equipment, observe and report the mental, emotional, and physical state of the patients, answer patients' calls for help, serve meals to the patients, clean patient rooms, make beds and deliver messages.