Education Offerings
Certified Nursing Assistant Program
The Certified Nursing Assistant Program is offered quarterly at our Pawtucket Office. Classes are held Monday – Friday in the morning and evenings and the program lasts approximately 10-12 weeks. The course consists of 100 hours of classroom learning and 20 hours of clinical experience. The clinical practice is provided in a nursing home under the supervision of a registered nurse. For further information please contact our Staff Development Coordinator at 728-6500.
In-services are an important part of staff development, and quality patient care. The following is a sample of in-services offered to staff:
- Fire and Home Safety
- Emergency Preparedness
- Client Bill of Rights/Confidentiality
- Boundaries, Ethical Issues
- Elderly Abuse Detection and Reporting
- Medicare Fraud
- Cultural Sensitivity
- Customer Service
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Mental health and Cognitive Disabilities
- HIV/Aids
- Hepatitis A, B, C
- Tuberculosis (Latent TB, Active TB, S/S of TB)
- Oxygen therapy, respiratory equipment
- Food safety/Meal preparation
- Following the “Plan of Care” and proper documentation
- Body mechanics
- Fall Prevention
- Staff and Client safety
- Infection Control, OSHA blood borne pathogens
- Acquired infections: MRSA, VRE, C. diff
- Seasonal flu – Influenza, Flu vaccine
- H1N1 (Swine Flu)
- Hand washing
- End of life palliative care, Hospice
- DNR, comfort/ advanced directives
