This program is approved by the Illinois Department of Health. The student who successfully completes this intensive eight-week course is eligible to take the required Nurse Aide Competency Examination in order to be placed on the Illinois Nurse Aide Registry.

Admission Requirements

In order to enter this program, the student must meet these requirements:

• Be at least 16 years of age
• Complete the pre-entrance testing: COMPASS test score of 30 or better on Reading Skills OR ASSET test score of 28 or better on Reading Skills
• Fulfill admission requirements for John A. Logan College
• Negative 2-Step TB Skin Test (These tests may be taken at a local health department. If a student has any physical restrictions, including pregnancy, they must obtain a signed release form from their physician allowing full participation.)
  

Students are selected on a first-come, first-served basis.

Click here to view letter to CNA students regarding disqualifications from working as a nurse's aide.

Class Information

John A. Logan College offers this course twice each fall and spring semesters. The first class starts at the beginning of each semester and lasts for eight weeks, followed by a second class also lasting eight weeks.

The classes meet from 8:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. four days each week (Tuesday-Friday). Classes are held on the John A. Logan College campus two days and at various clinical sites (area nursing homes) two days.

The course is seven (7) credit hours.

Tuition and Fees

Tuition fees for this course are approximately $427.00.

The textbook required for the course costs approximately $53.00.

A testing cost of $50.00 must be paid by the third week of the course. A processing fee of $15.00 must be paid on the first day of class for the required Illinois Criminal Background Check. Students are required to bring a money order payable to SIUC in the amount of $15.00 to class on this day.

After you have registered for the CNA course, pay close attention to fee due dates. If you are dropped from the CNA course for non-payment of fees, you automatically forfeit your position from the program and will be replaced. FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS ARE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF EACH INDIVIDUAL STUDENT. The CNA course DOES NOT QUALIFY for Federal or State grants or loans.

Objectives

Upon completion of this training program and passing the Nurse Aide Competency Exam, the student will be listed on the Illinois Nurse Aide Registry as a certified nursing assistant and as such will be able to do the following:

1. Perform quality nursing care under the direct supervision of a licensed nurse or physician, including bathing, shaving, grooming, toileting, and feeding patients.
2. Accurately measure vital signs, height, and weight.
3. Promote and maintain medical asepsis and a safe environment for one's self and the patient.
4. Communicate effectively with patients, family, and members of the health care team.
5. Describe basic human anatomy and disease entities affecting different body systems.
6. Identify the principles of rehabilitation and demonstrate proper techniques of caring for a patient in a restorative nursing program.

Areas of Study in This Program

1. Orientation to health care.
2. Introduction to the patient.
3. Medical asepsis.
4. Safety.
5. The patient's unit.
6. Lifting, moving, and transporting the patient.
7. Personal care of the patient.
8. Nutrition.
9. Fluid balance.
10. Basic anatomy and physiology.
11. Observing and recording vital signs.
12. Supportive care.
13. Fundamentals of rehabilitation.
14. Patient admission, transfer and discharge.
15. Care of the patient in isolation.
16. Care of the Alzheimer's patient.
17. Care of the terminally ill patient and post-mortem care.
18. Cardiopulmonary resuscitation.

Please call John A. Logan College, (618) 985-2828, Ext. 8520 for more information or to make an appointment for testing.