Flexibility and job security as a Nursing Assistant
Job security and having a flexible schedule as a nursing assitant are two benefits of taking classes at Pima Medical. As an NA, you may give direct patient care in long-term care facilities, hospitals, clinics and in the home. With your newly acquired NA skills, you can diversify into other areas of medicine, such as labor and delivery, pediatrics and geriatrics.
Upon graduation from Pima Medical Institute, you can build a rewarding and secure future for yourself as a Nursing Assistant.
Nursing Assistant is a job you can do
The Nursing Assistant (NA) provides personal and nursing care to patients in hospitals, nursing homes, healthcare facilities, clinics, private homes and community health organizations. Duties include maintaining patient hygiene and supporting doctors and nurses in diagnostic procedures and technical treatments, patient charting and patient instruction.
The NA documents any care that is given and reports significant observations to the nursing staff. The Nursing Assistant helps patients with all activities of daily living, serving a vital role on the healthcare team.
Your Nursing Assistant training covers:
Basic Nursing Skills
Measuring Vital Signs including height and weight
Transferring patients using gait belt or mechanical lift
Admitting, transferring and discharging patients
Diet and Nutrition
Recording of percentages of food intake
Specimen collecting and testing
Measuring and recording intake and output
Assisting with physical examination
Indwelling Catheter Care
Oral and Denture Care
Perineal Care
Positioning the patient
Occupied bedmaking
Preventing and caring for decubitus ulcers
Infection control
OBRA Guidelines
Body Systems and Diseases
Introduction to Physiology and Anatomy
Growth and development
Abnormal signs and symptoms of common diseases
Assisting with Activities of Daily Living
Hygiene and grooming
Restorative care and rehabilitation
Range of motion exercises
Bathing the patient
Hair and nailcare
Assisting with ambulation
Elimination
Communication
Medical terminology
Ethical and legal issues
Patient charting
Cultural diversity and illness
Specialized Needs
Care for cognitively impaired residents
Prostheses and orthotics
Postmortem care
Ostomy care for an established ostomy patient
Providing restorative activities for patients
Heat and Cold treatments utilizing safety measures
Preoperative and Postoperative Care
CPR Certification
Externship
Provided during training at PMI
Practical experience in real-life medical setting
How long is this program?
Day Classes: 5 weeks
Night Classes: 7 weeks
For more detailed information classes and program specifics please call your local campus below.
Which campus is closest to you
Mesa, AZ
The Nursing Assistant training program (NA program) is offered through our Pima Medical Institute-Mesa Campus. This campus is owned and operated by Vocational Training Institutes, Inc., the same owner for all of the Pima Medical Institute’s nine campuses. The Pima Medical Institute-Mesa campus in licensed by the Arizona State Board for Postsecondary Education and is approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing to offer the Nursing Assistant Training Program. This campus is also nationally accredited by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).
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