2023-2024 Course Catalog

HLTH 040 Nurse Assistant Competency Skills Assessment

is designed to assess the basic nursing skills of a certified nursing assistant who has not worked for a period of 8 hours during twenty-four (24) consecutive months as a CNA, performing nursing assistant duties for monetary compensation. This course will determine if the student is competent in the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) identified skills prior to reporting to a clinical site with a trained and IDPH approved competency evaluator. This course is applicable toward all basic certificates in general studies except personal development (credit hours 0.5, lab hours 1.0).

Credits

0.5

Prerequisite

student must have completed an approved Basic Nurse Assistant Training program and be listed on the Illinois Health Care Worker Registry

Division and Department

Health Professions / Health