Basic Nurse Assistant Training Program--More About the Program

A Basic Nurse Assistant (BNAT) or Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) works with the health care team to assure proper care of the patient. CNAs are trained to the patient's basic needs of hygiene, mobility, and transfer while the patient is incapacitated. CNAs are also trained to perform vital signs in order to assess the patient’s condition. CNAs work in long-term care facilities, chronic care facilities, and hospitals. Some CNAs are also employed by home health agencies. In order to insure proper care and treatment of the patient, a Basic Nurse Assistant requires training in a program approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH).

HSC 150—Basic Nurse Assistant Training Program (7 credit hours)
Moraine Valley Community College's BNAT program is approved by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The theoretical foundation for clinical skills and procedures are presented in lecture and includes instruction in basic anatomy, medical terminology, communication skills, safety, infection control, and patient rights. This course also contains substantial information on Alzheimer and dementia patient care, and emphasizes communication and coping mechanisms fundamental to working with this patient population. The curriculum also includes proper management of patient hygiene and mobility, and taking vital signs. In the student lab, students master the 21 patient care manual skills mandated by the Illinois Department of Public Health. The instructor will demonstrate skills, students will practice skills until achieving mastery in the lab with other students, and 11 of the 21 skills will be performed with a patient or resident during clinical sessions.

Clinical rotation schedules are established based on clinical site availability and staff scheduling patterns. For example, if the facility's day shift begins at 7:00 a.m., students are required to be on-site at 6:45 a.m. The clinical experience provides students with the opportunity to perform supervised practice of required clinicals skills, which includes bathing, feeding and transfer of patients, within the clinical setting. The clinical affiliate sites that support the Moraine Valley Community College BNAT program include:
 

The Moraine Valley Community College BNAT program offers a variety of scheduling options, as follows:

• Lecture sessions are offered in morning, afternoon and evening time periods.
• Lab sessions are offered in four or eight-hour time blocks, also scheduled in the morning and evening.
• Clinical sessions are either in four or eight-hour time blocks and are scheduled during the day and evening and on the weekends.

Please consult the course schedule posted on the following link for specific times of each section of HSC 150’s lecture (room B 126), lab (room B 132) and clinical (FAFFL) sessions: https://webreg.morainevalley.edu/Scripts/WebEncore.dll?Paca\Course.html

STUDENTS PLEASE NOTE: Attendance at all lab and clinical sessions of this program is mandatory.