Cost of Class:

• Tuition/Registration: $180
• Text: $40.83 (subject to change)
• Cost of CPR card: $5
• Liability insurance: $13
• Optional accident insurance: $1.20

Admissions Requirements:

• Two forms of identification (driver’s license and social security card) at registration
• Documentation of complete immunization records including proof of MMR1 and 2 or individual titers, current TB test (must be active upon completion of course), varicella infection by medical record, varicella titer or varicella immunization if the titer is negative, proof of hepatitis B vaccine (completed dose 1, 2, and 3) or signed MCC waiver.
• Tetanus shots for clinical sites

Training Includes:

• Dressing, bathing and skin care
• Feeding, mouth, and hair care
• Making beds
• Toileting assistance, catheter, and bowel and bladder care
• Taking vital signs (blood pressure, pulse, etc.)
• Helping patients walk
• Assisting with range-of-motion exercises
• Helping wheelchair-bound patients using safe patient handling devices
• Turning and positioning bedridden patients regularly
• Safely awareness (observing, reporting, and documentation)
• End of life and postmortem care
• Performing general patient care

Other Fees:

• Certification exam: $120
• Drug screening for clinical site
• Background check for clinical site

Students in the program may get help paying for class by calling 828.766.1297.