This Career Pathway Certificate of Completion: Advanced Nursing Assistant is designed to prepare students for the Nursing Assistant Level One and Level Two certifications and for successful employment as a CNA2. The Program combines classroom, skills lab instruction, and hands-on clinical experience, designed to prepare students for the nursing assistant role in health care agencies. The program includes instruction in basic bedside nursing skills, basic restorative skills, personal care skills, knowledge of clients’ rights, concepts of safety and preventing complications, communicating patient responses to the nurse, and documenting/recording outcomes of patient care, and the use of contemporary medical records systems.
The NUR120 Nursing Assistant Level 1 and NUR220 Certified Nursing Assistant Level 2 courses are Oregon State Board of Nursing (OSBN) approved courses. Upon successful completion of NUR120, students are eligible to sit for the Oregon State Board of Nursing-sanctioned CNA Level 1 examination. Students must have an active, unencumbered Oregon CNA Level 1 license before they can register for the Level 2 NUR220 course.
Alternately, students can earn an industry Certificate of Completion in Personal Care issued by Acquire, Inc. in addition to the Southwestern Career Pathway Certificate.
Click here to learn how this Career Pathway Certificate can lead to an AAS Nursing degree.
Graduation Requirements
Students must complete a minimum of 19 credit hours with a minimum Grade Point Average (GPA) of 2.0 or better. All courses in the program must be completed with a ‘C’ or better. One course must be completed at Southwestern before the Career Pathway Certificate of Completion: Advanced Nursing Assistant is awarded.
Complete the graduation application process one term prior to the term of completion (e.g., spring term graduates must apply during winter term).
Pre-Program Courses
Students are required to take the following courses prior to the program courses, depending on students' college placement information. See advisor for details:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| WR90 | Paragraph Fundamentals (or placement in higher writing course) | 3-4 |
| or WR90R | Academic Literacy | |
Program Guide
| First Year | ||
|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | |
| NUR120 | Nursing Assistant Level 1 1 | 9 |
| Credits | 9 | |
| Winter | ||
| HIM110 | Health Information Technology | 5 |
| Credits | 5 | |
| Spring | ||
| NUR220 | Certified Nursing Assistant Level 2 | 5 |
| Credits | 5 | |
| Total Credits | 19 | |
| 1 | This course requires an application to be submitted to document requirements such as immunizations, drug screen, current CPR card, and criminal background check. Also, OSBN requires applicants for nursing assistant certifications to provide fingerprints in order for a national criminal history record check to be conducted by the OSBN. |