成为注册护理助理(CNA)


The Certified Nursing Assistant class (NURS 103) is a course that leads to employment as a Certified Nursing Assistant. 本课程着重于护理的基本原理, development and application of nursing skills in long-term care facilities.

  • Course Length:

    1 semester (6 units)

  • Course Completion:
    • Certificate of Completion
    • Eligible to take the state examination to obtain a certificate as a Certified Nursing Assistant.

什么是注册护理员?

Nurse Assistants perform routine tasks in the general care of hospital, clinic, and nursing home patients. 注册会计师直接接受注册会计师的监督 vocational nurses and perform services that require less training, therefore, freeing 接受过医学训练的工作人员可以承担更高技能、更专业的职责. Typical services 的职责包括:

  • Answering patient call lights
  • Bathe, dress, and undress patients
  • Tidy patients’ room
  • Changing soiled linen
  • 协助病人保持个人卫生
  • Serve meals, water and snacks
  • Feed patients who need help
  • 运送病人,帮助病人行走
  • 测量并记录体温、脉搏、呼吸和血压
  • 记录食物和液体的摄入/输出
  • Collect specimens; urine, stool, sputum
  • Perform procedures including Heimlich maneuver, isolation, Universal Precautions, gait belt, post-mortem care
  • 观察并报告异常情况
  • 用床、椅子和天平测量身高和体重

Application Process

The online application for the  Certified Nursing Assistant course will be available during the application cycle.  通读所有的信息是很重要的 prior to applying.

Application Dates:

  • June 10 - June 30: applicants who apply during this application cycle will begin the 如获选,可于秋季学期选修课程.
  • September 28 - October 19: applicants who apply during this application cycle will 如果被选中,在冬季课间开始课程.
  • November 1 - November 15: applicants who apply during this application cycle will 如果被选中,在春季学期开始课程.
  • February 20 - March 10: applicants who apply during this application cycle will begin 在暑期课间修习课程(如选定).

讲座和临床时间表示例

Winter 2024 Lecture Schedule:

1/8/2024 - 1/12/2023周一至周五0700-1530

1/15/2024 - 1/29/2024 Monday & Friday 0700-1530

Winter 2024 Clinical Schedule:

1/16/2024 - 2/14/2024星期二、三、四0700-1530

讲座及临床时间表将于有时间时公布.

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注:申请人必须年满18岁. 护理助理课程临床站点 require anyone visiting their facility for clinical rotations to be 18 years or older.  In order to successfully complete the Certified Nursing Assistant course, you must 完成课程的理论部分和临床部分.

请按照以下步骤申请本课程:

Step #1:

  • 申请并被最靠谱的十大棋牌游戏录取.  Upon admission to the college, you 会被分配一个PCC学生证号码和一个PCC学生电子邮件帐户吗.  You will need these to complete the C.N.A. application.
  • Submit a C.N.A. 透过PCC网站网上申请.  A complete application includes all information on the application is filled out and transcripts are official documents 已扫描并保存为PDF文件.
  • United States High School (or GED or Foreign Equivalency) transcripts must be official transcripts that you have opened, scanned, saved as a PDF file and uploaded with your C.N.A. application.  在成绩单上标注“高中成绩单”. A copy of your high school diploma will not be accepted. 把打开的成绩单留作个人记录.

Follow these basic directions for scanning documents to your online application:

  • Open the sealed official High School transcript(s) that you will be uploading to your C.N.A. application
  • 使用打印机或扫描仪等设备扫描正式成绩单
  • Follow the scanner manufacturer's directions to scan each document to your computer or USB drive
  • 扫描前选择PDF文件格式选项. Only PDF files of your transcripts 和其他证明文件将被接受. Formats such as JPEG, GIF, BMP, TIF, screenshot, word documents, etc. 会否被纳入申请程序.
  • Save your PDF document to a folder in a location on your computer or removable drive 您可以轻松访问(建议使用桌面或文档文件夹)

NOTE: Students who do not have access to a personal scanner may choose to use a commercial copying center to have their required documents scanned and made into PDFs that then 可以作为申请的一部分上传吗.

Follow these basic directions for uploading documents to your online application:

  • When prompted on the application to upload your documents marked "Drop Files here 或“选择文件”,单击此按钮
  • 从计算机或闪存驱动器中找到要上传的PDF文件
  • 双击文件(点击两次)选择文件
  • Your file will be uploaded

Step #2: Do not complete these steps until you have received an email from Pasadena 城市学院的链接到下面的表格.

  • 获得美国心脏协会CPR/基本生命支持卡.  Only American Heart Associate CPR cards will be accepted. http://cpr.heart.org/en
  • Complete the Health Sciences C.N.A. Health Requirements form.
  • 完成背景调查-更多的信息.
  • Complete the State of California BCIA 8016 Request for Live Scan Service form.
  • Complete a California Department of Public Health Certified Nurse Assistant Initial Application CDPH 283B form. 

Step #3:

Applicants randomly selected for a conditional seat in the course will be contacted 通过电子邮件将下面列出的文件作为一个完整的包返回. These items 必须扫描并保存为PDF文件吗. JPEG、GIF、BMP、TIF、截图、 word documents, etc. will not be accepted.  将提供一个电子邮件地址发送 the packet of completed documents.

  • 美国心脏协会CPR认证. Must show an expiration date. Label the PDF file "CPR".
  • 完成背景调查的证明.
  • 填妥的健康科学C .副本.N.A. Health Requirements form. Make sure you have signed and dated the form. 一些疫苗可能正在接种中.  You must have completed at least the first vaccination if it is a series of vaccinations. 将PDF文件标记为“健康要求”.
  • 填妥的即时扫描表格副本. Label the PDF file "Live Scan".
  • Copy of the completed C.N.A. Initial Application form. Label the PDF "Initial Application".

保留所有文件的副本作为个人记录. The Health Sciences Division cannot make copies for you.

Health Requirements Overview

The Certified Nursing Assistant course requires the following health requirements:

  • 风疹,风疹,腮腺炎,水痘滴度.  对于麻疹、腮腺炎、风疹和水痘, quantitative protective titers are required within 12 months of the first day of each 除非另有说明,培训年限.  如果滴度没有保护作用,就注射加强剂 需要接种疫苗和随访滴度.  This requirement may exceed the CDC 医疗保健人员(HCP)工作人员指南.
  • 10 Drug abuse panel urine screening.
  • Immunization dates for MMR (measles, mumps, rubella), Td (tetanus/diphtheria), Varicella (chickenpox), Hepatitis B, Tdap (tetanus/diphtheria/pertussis), Influenza, Covid 19.
  • 需要进行结核病筛查.  护理诊所只接受 IGRA testing, completed within 12 months of the first day of each training year unless otherwise specified.
  • Physical examination completed within the last 6 months of entrance to the course.  Must be able to perform the basic physical requirements of the entry level position including: stooping, lifting 23-35 pounds, pulling, standing, walking, practicing proper body mechanics, pushing occupied beds, wheelchairs or gurneys, bathing, turning 移动病人,操作小型设备.
  • Have good physical and mental health.

A Health Requirements form will be given to qualified applicants who are randomly 被选为有条件的课程学员.

The health requirements may take 3-5 weeks to complete with several office visits required.  PCC学生健康服务办公室提供廉价的医疗服务 for enrolled students. 

Selection Process

Students who complete Step 1 will be randomly selected for a conditional seat in the course. Students who are randomly selected will be sent an email with the necessary 必须在截止日期前完成的表格和文件.  Applicants who complete the required documents by the deadline will be given permission to register for the course. 未能完成所需的文件意味着您将无法 to register for the course.

All applicants will be notified of their status prior to the start of the class by email.  Additionally, non-selected applicants will be notified when the class is full.

Course Completion

Upon successful completion of the Certified Nursing Assistant course, students will be awarded a Certificate of Completion and be eligible to take the Examination for the California Nurse Assistant Certification offered by an approved state testing agency for a fee. 地区检测中心或美国红十字会是合格的 agencies that will administer the competency exam for a fee of approximately $100.

 Estimated Cost of the Program

Prices subject to change:

Health Screening from PCC Student Health Services (costs will be higher in other settings):

服务管理费- $23.00
Lab fee - $4.00 per visit
Hepatitis B vaccine - $50.00
麻疹、腮腺炎、风疹疫苗——93美元.00
Tdap - $50.00
Varicella vaccine - $163.00Influenza (flu) vaccine - free
Physical exam - $25.00(需预先付款)药物滥用10组尿液筛查 - $18.00 plus $9.00确认性试验(如果试验呈阳性)结核菌皮肤试验 - $15.00 per test
Quantiferon blood test - $52.00
Consultations - free

制服(每套)建议2套- 120.00

Shoes - $150.00
Name Badge - $8.00 per badge
PCC Uniform Patch - $5.00 per patch

Stethoscope & pen light - 100.00
Watch with second hand - 50.00
Textbook - 100.00

Background check - $29.50
Livescan - 72.00
停车(每学期包括校园和诊所)- 100美元
学费(加州居民每单元)46美元/学分 
CPR卡-仅限美国心脏协会- 65岁.00

Transcript Evaluation

If you are a student with foreign high school transcripts, you must have your high school transcripts evaluated by one of the following three companies before applying. High School must be equivalent to graduation from a United States accredited High School. 

国际研究基金会(IERF)
(310)-258-9451 | www.ierf.org

学历评估协会(ACEI)
(310)-275-3530 | http://www.acei-global.org/application-for-evaluation

美国教育研究中心(AERC)
(626)-339-4404 | www.aerc-eval.com