Certified Nursing Aides (CNAs) help care for physically or mentally ill, injured, disabled, or informed individuals confined to hospitals, long term care nursing facilities, and mental health settings. Aides perform routine tasks under the supervision of nursing and medical staff.
Duties may include:
Serving meals
Making beds
Helping patients to eat, dress, and bathe
Answering patients' call lights
Providing skin care to patients
Taking the patient's temperature, pulse rate, respiration rate, and blood pressure
Assisting patients in getting into and out of bed and walking
Keeping patients' rooms neat
Observing and monitoring patients' physical, mental, and emotional conditions and reporting changes to the nursing or medical staff
DMC CNA Program:
Del Mar College's Nurse Aide Certification Program will prepare students for entry-level positions as nurse aides and achieving a level of knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to provide basic care for residents of long-term care facilities. Topics will include resident’s rights, communication, and safety, observation, reporting and assisting residents in maintaining basic comfort as well as emphasizing effective interaction with members of the health care team.
Classroom instruction will include lecture, discussions, demonstrations and active student participation. Upon successful completion of the program, students will be eligible for the National Nurse Aide examination which includes an evaluation of skills performance and written comprehension competencies. At no time, is a Del Mar CNA candidate to perform any skills without the direct supervision of their assigned Del Mar/Tx DHHS approved instructor.
Copies of Tuberculosis Test (TB) within the last year, and ALL of the following Immunization records:
VARICELLA (CHICKEN POX) IMMUNIZATION RECORD
HEPATITIS B VACCINATION
MEASLES, MUMPS AND RUBELLA VACCINATION
NEGATIVE PPD T.B. TEST
TETANUS-DIPHTHERIA TOXOID WITHIN LAST 10 YEARS
MENINGITIS/MENINGOCOCCAL VACCINE (for applicants ages 21 and younger)
Concentra Drug Screen Custody Control Form
Submit your receipt from Concentra to Del Mar with your application.
Drug screen is valid for 30 days, please schedule your drug screen 30-45 days prior to the first day of class.
Hospital requires COVID vaccination or affidavit.
American Heart Association CPR Basic Life Support (BLS) Provider and Heartsaver First Aid certification
Application
Download the application packet: HERE Completely fill out pages 7-12
Interested students must apply for the Nurse Aide Training Program by filling out the application packet, and submitting all required application documents to healthcareopenenrollment@delmar.edu OR delivering it physically to 3209 S. Staples St. Room 115, Corpus Christi, TX 78411. DMC Map
Course Descriptions
Prerequisite: Credit in course NURA 1001
NURA 1001 Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)
Classroom and Laboratory preparation for entry level nursing assistants to achieve a level of knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to provide basic care for residents of long-term care facilities. Topics include resident's rights, communication, safety, observation, reporting and assisting residents in maintaining basic comfort and safety. Emphasis on effective interaction with members of the health care team. Concurrent enrollment in NURA 1060 is required.
NURA 1060 Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) - Clinical
A continuation of NURA 1001 that includes a health-related clinical learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts for entry level nursing assistants. Direct supervision is provided by the clinical instructor. Concurrent enrollment in NURA 1001 is required.
Required Course Textbooks/Workbooks
Hartman's nursing assistant care: the basics 6th edition
ISBN: 978-1-60425-141-8
Hartman's nursing assistant care: the workbook 6th edition
ISBN: 978-1-60425-142-5
Textbooks may be purchased at: Del Mar College On-Campus Bookstore Heritage – Harvin Center Corner of Baldwin Blvd. & Ayers (361) 884-1823
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Students are expected to be proficient in English: reading, writing, speaking and comprehension
