Health Career Pathways Program Description

Our licensed nurse aide training is an 81-hour course meeting all the requirements of the State of Michigan Nurse Aide Training.

The class is a combination of classroom, laboratory, and clinical training.

We encourage students to join our training who are interested in learning how to provide compassionate and comprehensive care to those who need partial or total assistance.

Our 81-hour State of Michigan licensed program introduces students to basic physical care, body systems, age-related changes, infection prevention, disease processes, medical terminology, and more.

Academic training is presented through lectures, homework, and tests. Skills are demonstrated by the instructors. You will practice the skills and be evaluated by the instructors.

The clinical experience is completed in three days in a local nursing home where you will provide direct patient care under the supervision of instructors.

A CNA is a state-certified direct care worker who is eligible to work in a variety of settings including:​

• skilled care facilities (nursing homes)
• assisted living
• home health care
• hospitals (PCA)
• rehabilitation
• hospice
• memory care

Daily activities includes:

• daily lecture
• daily lab skills
• three tests
• two homework assignments
• eight worksheets

Academic content includes:

• body systems
• communication skills
• ethical / legal issues
• abuse information
• human needs / diversity
• infection prevention
• age-related changes
• disease processes
• safety / body mechanics
• rehabilitation / restorative care
• dementia / Alzheimer’s disease
• emergency response
• medical terminology
• nutrition
• personal care
• Headmaster TMU

In-Person Instructor demonstration includes:

• handwashing
• shampooing
• shaving
• feeding
• bedbath
• perineal care
• catheter care
• catheter drainage bag
• bedpan
• dressing
• brief changes
• bed making
• positioning
• range of motion
• wheelchair transfer
• wheelchair pull-ups
• bed pull-ups
• ambulation
• walkers and canes
• skincare
• assisting with the elimination
• oral care
• denture care
• foot care
• hand and nail care
• vital signs
• mechanical lifts
• personal protective equipment
• TED hose

This course not only meets but exceeds the State of Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) standards for nurse aide training.

Students are expected to spend a minimum of two hours of homework daily.

Tuition is $1650 and includes text book, syllabus, and supplemental materials.

Your tuition could be paid for by a sponsor!
Some sponsors will pay for your shoes, scrubs, a watch.

If you are not eligible for sponsorship, private pay tuition is an option.

A sponsor is an agency or facility that will pay the tuition for your classes.​ You must meet the eligibility requirements for sponsorship.

A sponsor is an agency or facility that will pay the tuition for your classes.​ You must meet eligibility requirements for sponsorship.

Sponsors could include your workplace. Sponsors could be a government agency such as the YOU program, Michigan Works, or Michigan Rehabilitation Services. Sponsors may also provide scrubs, shoes and a watch.

Sponsor Contacts:

• KRESA Career Now 269-775-1671 or email careernow@kresa.org if you are age 18 to 24 or under

Sponsor Contacts:

• KRESA Career Now 269-775-1671 or email careernow@kresa.org if you are age 18 to 24 or under
• Michigan Works! (WDI) 269-383-2536 or email michiganworkssouthwest.org

No. You must be approved by a sponsor to register for a class.

Some employers will partially reimburse the cost of your class.​ This is a good question to ask at a job interview.

Private pay tuition is $1,650. Nurse Aide Textbook included.

If you are not eligible for sponsorship contact HCP for possible options.

• scrubs
• shoes (closed toe & heel)
• watch with a second hand

Upon successful completion of the training, a student is eligible to take the
$175 state certification exam.