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Nursing Assistant - Gerontology Specialist CC
Education, Human Services and Criminal Justice Department | 4 CPCC - Career Pathway Certificate of Completion | 6 months
Learn the skills needed to get you started in a career in the healthcare industry with a one-year nursing assistant certificate from Clackamas Community College.
This program combines the nursing assistant clinical training with the applicable theory aimed at serving our aging population. Take the opportunity to learn in a clinical environment with dedicated and professional instructors and be ready to earn more money in as little as one year.
Nursing Assistant - Gerontology Specialist CC
You will develop some exciting new skills in this program. Among these new skills, you should be able to:
- Provide care to older adults using the concepts of gerontology
- Differentiate between normal aging and disease processes associated with aging, especially chronic illness and dementia
- Provide support to older adults grieving a loss (including the death of a loved one)
Careers
Career opportunities include activity director, volunteer coordinator, senior services case worker, information and referral worker, client advocate, and administrative and support personnel in senior residential facilities.
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PROGRAM CODE: CC.NAGERONSPEC
This program combines the nursing assistant clinical training with the applicable theory aimed at serving our aging population. This certificate will ultimately lead to an advanced workforce for employers and more robust employment opportunities for students.PROGRAM OUTCOMES
Upon the successful completion of this program, students should be able to:
- apply gerontological concepts to practice settings working with older adults;
- differentiate between normal aging and disease processes associated with aging, especially chronic illness and dementia;
- provide support to older adults grieving a loss (including the death of a loved one) by utilizing knowledge and skills of grief and bereavement.
Nursing Assistant-Gerontology Special Core Requirement
Complete the following Core Requirements
- GRN-181
- Issues in Aging
- 3
- GRN-182
- Aging and the Body
- 3
- GRN-183
- Death and Dying
- 3
- GRN-184
- Aging & the Individual
- 3
- NUR-100
- Nursing Assistant I
- 7
- NUR-100C
- Nursing Assistant I Clinical
- 0
