Nurse Aide
Wherever there is a need for personal care, certified nursing assistants (CNA), or nurses’ aides are there. Nursing assistants work in nursing homes, assisted living centers, Hospice, hospitals, community based long-term care, home health agencies, correctional institutions, and other long-term care settings.
Nursing assistants help patients of all ages perform the most basic daily tasks. They work under a nurse’s supervision, and since they have daily contact with each patient, they play a key role in the lives of their patients and in keeping the nurse up to date on vital information about the patients’ conditions.
The required prerequisite courses for entering the Vocational Nursing Program can earn students a Certificate of Completion for Nurse Aide.
To enroll in the NURA classes (NURA 1301/1160), a student must first complete the criminal background check process with the agency chosen by LSCPA.
Upon successful completion of NURA 1301/1160, a student is eligible to complete the Nurse Aide Exam administered by the provider of choice by the Texas Health and Human Services Commission to become a Certified Nurse Aide.