MONROE, Mich. – Monroe County Community College, in partnership with ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital and Michigan Works! American Job Center, is offering a new, four-week non-credit Certified Nursing Aide course.
The course consists of 123 hours of classroom and clinical training and begins Sept. 11. It will meet Wednesday through Saturday at the college.
This new course is designed to prepare an individual to fulfill the role of direct caregiver/nursing aide. The course emphasizes the skills and behaviors that are significant to the role of nurse aides and includes classroom activities, skills practice time in the laboratory and supervised clinical practice in the healthcare environment. Student knowledge and competency are assessed routinely to determine achievement of the course outcomes.
Upon successful completion of this course, students will be eligible to take the clinical and written exams required for certification as a nursing aide in the State of Michigan.
The non-credit Certified Nursing Aide course is limited to eight students in the first class. The cost is $1,925 per person, plus miscellaneous fees. These fees are detailed below and may be higher or lower than the estimated price.
- Uniforms and supplies: $45
- Textbook: $62
- CPR Training: $60
- State Certification Exam: $176.50
For additional information, please Michigan Works! American Job Center at (734) 240-7950 and specifically state your interest in the CNA partnership between ProMedica Monroe Regional Hospital and Monroe County Community College.