Certified Nurse Aide (CNA)

Program Description:

The Long-Term Care Nurse Aide program, also known as Certified Nurse Aide (CNA), is a 77-clock-hour program approved by the Oklahoma State Department of Health Nurse Aide Registry. This program, instructed by licensed nurses, focuses on training students in the knowledge, clinical skills, and competency necessary to pass the Oklahoma certification exam and become certified as a Long-Term Nurse Aide. Students learn to perform the duties and responsibilities of a certified nurse aide, gaining both knowledge and clinical skills.

Upon completion at MedNoc Training College, graduates receive a Certificate of Completion, a Training Completion Affirmation Form, and a Training Verification Form. After passing the CNA State certification exam, graduates are certified by the State of Oklahoma Nurse Aide Registry as CNAs, qualified for entry-level positions in Long-Term Care facilities such as nursing homes, assisted living facilities, independent living homes, group homes, hospice care, hospitals, and long-term acute hospitals.

CNA Program Clock Hour Distribution:

Certified Nurse Aide Program Schedule Options:

Prerequisite:

• None

Admission Requirements:

1. Complete the Student Application online or in person.
2. Complete the Enrollment Agreement in person or electronically.
3. Minimum age: 16 Years old.
4. Education: Ability to read, write, and comprehend in English.
5. Current Government-issued Photo ID: e.g., driver’s license, passport, military card, green card, work authorization card, or tribal card.
6. Social Security Card or replacement letter from the SSN Administration’s office.
7. A criminal background check (Can be done at School for a cost of $35.00).
8. Tuberculin (TB) Skin Test (PPD Test). (Offered at MedNoc for a cost of $35.00).
9. Current BLS Certification before attending clinical. (This can be done at School for a fee of $60.00).

 ***NOTE: Some clinical sites may require additional requirements such as drug screens, immunization records, flu shots during flu season, or wearing a mask at the clinical site. The school will inform you if any of these items are required on the day of enrollment.

CNA Program Curriculum and Learning Objectives:

The CNA training shall include, but is not limited to, each of the following subject areas:

1. The Role of Nurse Aide.
   • Communication and Interpersonal Skills.
   • Infection Control.
   • Safety/Emergency Procedures, Including The Heimlich Maneuver.
   • Promoting Residents’ Independence.
   • Respecting Residents’ Rights.
2. Basic Nursing Skills
   • Taking and recording vital signs.
   • Measuring and recording height and weight.
   • Caring for the residents’ environment.
   • Recognizing abnormal changes in body functioning and the importance of reporting such changes to a supervisor.
   • Caring for residents when death is imminent.
3. Personal Care Skills, Including.
   • Bathing
   • Grooming, including mouth care.
   • Dressing
   • Toileting
   • Assisting with eating and hydration.
   • Proper feeding techniques.
   • Skin care.
   • Transfers, positioning, and turning.
4. Mental Health and Social Service Needs.
   • Modifying the aide’s behavior in response to residents’ behavior.
   • Awareness of developmental tasks associated with the aging process.
   • How to respond to resident behavior.
   • Allowing the resident to make personal choices, providing, and reinforcing other behavior consistent with the resident’s dignity.
   • Using the resident’s family as a source of emotional support.
5. Care of Cognitively Impaired Residents.
   • Techniques for addressing the unique needs and behaviors of individuals with dementia, Alzheimer’s, and others).
   • Communicating with cognitively impaired residents.
   • Understanding the behavior of cognitively impaired residents.
   • Appropriate responses to the behavior of cognitively impaired residents.
   • Methods of reducing the effects of cognitive impairments.
6. Basic Restorative Services.
   • Training the resident in self-care according to the resident’s abilities.
   • Use of assistive devices in transferring, ambulation, eating, and dressing.
   • Maintenance of range of motion.
   • Proper turning and positioning in bed and chair.
   • Bowel and bladder training.
   • Care and use of prosthetic and orthotic devices.
7. Residents’ Rights.
   • Providing privacy and maintenance of confidentiality.
   • Promoting the residents’ right to make personal choices to accommodate their needs.
   • Giving assistance in resolving grievances and disputes.
   • Providing needed assistance in getting to and participating in resident and family groups and other activities
   • Maintaining care and security of residents’ personal possessions.
   • Promoting the resident’s right to be free from abuse, mistreatment, and neglect and the need to report any instances of such treatment to appropriate facility staff.
   • Avoiding the need for restraints in accordance with current professional standards.

CNA Certification Renewal Process:

The Long-Term Care Nurse Aide (LTCNA) certification must be renewed every two years from the original date of issue. To renew the CNA certification, you must submit:

• Fill out and submit the Renewal Application ODH Form 717 to the Oklahoma Nurse Aide Registry.
• No renewal fee.
• Employment Verification – Must submit proof of 8 hours of paid work in nursing or nursing-related services during the 24-month certification time frame. Acceptable proof may include a pay stub, W-2, or a signed letter from the Administrator showing attesting that you have worked for pay providing nursing aide-related services for at least 8 hours within the last 24 months.

Competency Examination Information:

MedNoc Training College is a Test Site for American Universities & Colleges Consultant LLC dba Somanoc Testing & Assessment. MedNoc Training College uses Somanoc Testing & Assessment to administer the CNA and CNA Competency Examination for Oklahoma certification. To register for your exam, visit www.somanoc.com. To familiarize yourself with the Somanoc’s testing policies, procedures, and exam registration process, visit the Somanoc’s website and read The Candidate Handbook.

Somanoc Testing & Assessment Exam Details for CNA:

Students have THREE (3) attempts to take and pass both the Knowledge and the Skills components of the CNA or the CNA state exam. If the candidate fails to pass both components (Knowledge & Skills), they shall be required only to retake the exam component they failed. However, if the candidate fails after their third attempt and ends up retraining, they will be required to start testing attempts afresh by taking both the knowledge and skills exam. Failure to pass after the third attempt requires students to retake the Course and submit new payments for training costs and state exams. For each exam attempt, the Student must make a payment.

CNA Program Tuition and Fees:

NOTE: Other additional costs include but are not limited to uniforms and textbooks. The uniform cost may vary from $40.00 to $ 70.00, and the textbook is $55.00. Uniforms and books are required.

Barrier Offenses for the Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) in Oklahoma.

Effective November 1, 2012
63 O.S. § 1-1950.1 (OSCN 2012)
Title 63, Section 1-1950.1(C) 1. If the results of a criminal history background check reveal that the subject person has been convicted of, pled guilty or no contest to, or received a deferred sentence for, a felony or misdemeanor offense for any of the following offenses in any state or federal jurisdiction, the employer shall not hire or contract with the person:

a. abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of any person entrusted to the care or possession of such person,
b. rape, incest, or sodomy,
c. child abuse,
d. murder or attempted murder,
e. manslaughter,
f. kidnapping,
g. aggravated assault and battery,
h. assault and battery with a dangerous weapon, or
i. arson in the first degree.
2. If less than seven (7) years have elapsed since the completion of the sentence, and the results of a criminal history check reveal that the subject person has been convicted of, or pled guilty or no contest to, a felony or misdemeanor offense for any of the following offenses, in any state or federal jurisdiction, the employer shall not hire or contract with the person:
a. assault,
b. battery,
c. indecent exposure and indecent exhibition, except where such offense disqualifies the applicant as a registered sex offender,
d. pandering,
e. burglary in the first or second degree,
f. robbery in the first or second degree,
g. robbery or attempted robbery with a dangerous weapon or imitation firearm,
h. arson in the second degree,
i. unlawful manufacture, distribution, prescription, or dispensing of a Schedule I through V drug as defined by the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act,
j. grand larceny, or
k. petit larceny or shoplifting.
Note: Possession of a Schedule I through V drug as defined by the Uniform Controlled Dangerous Substances Act is no longer a barrier

Approvals & Licensing State Agency

Oklahoma Board of Private Vocational Schools (OBPVS)

 

 3700 N Classen Blvd #250,
Oklahoma City, OK 73118
Phone: (405) 528-3370

Website: https://oklahoma.gov/obpvs.html

 

Oklahoma State Department of Health- Nurse Aide Registry

Mailing Address (for applications)
Nurse Aide Registry
P.O. Box 268816
Oklahoma City, OK 73126-8816

Physical Address (requires appointment)
123 Robert S. Kerr Ave.
Oklahoma City, OK Phone: (405) 426-8150
Fax*: (405) 900-7572
Email*: NAR@health.ok.gov

Website: Website: https://oklahoma.gov/health/services/licensing-inspections/health-resources-development-service/nurse-aide-registry.html