Nurse Aide course scheduled at VGCC Main Campus

Vance-Granville Community College has scheduled a Nurse Aide Level I (CNA I) course to start soon at the college’s Main Campus in Vance County.

Classes will be held Monday-Friday, starting Oct. 31 and continuing through Jan. 31, 2013. This includes the required introductory course. Classroom instruction is held in Building 7 on Main Campus from 8 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. each day, while the schedule is 7:30 a.m. until 2 p.m. on clinical training days.

The Nurse Aide I program prepares students to become Certified Nursing Assistants and to take the state CNA certification exam. VGCC’s certification programs offer classroom education, laboratory training, and clinical experiences in local nursing facilities and hospitals. Jobs for CNAs are available at nursing homes, home health care agencies, physicians’ offices and other health-care facilities.

Registration is ongoing and can be completed in person every Wednesday between 8 a.m. and noon and between 1 and 3 p.m. in Building 7. To register for the course, a student should bring a Social Security card, a picture ID and a negative TB skin test result that is less than one year old. The cost of this course is $175 plus $25 in fees and the cost of the textbook.

For more information, call VGCC at (252) 738-3366.