Prepares students in the knowledge, skills, and responsibilities required for certification as a nursing assistant by the state of Utah. This course is designated as an Active Learning Community Service (ALCS) course. Students provide service in areas of public concern in a way that is mutually beneficial for both the student and community.

**COURSE LEARNING OUTCOMES (CLOs) At the successful conclusion of this course, students will be able to: 1. Adapt and apply theoretical and laboratory concepts in a clinical setting. 2. Demonstrate in the laboratory setting acquired knowledge of basic nursing skills and the ability to perform them. 3. Identify the basic needs of patients and describe how a nursing assistant can provide for those needs. 4. Identify and discuss components of restorative and rehabilitative nursing care 5. Identify and discuss the role of the nursing assistant. 6. Identify and describe specialized job skills and abilities that may be required in the sub-acute care setting, the long-term care setting, the individual's home setting, and the hospital setting. 7. Identify the principles of safety as they relate to patient care and facilitate safe practices in the clinical setting. 8. Identify and discuss legal and ethical concerns as they relate to health care, in general, and to the elderly population, in particular.
 
Course fee required. 

Corequisite: NURS 1007.

FA, SP, SU