Certified Restorative Assistant

  

Class Information

Attend in-person or online! Increase your career potential with this advanced course for Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) focusing on rehabilitation and restorative care. Course topics include assisting nursing staff and physical, occupational, and speech therapists in the rehabilitation of patients with neurological, musculoskeletal, and orthopedic conditions. Course fee includes textbooks and the Idaho Career and Technical Certified Restorative Assistant exam.

Prerequisites

• Proof of being a current CNA
• A copy of your current Health Providers CPR card
• A computer or regular access to a computer with high-speed internet capabilities is required

Location

This class is a hybrid course. Students meet in person weekly at the North Idaho College Workforce Training Center in Post Falls, ID, to work with an instructor and practice hands-on skills. The clinical experience days and times will be discussed in class. The theory component is then completed online in the Canvas classroom.

• Also available to be taken online via Zoom for those working in facilities outside of the Coeur d'Alene/Post Falls/Spokane metropolitan area that have someone to supervise hands-on skills introduced in class.
  • Contact the Health Careers Department at the Workforce Training Center prior to registering to make arrangements - WTC_HealthCareers@nic.edu or 208-769-3497

The theory component is completed in the online classroom for all students.
  

Clinical Preparation

• Black Scrub top and any color scrub bottom.
• Security badge (provided)
• 2-step TB test within the past 6 months
• Current Health Providers CPR card
• Influenza vaccination in season
• A COVID vaccination, exemption, and/or declination may be required at some clinical sites. Students will explore clinical site options with their instructor in class
• Facility Orientation/Confidentiality packet (completed on the first day of class)

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It is best to register at least one week before class begins.