NURSE AIDE


Medicaid Nurse Aides provide personal care to people of all ages in various types of health care settings. They usually work under the supervision of other health care professionals. Their duties include: take and record patients' temperature, pulse, and blood pressure; assist patients in and out of bed; and assist with patients' personal hygiene. The job is physically demanding.

Education

The course is 75 hours including a 16-hour clinical component. The nurse aide course prepares graduates to take the Kentucky Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation. Students receive instruction in anatomy and physiology, medical terminology, and personal care.

Registration/Certification/Licensure

Students must pass the Kentucky Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation to be registered as a Medicaid nurse aide. Individuals who have successfully completed a nursing fundamental course in either a prelicensure practical nursing or registered nursing education program, shall within one year of completion of the nursing program not be required to complete the 75-hour nurse aide training program to take the competency evaluation. An official transcript should be presented to the Kentucky Nurse Aide Training (KNAT) Coordinator for the exam to be scheduled.

Salary

$11,000-22,000

Employment Opportunities

Nurse aides are employed in long term care facilities, adult day care centers, home health agencies and hospitals.

Programs

Contact the local long-term care facility for program information or call one of the following technical schools.
 
Ashland Technical College (606) 928-6427
Bowling Green Technical College, Glasgow Campus (270) 651-5673
Central Kentucky Technical College (859) 246-2400
Central Kentucky Technical College, Danville Campus (859) 239-7030
Cumberland Valley Technical College (606) 337-3106
Elizabethtown Technical College (270) 766-5133
Hazard Technical College (606) 435-6101
Jefferson Technical College (502) 595-4275
Madisonville Health Extension (270) 824-7552
Mayo Technical College (606) 789-5321
Northern Kentucky Technical College (859) 341-5250
Owensboro Technical College  (270) 687-7234
Rowan Technical College (606) 783-1539
Somerset Technical College (606) 677-4049
West Kentucky Technical College (270) 554-4991

Last updated:  June 26, 2001