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Your primary concern as a NA is to ensure patients’ overall well-being and safety by being a compassionate and competent member of a team of healthcare professionals. To be successful, you must blend your hard skills (learned abilities) with your soft skills (your performance and habits). Cambridge Healthcare & Technology’s Nursing Assistant Program is your first step to starting your career and building your NA healthcare resume.
NA Resume Skills
During our 5 week program, you will learn necessary skills and put them into action during externships to help you land a NA job.
- Clinical Skills/Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) – Learn clinical skills like taking vital signs, patient hygiene and mobility, assisting with medical equipment, or offering feeding assistance.
- Bloodborne Pathogens Training- Learn how BBPs are spread, how to avoid exposure and what to do if you are exposed.
- Crisis Management and Emergency Response Training – Learn important skills for recognizing and responding in medical emergencies or crisis situations.
- Medical Terminology – Learn general terminology used by medical professionals to be able to follow safety protocols for yourself and patient care.
- Charting and Record-keeping – Learn to chart detailed and up-to-date medical information like treatment the patient received, when and how, so doctors and nurses can provide their patients with the best care.
- Problem Solving and Critical Thinking – Learn to identify and address issues with your patient, using critical thinking to determine if their condition needs to be brought to the attention of the nurse or doctor.
- Strong Communication Skills – Verbal and written communication are essential so you can communicate about your patient with other members of the healthcare team.
Why Choose Cambridge?
As a student at Cambridge, you’ll receive a wide range of benefits by participating in our programs.
- Career coaching and job placement: Our Career Services department is made up of experienced human resources and healthcare professionals who know what industry employers seek. Through our vast partner network, you’ll have access to career mentoring and job placement assistance.
- Hands-on instruction: Our qualified instructors give you practical experience throughout the program with dynamic, interactive instruction.
- Externship placements: During the program, you’ll have the opportunity to put your skills into action with externships in long-term care facilities and receive on-the-job training.
- Lab experience: Our lab allows you to work with current industry technology and medical equipment.
By completing Cambridge’s five-week NA program, you’ll gain the knowledge, skills, and experience necessary to succeed in this rewarding healthcare career. Courses start soon. Contact us today.