Nurse Aide Training and Related Endorsement Courses Update

1. Nurse Aide Training and Related Endorsement Courses Update Nurse Aide Teachers Updates July 24, 2012 Tuesday – Victoria A Agnes Moore, RN NCDPI Nurse Aide Training Consultant

2. NURSE AIDE REGULATION Regulation = Kathy Turner Testing = Kris Winning / Dianna Brosko-Carelli Training = Agnes Moore (high schools only)

4. Skills Training for Teachers! WESTJuly 30 and July 31 (36) EAST August 1 and 2 (37) Interested? No Registration Fee! Lodging and travel expenses reimbursed by DPI. Email Agnes STAT for registration form. Come dressed to work! Get your own hotel room. Keep zero bill from hotel.

5. Roundtables on Thursday!Guilford B (1st floor) 1:00pm to 3:00pm • Feeding – Karen Osborne • Output Measurement – Donna Allen • Pericare – Linda Pitman • Pulse – Chiquinta Dickens • TEDs – Jennifer Carpeneter • Weight & Skills Lab- Kim Zickefoose

6. Nurse Aide Materials are now on a NEW Moodle PLC Course Key is : N A R E

7. Nursing Fundamentals Pilots • Public Health Fundamentals • Fundamentals of Gerontology

8. Summer Conference Session on NAT Application and Moodle Wednesday, July 8:30 – 10:00 Colony C – 3rd floor

9. Student Records Nurse Aide Training Summary…..aka NATS

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14. Rules of the Game! • Eligibility Criteria Documenthas replaced the ‘ole NA Handbook • Each NAT document is organized according to the criteria • Build a three ring notebook

15. Nurse Aide I Training Healthcare Industry Requirements • Background Check? • Drug Screening? • Social Security Card? • Vaccinations? • Discipline Problem? • And the list goes on…..

16. There are two sides to every story • Education perspective • Industry perspective both have to look through the lens of law and policy

17. We are GUEST! • High school students and their teachers are guest in the healthcare facility where clinical is held • LEAs cannot overturn facility policies • LEAs cannot discriminate • Goal is to operate where industry and LEA circles overlap

18. Prevention is the Cure • Pre-Nurse Aide Training enrollment Counseling must include facts about: • Healthcare Industry Requirements • Requirements for completion of Nurse Aide training • NNAAP eligibility routes • NC Nurse Aide I Registry

19. Healthcare Industry • TB Skin test • Vaccinations • Negative Drug Screen • Negative Background Check • Others… must be cleared by HR of the healthcare facilities…interpreted differently by some healthcare facilities

20. Completion of NA Training • Final Grade of 75 in the course • Mastery of all curriculum skills • 40 hour clinical • Demonstration of a subset of skills in the healthcare facility and verification same • Can pass class and NOT complete training

21. NNAAP eligibility routes • Can take NNAAP with or without completion of NAT • Must have Valid SS card and Valid Drivers License or DMV Identification to register for the exam

22. FYI… Most healthcare industry facilities and most post secondary allied health programs require both 1) certification of completion of NAT and 2) a listing on the NAI registry Students and parents need to be aware!

23. NC Nurse Aide I Registry • High school students are NOT exempt from allegations of resident abuse, resident neglect, misappropriation of property from a resident or facility. • Being listed on the National Practitioners Database (bad list) will not go away.

24. What should LEAs do? • Determine policies and procedures that address all the issues • Use BON method when dealing with a “conviction” • LEA Human Resource should take leadership in the drug screening process

25. What should LEAs do? • Teachers must not be perceived as imposing nonacademic requirements on students.

26. What should LEA do? • Do drug screen and background check as early as possible keeping healthcare time restrictions in mind. • Do it early • Do it early • Do it early • Do it eary

27. A Resource… Nurse Aide I Training Healthcare Industry Requirements Document Compliance with NA Clinical and NA competency testing regulations Authors: Agnes Moore, Joan Thompson, William Hatch Date: 6-4-2012 Document referenced above emailed to RCs 7-23-2012 with request to post the document on CTE Admin. Moodle PLC.

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29. Supplanting? NO LEAs may have BOTH high school based and CCP nurse aide training!

30. CCP requirements for Nurse Aide Training students To be eligible for enrollment, a high school student must meet the following criteria: • Be a high school junior or senior; • Have a weighted GPA of 3.0 on high school courses or have the recommendation of the high school principal or his/her designee; and • Meet the prerequisites for the career pathway. • High school counselors should consider students’ PLAN scores in making pathway recommendations.

31. CCP NAT students will take • NA101Nurse Aide I (6 sem credit) • NA102Nurse Aide II (6 sem credit) BON regulation (CC has exemption) • NA103 Home Health Care (2 sem credit) 14 semester hours

32. CCP Home Health Care Course • Does NOT carry the Home Care Aide Endorsement! • High School course Public Health Fundamentals DOES carry the Home Care Aide endorsement!

33. Nurse Aide Training Caution: Young juniors who become NAI will not be old enough to work and their listing will expire!

34. Nurse Aide Training • There is no DHSR oversight regarding prerequisite being met. • There is no NCDPI-NAT office oversight regarding prerequisites being met. High School counselors must assure prerequisites are met!

35. Nurse Aide Training FYI The NC Board of Nursing regulates NAII classes. Community College system partners with NCBON to offer NA II training.

36. Nurse Aide Training CCP NAIIs cannot work as a NAII until they have graduated from high school.

37. NAT Program Regulation • DHSR will approve teachers, programs, and provide support for CCP classes • NCDPI NAToffice will approve teachers, programs and provide support for high school nurse aide training programs

38. High School Based NAT Student can leave high school with three credentials: • NAI • Home Care Aide Endorsement • Geriatric Aide Endorsement

39. HS students can receive their NAI after successful completion of Nursing Fundamentals or AHSII (this year only) and by passing the NNAAP competency exam.

40. Special Thanks… • Nursing Fundamentals Pilots • 46 schools, 415 students • Mean Score 77.93 (good) • Test found to be reliable • Nursing Fundamentals has now moved out of Field Test Status • NF now considered a regular course in the CTE Essential Standards

41. HS Students can receive the industry recognized Home Care Aide endorsement by successful completion of Public Health Fundamentals and after being listed on the NAI registry as a NAI.

42. Special Thanks… • Kim Rogers Fall PHF Pilot • Sharon Verdu Spring PHF Pilot

43. HS Students can receive the industry recognized Geriatric Aide endorsement by successful completion of Fundamentals of Gerontology and being listed on the NAI registry as NAI.

44. Special Thanks… • Kate Moorhead Spring pilot of Fundamentals of Gerontology

45. NAI Endorsement Courses • Public Health Fundamentals and • Fundamentals of Gerontology • May be taken before or after NAI training.

46. Nurse Aide and NA Endorsement Courses High School Program of Study Sequences Nursing Fundamentals 2 credits Nursing Fundamentals 2 credits Nursing Fundamentals 2 credits Nursing Fundamentals 2 credits Health Science II* Health Science II* Health Science II* Health Science II* PLTW Human Body Systems Nurse Aide I Pathway Fundamentals of Gerontology Fundamentals of Gerontology Fundamentals of Gerontology Fundamentals of Gerontology Public Health Fundamentals Public Health Fundamentals Public Health Fundamentals Public Health Fundamentals

48. Questions? Contact Agnes Moore, RN NCDPI NAT office Agnes.moore@dpi.nc.gov 919-807-3907 Mail: 6360 Mail Service Center Raleigh, NC 27699-6360