This course covers basic nursing skills including taking vital signs, assuring patients safety, and caring for patients with Alzheimer’s disease and related disorders. Those wishing to be employed as Geriatric Nursing Assistants can complete this Certified Nursing Assistant course and then apply for Certified Nursing Assistant licensing examination. Our classes consists of 120 hours of classroom, lab skills and clinical experience in an outside facility..
Upon the succesful completion of the Certified Nursing Assistant course, students are eligible to take the NNAAP test. This test assesses the minimum competence of student to perform the job of geriatric aide safely and effectively.
At AMC Career Institute, you can obtain or renew your CPR Certification by joining one of our classes. Our CPR instructors will provide you with instruction and training on how to properly carry out the CPR procedures in the event of an emergency.
Students Learn topics including first aid basics (scene safety, finding the problem), medical emergencies (actions for choking, breathing problems, shock and more), injury emergencies (actions for bleeding, broken bones.
A CMT assists nurses in providing care and medications. CMTs in the state of Maryland are allowed to administer medication in assisted living facilities and a few other healthcare facilities (not hospitals or long term care facilities) under the supervision and delegation of RNs.
