The Certified Nursing Assistant program being provided by the Williamsport Area School District and the Susquehanna Health System began on January 9, 2002 and will conclude on March 21, 2002. Currently, ten students are enrolled in the program and are excited about their clinical instruction, which began on Thursday February 7, 2002, at Valley View Nursing Center on Warrensville Road.
Students completing the program will be eligible for the state test to become a Certified Nursing Assistant. The Susquehanna Health System is willing to hire any student that completes the program and plans to take the state test. These students are eligible for the cooperative education program at the WAHS for the 2002-2003 school year. Students employed as CNAs can earn up to 2 WAHS credits with participation in the cooperative education program. The only cost students will incur for the program is the purchase of uniforms needed for the clinical instruction.
Pennsylvania regulations stipulate 110 hours of instruction for the program. Any student absent from the first 2 weeks of class must be terminated from the program. Thereafter, any student absent for 11 hours must be terminated from the program. All missed class or clinical time must be made up, and make-up dates are March 26 – 28.
On February 5, representatives from Susquehanna Health System presented the board with information about recruiting students into health industry careers.
Prior to entering the Certified Nursing Assistant Program, students had to meet the following requirements:
1. Must be a minimum age of 16 years and a junior/senior in high school.
2. Good physical and mental health.
3. Basic reading, math, and writing skills (C or higher in English, Math, Science, & Social Studies).
4. Ability to sit, stand, walk, bend, and squat for pro-longed periods of time.
5. Ability to push, pull objects, lift carry up to 50 lbs. unassisted, on a frequent basis.
6. Full use of hands, arms and legs (must be able to feed, bath and dress residents, write notations and operate equipment).
7. Ability to read thermometers, charts and other testing equipment.
8. Completed Criminal History Record Information processed by the Pennsylvania State police without Act 14 prohibitive offense(s). If a student has not lived in the state of Pennsylvania in the last 2 years a FBI background check must be done. *
9. Proof of current PPD (within the last 6 months). *
10. Proof of Hepatitis B Vaccine (3 Injections) or proof of having begun series. *
11. Proof of Rubella titer. *
12. Proof of current physical exam within the last 6 months (School District records are acceptable). *
13. Proof of a current drug screen (SHS requirement).
14. Proper attire as addressed in the dress code. *
* Pennsylvania Department of Education Requirements.
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