Pathway
Nursing Assistant
Nursing assistants provide basic care and help patients with activities of daily living. In WI, youth apprentices must complete a nurse aid training program and pass the Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) exam.
Length of Apprenticeship: One or two years
Job Competencies
Year 1: All of the required competencies plus eight of the additional competencies
Year 2: All of the required competencies plus sixteen of the additional competencies
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YEAR 1 Required Competencies
- Use standard precautions and infection prevention controls
- Change unoccupied bed linens
- Follow care plan
- Report client changes
- Prepare client for service
- Position client
- Ambulate client
- Measure temperature, pulse, and respiration
- Provide client comfort measures
- Assist client with toileting
YEAR 2 Additional Competencies
- Measure blood pressure
- Measure weight and/or height
- Transport client
- Assist to transfer client
- Aid client with bathing or showering
- Aid client with eating and hydration
- Aid client with oral hygiene
- Aid client with grooming — dress and undress
- Aid client with grooming — shaving
- Aid client with grooming — hair care 1
- Aid client with grooming — nail care
- Maintain inventory of supplies and/or equipment
- Care for clients with a urinary catheter
- Manage client appointments
- Measure pulse oximetry
- Measure blood sugar
- Instruct clients in collection of specimens
- Provide client skin care
- Apply non-prescription topical medications
- Serve food
- Provide ostomy care
- Give bed bath
- Apply TED (anti-embolism) stockings and/or tubi-grips
- Assist with care of client with dementia
- Use isolation techniques Nursing Assistant Youth Apprenticeship
- Perform choking maneuver (simulated)
- Respond to emergency situations as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)
- Assist with post-mortem care
- Measure fluid intake and output
- Make occupied bed
Related Instruction
Students must enroll in 1 High School Credit or 3 College Credits of related instruction each year they participate in the Youth Apprenticeship program.
Purpose of Related Instruction
The purpose of choosing a related instruction course is to ensure students are learning technical and academic skills that support the student's ability to perform their work tasks. This should be done concurrently with on-the-job training to make relevant connections between learning competencies and work.
Choosing Related Instruction
You will collaborate with your YA Coordinator and School Counselor to determine the most appropriate option for related instruction. A course within your high school directly related to the career pathway is ideal, especially if dual credits and/or hours related to a potential registered apprenticeship are offered.
If there is not a directly related course in your school district, related instruction in the same career cluster is also acceptable.
If there is not a course within that career cluster in your school district, you may request to register for a college course through the Start College Now program with a local technical college, Early College Credit from a local university, or from an alternative provider such as Destinations Career Academy.-
- Nursing Assistant Required Prior
- Contemporary Healthcare Practices
- Digital Literacy for Healthcare
- Medical Terminology
- Anatomy & Physiology
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- Nursing Assistant Required Prior
- Contemporary Healthcare Practices
- Digital Literacy for Healthcare
- Medical Terminology
- Anatomy & Physiology
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- Anatomy and Physiology
- Medical Terminology
- Health Sciences 1 & 2
Post Secondary
There are numerous opportunities to continue your education after completing the Youth Apprenticeship program.
Registered Apprenticeships
Registered Apprenticeship in Nursing Assistant is not currently available.
College and University
- Completion of a Youth Apprenticeship fulfills college admission requirements across the UW System. Click here to learn more Universities of Wisconsin.
- Wisconsin Technical College System.