Nursing Assistant Program starts May 19

The Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Healthcare will offer a Nursing Assistant class beginning Monday, May 19. The classroom portion of the class will be 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday, Wednesday and Thursday on the Beebe Healthcare Campus. The clinical experience will be 6:50 a.m. to 3:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, at a local long-term-care facility.

The clinical experience is expected to begin Monday, July 7 and end Thursday, July 17. This course meets all the requirements for taking the examination to be certified as a nursing assistant in Delaware.

The cost of the program is $1,900, which includes the cost of the course and clinical fees, the textbook and the Nursing Assistant Certification Examination fee. Extral fees paid by the student are $69 for fingerprinting and $22 for CPR certification. To be admitted to the program, the candidate must have a high school diploma and successfully complete the Criminal Background, OIG, Adult, and Child Registry checks and a drug screen.

Call the Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at 302-645-3251 for information.

The Margaret H. Rollins School of Nursing at Beebe Medical Center is the only hospital-based nursing program in Delaware and is accredited by the Accreditation Commission for Education in Nursing. The diploma in Professional Nursing is awarded at the completion of the curriculum, qualifying graduates to be eligible for National Council of State Boards of Nursing NCLEX examination leading to licensure.

Beebe graduates consistently have high NCLEX pass rates and can complete a bachelor of science degree in nursing at Wilmington University and University of Delaware through well-defined articulation agreements.

For more information about Beebe Healthcare, go to www.beebehealthcare.org.