Everett Community College offers a quarter-long state-approved nursing assistant certified (NAC) program. The class covers basic technical skills, patient rights, restorative services, communication, infection control, interpersonal skills, nursing rules and regulations, CPR and HIV training. The program leads to a certificate of completion and qualifies students to take the state NAC license exams.
Everett Community College
2000 Tower Street
Everett, WA 98201
425-388-9100
everettcc.edu
South Seattle Community College has an NAC program offered four times per year, at the beginning of the winter, spring, summer and fall quarters. The college only offers its NAC program during the day, with no night classes scheduled as of June 2010. The program requires that all prospective students attend an orientation, and after beginning the course students must submit proof of vaccinations and a background check. Students must also obtain a score of 221 or higher on the math and reading sections of the Comprehensive Adult Student Assessment Systems (CASAS) test.
South Seattle Community College
6000 16th Avenue Southwest
Seattle, WA 98106
206-764-5300
southseattle.edu
Northwest Regional Training Center's NAC program offers a health-care provider CPR and first aid card as part of the curriculum. Students will also obtain HIV-AIDS certification. Northwest offers day and evening NAC classes, with classroom instruction lasting two weeks and a clinical period that also generally lasts for two weeks. Classes take place at the training center, but students can complete the clinical section at a variety of locations. Once they finish the program, students can take the state examination and receive a certificate of completion. To enroll, students must supply a criminal background check, negative tuberculosis tests and copies of their driver's licenses. Students are also required to purchase textbooks and wear navy blue scrubs to all classes and clinical hours.
Northwest Regional Training Center
11606 Northeast Circle, Suite 103
Vancouver, WA 98662
360-397-2100
nwrtc.org