Middlesex Community College now offers a Nurse Assistant Training Program that prepares students for an entry-level career as a nurse assistant or home health aide. Upon successful completion of the program, students will be eligible to sit for the Massachusetts nurse assistant certification exam.


This 100-hour program meets from 6 to 10 p.m., Mondays and Wednesdays, Sept. 14 through Dec. 7 on the Lowell campus, and includes two weekends (Nov. 21-22 and Dec. 5-6) of clinical training at a local long-term care facility. Students will learn the skills needed to care for residents in long-term care facilities and hospitals, including personal patient care, patient rights, how to lift and turn patients, safety, infection control, vital signs, record-keeping, mental health care of residents, and stress management.


To enroll, students must have a high school diploma or GED, give permission for a CORI/SORI background check, and be able to lift and move 50-plus pounds. The cost of this noncredit program is $950 and the enrollment deadline is Aug. 21. Register for course number CAR 768-80, Nurse Assistant/HHA Training. (This course is not eligible for waivers or vouchers.)


To enroll in this noncredit program, call Sheila Morin at 978-656-3416 by Aug. 21 or e-mail morins@middlesex.mass.edu.


Visit us online at www.middlesex.mass.edu/careertraining for more information about noncredit community education and training courses at Middlesex.