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Assistant Nursing Course

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An Assistant Nursing Course possesses a magnificent range of skills and knowledge. Once you have successfully completed our fully accredited internationally recognised Certified Nursing Assistant course, not only will you be fully qualified with highly sought after skills in a thriving and growing industry but you may also be added to our UK Placement Programme free of charge. Qualified Assistant Nursing’s earn significantly more than Caregivers.

For this reason, the Assistant Nursing Course is very desirable and highly recommended. This is the most comprehensive course that we offer and the favourite package of ambitious students like yourself!

Start your lucrative nursing career today!

Where to begin?

It does not matter where in the course you begin. There is not necessarily a beginning or an end. All the units and modules are taught on a rotating timetable, meaning that no matter where and when you begin, you will cover all the content.

Assistant Nursing Course

Course Fee: R25,000

The course fee is R25,000.
The initial deposit fee is R5,000.
This means that you have the option to pay in 5 instalments of R5,000 per month.
The course fee must be paid in full before taking the exam and receiving the final certificate. If you complete the course in less than 5 months, all payments must be complete before you can take the final exams and earn your final certificate.
You may also pay by cash or card at the college. If you pay the full amount of R25,000 upfront in cash, then you earn a 10% discount! This means that you only pay R22,500.

Course Duration: 3-5 Months

Theory Lessons

The 3 categories of human needs: Physical, emotional and social
The 13 points of the benefits of exercise including the influence on the brain (mental health exercise)
Documentation of daily activities – ADL’s
The 14 points of the benefits of hydration
Nutrition with the world-leading Michael Greger
being able to compile a perfect plate of food and working out the percentages of food eaten
Understanding mental illness
Comparing the functioning of a normal brain with that of an Alzheimer’s brain
Being able to observe and understand the difference between subjectivity and objectivity
Hypoglycemia and Hyperglycemia
Understanding cancer and treatments
Understanding Diabetes 1 and 2
The development of Romidepsin and HIV cure
Hepatitis: A, B, C, D, E.
Understanding blood pressure and treatments: high blood pressure and the influence on the organs. Low blood pressure and the influence on the body. Prevention and lifestyle changes.
Stroke: understanding, prevention and treatments
Differences between contagious and infectious diseases
Cholesterol: understanding, prevention, cure.
Auto immune diseases (studied SLE)
Lifestyle and lifestyle changes to enhance healthy living
Blindness and Deafness
Documentation of daily activities – ADL’s
Medication reminders and understanding of documentation

Practical Lessons - Practical Hands-on Work

Heading Practical Hands-On Work

Bedpan handling, feeding a patient, assisting/partially helping a client to eat
Helping a patient in and out of a bed, into a wheelchair and back into bed
Assisting a patient to move out of a wheelchair to go to the bathroom and back into the wheelchair
Moving the bedridden patient at regular intervals into supine, prone and sims positions
Helping the client perform a range of motion exercises (passive, active assistive, active, resistive and isometric) and understanding the importance thereof
Shaving, dental and denture care. Understanding patient care, chemotherapy and dental care Understanding stomatitis and trench mouth. Inspection of the mouth and reporting on abnormalities. Role of nutrition in the prevention of mouth and dental problems.
Decubitus: understanding of prevention, cure, washing and dressing of decubitus
The taking of vitals: pain, oxygen saturation, temperature, heart rate, respiration, blood pressure

Ambulation

Helping a client to walk with a walker – no injuries
Helping a client to walk with a walker – knee injury
Helping a client to walk with a walker – hip replacement
Helping a client to walk with a quad cane or cane
Helping a client to walk without any equipment
Moving a client with a gait belt
Moving a client with draw sheet

Fall Prevention

Learning fall prevention and helping somebody who is falling

Understanding of Incontinence

Diaper/incontinence brief change of adult
Different types of preventative measures are available
Understanding of incontinence

Personal Care: Bathing, Toileting

Normal bath and shower, bed bath, shower, sponge bath.
Understanding of bathroom safety and equipment
Personal and hygiene equipment. Skin ageing and product safety.
Alzheimer’s and Dementia patients bathing and resisting personal care
The layout of room and bathroom
How to get the client involved and happy
Bedridden patient and perineal care

Personal Safety Equipment

PPE (gloves, goggles, scrubs, apron, clogs, face mask)
Gloves lesson
Health acquired infections
Hand washing with donning and doffing

Patient Needs and Communication

How to communicate and understand the patient better
Signs of depression

CPR

Adult, child, and baby

Training and Placement

We do assist with local and overseas placement and job oppotunities.

Certificates - Certificates you will receive for this course

10 Nursing Certificates, 1 main assistant nursing certificate

Common cardiac conditions – certificate
Common Respiratory Conditions – certificate
Common GI disorders – certificate
Client-Centered care – certificate
Helping clients with mobility – certificate
Understanding pain management – certificate
Perineal and catheter care – certificate
Basic first aid – Certificate
CPR update – Certificate
End of life – Certificate
1 main assistant nursing certificate

diploma in assistant nursing

Course Fee: R40,000

The course fee is R40,000.
The initial deposit fee is R10,000.
After the R10,000 deposit you can pay off R5000 per month for 6 months. You cannot skip payment it must be done consecutively.
The course fee must be paid in full before taking the exam and receiving the final diploma. If you complete the course in less than 5 months, all payments must be complete before you can take the final exams and earn your final certificate.
You may also pay by cash or card at the college. If you pay the full amount of R45,000 upfront in cash, then you earn a 10% discount! This means that you only pay R36,000.