Two-Year Sequence of Health Careers
Albany and Schoharie campuses
Students must complete both years of the program in order to earn a Career and Technical Education endorsement on their high school diploma.
With double-digit job growth forecast across the home health aide,
personal care assistant and nurse assistant careers, this is a great
program for someone looking to get into the healthcare industry!
Students take courses their junior and senior years to earn certification
as a personal care aide (PCA), home health aide (HHA) and nurse
assistant (NA). While doing so, students earn American Heart
Association BLS/CPR and First Aid certifications and gain valuable
hands-on experience in area healthcare and direct-support facilities.
Below is the breakdown of how the sequences works:
Below is the breakdown of how the sequences works:
Home Health Aide/Personal Care Aide – Year One Sequence
Students will learn through clinical training and classroom preparation
how to provide valuable skills in conjunction with professional nurses
in a home health care setting. Services range from health-related
tasks such as obtaining vital signs to doing laundry, personal care and
housekeeping. Students will complete 16 hours in an assisted living
setting and the remaining hours in a nursing facility.
Nurse Assistant – Year Two
Students learn total patient care through training in the
classroom and off campus. They prepare to take the nurse assistant
examination (Prometric) that qualifies NAs upon successful completion
of the exam to work in any nursing home in New York state. Students
complete 108 hours of clinical work in a nursing home. Nursing home
hours from year one will be applied to year two.
