Two-Year Sequence of Health Careers
Albany Campus
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 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:
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.
