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Certified Nurse Aide Training Program
Pleasant Valley offers a 100 hour Nursing Assistant Training
Program of classroom and clinical training. Applicants are hired and then
trained in our program. The paid training begins with a general orientation to
Pleasant Valley and Washington County.
Training Component - Trainees learn how to care for residents, including
but not limited to: bathing, dressing, grooming, toileting, feeding,
transferring (lifting residents using proper body mechanics as well as some
mechanical lifts). Additional skills will be taught in range of motion
(exercising residents' muscles), to take temperatures, pulses, and
respiration, to perform skin care and catheter care, to weigh and measure a
person in bed, to make an occupied and an unoccupied bed, and to clean and
store equipment. All of these skills are taught in the classroom and then
practiced on clinical days. Pleasant Valley’s training program is conducted
by a qualified registered nurse.
Physical requirements - include heavy lifting, pushing, pulling,
twisting, bending and standing. At least 80% of the work day will be spent
using these skills.
Working on the Nursing Unit - Once the training is complete, there is an
orientation period on an assigned unit. After orientation, a regular work
schedule is established. Schedule commitments include every other weekend,
some holidays plus several days during the week.
State Certification - Once trainees are working, Pleasant Valley schedules
the State Clinical and Written exams for them. Both tests are given at
Pleasant Valley, with Pleasant Valley paying for the testing fees. An outside
clinical evaluator will come in and evaluate five clinical skills. At the end
of the five skills, each person will know if they have passed or failed.
Assuming the clinical portion of the exam is passed, the state written
multiple choice exam is given. The evaluator sends the completed tests to the
testing center, and the test results are mailed. After passing the test and
once certified, trainees receive a certificate stating they are a Certified
Nursing Assistant in New York State.
To learn more about the Nursing Assistant Training Program contact our
Nurse Aide Training Program Director at 638-8274 ext. 269.
Volunteers
Volunteering is a great way to get to know our facility, staff and residents.
Many of our volunteers are community members or relatives and friends of our
residents. The role played by volunteers enhances the lives of residents at
Pleasant Valley.
Becoming a volunteer can be the first step for a person considering a
career in health care. Volunteering gives you the opportunity to become
acquainted with helping a variety of residents and learn about the careers
available in health care.
Volunteer possibilities include reading a newspaper or book to an
individual or group of residents, delivering mail, writing letters for
residents, or assisting our activity department with activities and field
trips. These are just a few of the volunteer opportunities at Pleasant Valley.
To learn more about becoming a volunteer, call 638-8274 ext. 223 and ask to
speak with our director of volunteer services.
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