Basic Nurse Assistant Training

This 7 credit hour course is designed to prepare nursing assistants to work under the direction of the licensed professional nurse to provide care in various health care settings. Training will involve the development of basic nursing skills through lectures, laboratory demonstration and practice, and clinical experience. The Illinois Department of Public Health has approved the course for a total of 132 hours of instruction.

General Information

After successful completion of a BNAT program, students must take the written State Nurse Aide Competency Exam. When a student passes the Nurse Aide Competency Exam, their name is added to the State Nurse Aide Registry.

An individual will be placed on the Nurse Aide Registry when:

• s/he has successfully completed a training program approved in accordance with the Long-Term Care Assistants and Aides Training Program Code (77 Ill. Adm. Code 395)
• AND, s/he has met the required criminal background check information (Section 300.661), and there are no findings of abuse, neglect, or misappropriation of property in accordance with Sections 3-206.01 and 3-206.02 of the Nursing Home Act. Disqualifying Convictions in Accordance with the Health Care Worker Background Check Act (225 ILCS 46).

Learn more about general CNA requirements published by the Illinois Department of Public Health.

For additional information, please contact Joan Flanagan, Nursing Program Administrator (815) 455-8710 or jflanaga@mchenry.edu.

2/25/08