NAST 2105 Nurse Aide Fast Track

Introduces student to the role and responsibilities of the Nurse Aide. Emphasis is placed on understanding and
developing critical thinking skills, as well as demonstrating knowledge of the location and function of human body
systems and common disease processes; responding to and reporting changes in a residents /patients condition,
nutrition, vital signs; nutrition and diet therapy; disease processes; vital signs; observing, reporting and documenting
changes in a residents condition; emergency concerns; ethics and legal issues and governmental agencies that influence
the care of the elderly in long term care settings; mental health and psychosocial well-being of the elderly; use and care
of mechanical devices and equipment; communication and interpersonal skills and skills competency based on federal
guidelines. Specific topics include: roles and responsibilities of the Nurse Aide; communication and interpersonal skills;
topography, structure, and function of the body systems; injury