Congratulations are in order for Corydon Central High School's CNA students who took part in, and passed, their CNA State exam!
South Harrison Schools offer students the opportunity to earn a state licensure in becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA). Students learn all of the required skills and textbook information during their fall semester. In the spring, students gain real-life experiences through 75 hours of clinical experience in a local nursing home taking care of residents utilizing the skills they have mastered in the classroom setting. By the end of the school year, the students will take the state certification exam and upon passing this exam they become state licensed as a CNA. The state exam is administered by a state representative at our school in the environment in which they trained and are most comfortable. The vast majority of our students continue to work after high school as a CNA either in the nursing home or at a local hospital while continuing their education to advance in the medical field.
In addition to the CNA licensure, students also take a Dementia course during their spring semester where they learn about dementia and most importantly how to take care of someone suffering from dementia. At the end of this course, the students take a state-wide exam. Upon passing this exam, they become Dementia certified. This certification gives them another opportunity to increase their potential earnings working in a nursing home environment.
Another aspect of the CNA course is that all of our students earn their Basic Life Support (BLS) certification, which is the CPR certification for healthcare workers. Not only are our students learning critical skills to take care of their patients and residents, they are learning life saving skills that can be used at any time and any location, if the need ever arose.