Nurse Aide Training Certificate (NATC)

Overview

The Nurse Aide Training Certificate program provides the skills needed to care for residents in a long-term care facility. These skills include Activities of Daily Living (ADLs) and lifting safely without injury to self or residents.

Students practice these skills in lab (a simulated patient room) and then apply the skills during their clinical rotation in a long-term care facility, with guidance from RN instructors.

The Nurse Aide Training Certificate is offered at the Cincinnati State Clifton campus, the Middletown campus, and the Evendale campus (Workforce Development Center).

Prospective students must complete the Application Form (below) and meet these admission requirements:

• Must be at least 16 years old.
• Must complete a 2-step TB test no more than 12 months prior to the semester the student is enrolled in the course MCH 130.
• A 12th grade or higher reading level is recommended.

Other requirements for admitted students include:

• A social security card with the student’s correct name and a state picture ID with correct information must be presented on the first day of class and at the time of state testing.
• Books are required on the first day of class.
• Students must meet a strict attendance policy, as required by the Ohio Department of Health.
• Students must wear hunter green scrubs as their required uniform during clinical experiences in a long-term care facility.
• BCI background check is required if you have been an Ohio resident for the past 5 years or more.
• BCI and FBI background checks are required if you have not been an Ohio resident for at least the past 5 years.
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  • When you get a background check you will need to submit this “BCI Reason Fingerprint Code”: 4723 09
• Students must be fully vaccinated or must submit an exemption request to the Dean of the Health & Public Safety Division (medical documentation is required).

Accreditation

The Nurse Aide Training Certificate program is approved by the Ohio Department of Health.

Credentialing: Upon successful completion of the certificate program, students are eligible to take the Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation exam offered by the Ohio Department of Health to become a State Tested Nurse Aide (STNA).