Welcome to the Nursing Assistant Certified (NAC) Training Program!
Highline Community College's Nursing Assistant program provides you with study in nursing assistant theory and practice. You will learn basic skills in the classroom (nursing care skills, including CPR and First Aid for the Healthcare Provider, and HIV/AIDS education), and experience clincial training in the campus lab and through a supervised clinical placement at a long term care nursing facility/hospital.
The program is approved by the Department of Social and Health Services. Graduates qualify to take the Certification Examination for Nursing Assistants.
The NAC classes are presented in either a traditional instruction delivery or with an I-BEST option. I-BEST stands for Integrated Basic Education and Skills Training. This means that there are several instructors that teach in the classroom at the same time. The nurse instructor and clinical instructor provide the skills training and the basic skills instructor provides the literacy education and workforce skills.
NAC (offered summer & winter quarters)
If you are interested in education leading to entry level
work in health care or in becoming a Nursing Assistant, this
program is for you. These classes use traditional instructional
delivery.
Information on NAC
Entry
NAC (I-BEST option - offered fall & spring quarters)
This program uses I-BEST instructional delivery: college level content is integrated with English language and adult basic skills. Information for I-BEST NAC
"The Nursing Assistant Program
at Highline - The Movie"
(ca. 8 minutes)
Note:
The Nursing Assistant class does not qualify for Financial
Aid. You may be able to receive other funding. See
expenses.
