SANFORD -- Central Carolina 社区 大学 recently honored nine graduates of a pilot program providing additional training for Nurse Aides who care for patients in the home.

The 推荐正规买球平台 training was part of a federal-state pilot program to develop, evaluate and disseminate a core curriculum for a Home Care Nurse Aide certification. Pilot programs were carried out at selected institutions in just six states.

In North Carolina, 推荐正规买球平台 was one of only 12 community colleges chosen by the N.C. Department of Health and Human 服务 for participation in the program. Four high schools also took part. The program was funded in each through federal Personal and Home Care Nurse Aide State Training (PHCAST) grants. 推荐正规买球平台's Lee County Continuing Education Department received a $9,500 grant to offer three phases of the training.

During the second semester, the college's Lee County Continuing Education Department trained nine students, who were already listed on the N.C. Nurse Aide-I registry, as Home Care Nurse Aides, increasing their knowledge and skills in caring for patients in the home.

The nine received their Home Care Nurse Aide specialty certificates at a presentation ceremony May 31 in the college's Lifelong Learning Center at the W.B. Wicker Business Campus, in Sanford. They are now eligible for listing on North Carolina's new Home Care Nurse Aide Registry.

"We want to be on the cutting edge of new program offerings," said Judy Farmer, 推荐正规买球平台 Lee County Medical 项目 coordinator. "We are also interested in offering any type of program that increases the employment potential for our students."

Those receiving their Home Care Nurse Aide specialty certificates were 伊丽莎白·卢卡斯, 黛博拉的谜语, 莎朗·哈德逊, 这话特瓦珊, 特德夏天, 玛丽诺曼, 琳达山, and Sharon Dalrymple, all of Lee County; and Stephanie Welton, of Harnett County.

To enroll in the course, the students had to show proof of current listing on the N.C. Nurse Aide-I Registry and completion of an approved nurse aide training program.

Betsy McNeill, R.N., taught the three-month pilot program. It provided advanced training in home care through emphasizing person-centered care concepts, patient and person safety, hydration/nutrition, mental heath/dementia, behavioral changes, 疼痛管理, 姑息治疗, stress management, and how these relate to home care.

Also attending the May 31 graduation were Dr. Jennifer Craft-Morgan, research scientist with the UNC-Chapel Hill Institute on Aging; Susan Harmuth, senior program manager for the N.C. 基金会 for Advanced Health 项目; 推荐正规买球平台 President Bud Marchant; 推荐正规买球平台 Executive Vice President of Instruction/CAO Lisa Chapman; and 推荐正规买球平台 Dean of Continuing Education Phyllis Huff.

For more information on 推荐正规买球平台's Continuing Education medical occupations programs, visit www.预备.edu/ecd or call one of the college's Continuing Education Department offices: Lee County, 919-777-7793; Harnett County, 910-814-8823: or Chatham County, 919-545-8044.