Alaska Administrative Code
Title 12 - Professional Regulations
Part 1 - Boards and Commissions Subject to Centralized Licensing
Chapter 44 - Board of Nursing
Article 8 - Certified Nurse Aide
12 AAC 44.845 - Classroom curriculum
Universal Citation: 12 AK Admin Code 44.845
Current through February 24, 2025
The 60 hours of classroom instruction required in 12 AAC 44.835(c) (1) must include the following topics:
(1) the role of a certified nurse aide, including
(A) ethical standards;
(B) legal issues;
(C) the certified nurse aide as a member of
the health care team; and
(D) the
client's rights and responsibilities;
(2) basic nursing skills, including
(A) monitoring body functions;
(B) taking and recording vital
signs;
(C) measuring and recording
a client's height and weight;
(D)
caring for the client's environment;
(E) non-invasive collection and testing of
physical specimens;
(F) measuring
and recording fluid and food intake and output;
(G) caring for a client if the client's death
is imminent; and
(H) postmortem
care;
(3) personal care skills, including
(A) bathing;
(B) oral hygiene;
(C) grooming;
(D) dressing;
(E) toileting;
(F) assisting with eating and
hydrating;
(G) proper feeding
techniques; and
(H) skin
care;
(4) safety concepts related to nursing, including
(A)
medical aseptic technique, including isolation;
(B) basic life support;
(C) environment;
(D) body mechanics;
(E) transfer and ambulation;
(F) restraints and other protective
devices;
(G) fire and
disaster;
(H) food service;
and
(I) infection control,
including standard precautions;
(5) communication skills, including
(A) psychosocial needs of clients;
(B) verbal and nonverbal
communications;
(C) knowledge of
communication modifications for clients with limited abilities;
(D) medical and nursing terminology;
and
(E) recording and
reporting;
(6) hygiene and restorative nursing care, including
(A)
personal hygiene;
(B) activities of
daily living;
(C) adequate
nutrition and fluid intake;
(D)
excretory system;
(E) bladder and
bowel retraining; and
(F)
preventive maintenance and rehabilitative measures;
(7) human growth and development, including
(A) basic needs;
(B) developmental needs;
(C) care of the cognitively
impaired;
(D) mental health and
social service needs;
(E) cultural
factors;
(F) sexuality;
(G) process of aging; and
(H) death and dying.
Authority:AS 08.68.100
AS 08.68.331
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