Nurse Aide I Refresher

Two nurses practice caring for patient in bed

Nurse Aide I Refresher

Course Code: NUR-NA1REF

This is a 40-hour refresher course for Nurse Aides. This training is designed to provide skills that are essential to provide direct patient care under the direction of a licensed nurse. Students must register and pay in person on the New Bern or Havelock campus.

Interested in this course, but don’t see an available class that works for you? Please fill out the blue contact form at the bottom of the page and indicate which certificate you are interested in so we can add you to our contact list about upcoming sections.

Available Classes

There are currently no available classes.

Questions others are asking.

View application requirements here.

  • An expired NC Nurse Aide I listing, lapse date within 2 years of class date
     
  • Documentation of Nurse Aide I training program
     
  • An expired out-of-state listing (if applicable), lapse date within 2 years of class date
     
  • Status as EMT, nurse, nursing student, or military medic from any branch of service
     
  • Training waiver required
     
  • Current picture ID
     
  • Non-laminated Social Security card
     
  • First and last names on picture ID and Social Security card must match
     
  • Textbook: Nursing Assistant: A Foundation in Caregiving, 5th edition, ISBN (978160425121-0). The 4th edition of Nursing Assistant: A Foundation in Caregiving, if available for purchase on used book sites (no longer printed), may be used.
     
  • Analog watch (watch with hands). Required first day of class. No smartwatches can be used.
     
  • Scrubs: any solid color
     
  • Students must bring own face masks; to be worn at all times
     
  • Active email account and access to internet required
     
  • 100 index cards

Note: If you have taken the NC NAAP test three times within a two-year period and failed, you must retake the course with class/lab/clinicals.

  1. High school diploma or GED copy required
  2. Student Health Form – Read pages 1-3; complete pages 4-6
    • Hepatitis B shots (three required), documentation of shots or titer, bring document to instructor. Students may bring documentation that the Hepatitis B series has been started. Hepatitis B series of three shots are as follows:
      • Shot 1 administered
      • Shot 2 administered in 30 days
      • Shot 3-administered in 5 months
    • PPD/TB tests current
    • TDAP booster or tetanus documentation
  3. Background check via Castle Branch required. Background check results are submitted to the college electronically from Castle Branch. View background check instructions. Background check must be completed (results to the college) one week before class start date.
  4. No criminal background issues (speeding tickets will not disqualify students from clinicals)

Contact Information

Workforce Development
Brock Administration Building
New Bern Campus
252-638-7248

Have questions?

We’re here to help.