Medicaid Nurse Aide
Learn key nursing assistant skills and practice them in a variety of real-world settings.
What is Medicaid Nurse Aide?
A Medicaid Nurse Aide provides direct care for patients in multiple settings under the direction of a LPN or RN. Roles include providing for hygiene, comfort, exercise, safety, emotional support and observing and reporting patient/client conditions.
Getting Started
What are my degree, diploma, and certificate options?
To be listed on the State Nurse Aide Registry, a student must take the state written examination and skill competency evaluation upon successfully completing a nurse aide course.
Students are eligible to take the state certification exam for one year from the date they completed their training.
How Do I Pay For This?
How Do I Apply?
- If you are not a current student, then you will need to enroll in the college.
- If you are a current student, then you can enroll by signing into your student-service online account.
- Once enrolled in HST 104, students will receive an email about requirements that must be complete by the clinical portion of the class.
What Else Do I Need to Know?
Length of Program
Students can earn a Medicaid Nurse Aide certificate in one semester.
This information should not be considered a substitute for the KCTCS Catalog. You should always choose classes in cooperation with your faculty advisor to ensure that you meet all degree requirements.
