Nursing Assistants work closely with patients, take vital signs, and help patients exercise, eat, dress and bathe. They work under the supervison of a nurse and play a key role in keeping the nurse up-to-date on vital information about patients' conditions.
EvCC offers a one-quarter program that prepares graduates for certification as nursing assistants. The program is approved by the Washington Sate Department of Social and Health Services. Many nursing assistants continue their education to become nurses.
The Nursing Department of Everett Community College offers a career mobility approach to nursing education that prepares graduates for Certification as Nursing Assistants. The program is approved by the Washington State Department of Social and Health Services.
Curriculum. Instruction covers the following areas: basic technical skills, mental health and social services needs of clients, clients' rights, promotion of clients' independence, communication and interpersonal skill development, 
safety and emergency procedures, rules and regulations that affect the Nursing Assistant's practice, personal care skills, basic restorative services, infection control, CPR instruction, and HIV training. The entire program is completed in one academic quarter.
Nursing Assistants are qualified for employment as entry-level caregivers in hospitals, long-term care agencies, clinics, physician's offices, urgent care settings, and client's homes. Many Nursing Assistants continue with education that leads to licensure as a nurse (LPN or RN)
For more information you may call the Nursing Department at 425-388-9461.
Nursing Assistant Certified Core Learning Outcomes:
1. Engage and take responsibility as active learners
Students will be involved in the learning process as they gain deeper levels of understanding of the subject matter. They will design, complete, and analyze projects while developing group interaction and leadership skills.
2. Think critically
Students will develop and practice analytical skills, problem-solving skills, and quantitative reasoning skills. Using creativity and self-reflection, they will be able to engage in inquiry that produces well-reasoned, meaningful conclusions.
3. Communicate effectively
Students will develop the organizational and research skills necessary to write and speak effectively. The students will demonstrate awareness of different audiences, styles, and approaches to oral and written communication.
4. Participate in diverse environments
Students will gain the awareness of and sensitivity to diversity, including one’s own place as a global citizen. Students attain knowledge and understanding of the multiple expressions of diversity, and the skills to recognize, analyze, and evaluate diverse issues and perspectives.
5. Utilize information literacy skills
Students will develop and employ skills to recognize when information is needed and to locate, evaluate, effectively use and communicate information in its various forms.
6. Demonstrate computer and technology proficiency
Students will use computers and technology as appropriate in their course of study.
