Nurse Assistant/Home Health Aide General Information
The Nurse Assistant and Home Health Aide (NA/HHA) program courses are designed to prepare students to perform the basic nursing skills required in acute hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home health care agencies.
To sign up for the class, click here to view instruction for completing the Part 1 Pre-Enrollment packet. You can download the packet directly from that page! Please use the guidelines on our Featured Announcements page for submitting your packets to the Health Sciences Division.
The Nurse Assistant and Home Health Aide (NA/HHA) program courses are designed to prepare students to perform the basic nursing skills required in acute hospitals, long-term care facilities, and home health care agencies. Special emphasis is placed on health care provisions and modifications in community health care settings.
These courses are approved by the California Department of Public Health (CDPH).
Upon successful completion of the Nurse Assistant course, a Shasta College certificate of completion is issued. Following completion of the NA course, some students are then eligible to apply for the state competency examination.
Prior to enrollment, students, at their own expense, are required to meet program Health and Safety Clinical Requirements. Please see the NA/HHA Health and Safety Requirements page for more information.
If you are currently on the Class List and wish to have your name withdrawn, please notify us by submitting the Nursing Programs Wait List Withdrawal form.