Rainy River Community College Nursing Assistant Home Health Aide
Rainy River Community College

Rainy River Community College

Nursing Assistant Home Health Aide

International Falls, USA

Certificate

English

Sep 2026

On-Campus

Key Summary

    About: The Nursing Assistant Home Health Aide program prepares students with the skills to provide essential healthcare services in various settings. This program emphasizes hands-on training and coursework focused on patient care, safety practices, and communication skills required for effective support in home health environments.
    Career Outcomes: Graduates can pursue various roles, including nursing assistants, home health aides, or personal care aides. Opportunities exist in hospitals, nursing facilities, or private home care agencies.

Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide is a four-credit certificate that will give you the basic nursing skills and theory needed for employment in various healthcare settings such as a Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registered (NAR) and Home Health Aide (HHA). If you consider nursing as a career, you may use this course to explore the nursing field.

Upon successful completion of NSG 1010 Nursing Assistant/Home Health Aide, students are eligible to take the Minnesota Nursing Assistant wrote and skills test for placement on the Minnesota Nursing Assistant Registry, which lists the names of individuals who have completed an approved nursing assistant training and testing program and meet state and federal requirements to work in nursing homes and certified boarding care homes.