The Nursing Assistant Instructor Train-the-Trainer Program is designed to equip healthcare professionals with the knowledge, skills, and competencies needed to effectively teach and train nursing assistant students. This comprehensive program focuses on adult learning principles, curriculum development, lesson planning, teaching strategies, and student performance evaluation. Participants will also gain expertise in supervising clinical practice and ensuring compliance with state and federal regulations governing nursing assistant education.
Learner must have valid Wisconsin RN license and two years work experience (one year in long-term, home health, or rehabilitation care). This course will meet the state requirement for nurses who wish to become nursing assistant instructors.
This course focuses on the development of advanced clinical skills across the lifespan. Content includes advanced intravenous skills, blood product administration, chest tube systems, basic electrocardiogram interpretation and nasogastric/feeding tube insertion.
Prepares learners to perform basic nursing skills under the supervision of a nurse for job entry as a certified nursing assistant (CNA) or a home health aide (HHA) in health care agencies. Face-to-face and hybrid classroom, campus lab and clinical instruction are offered at various nursing homes and hospitals throughout the district. Students need to submit an application and complete background check.
This course covers nursing management and professional issues related to the role of the registered nurse. Emphasis is placed on preparing for practice as a registered nurse.
This clinical experience integrates all knowledge learned in the previous courses in transitioning to the role of the graduate nurse. The course promotes relatively independent clinical decisions, delegation, and works collaboratively with others to achieve client and organizational outcomes. Continued professional development is fostered.
This advanced clinical course requires the student to integrate concepts from all previous courses in the management of groups of clients facing complex health alterations. Students will have the opportunity to further develop critical thinking skills using the nursing process in making clinical decisions. Continuity of care through interdisciplinary collaboration is emphasized.
Complex Health Alterations I prepares the learner to provide and evaluate care for patients across the lifespan with alterations in cardiovascular, respiratory, endocrine, and hematologic systems as well as patients with fluid/electrolyte and acid-base imbalance, and alterations in comfort.
This intermediate level clinical course develops the RN role when working with clients with complex health care needs. A focus of the course is developing skills needed for managing multiple clients across the lifespan and priorities. Using the nursing process, students will gain experience in adapting nursing practice to meet the needs of clients with diverse needs and backgrounds.
Explores the principles and practices of managing recreation facilities, covering topics such as facility management fundamentals, property acquisition, and master planning. Students will learn the process of feasibility studies and navigate facility design and construction. The course addresses managing developed and undeveloped natural areas, with a focus on implementing and scheduling maintenance plans for all recreation facility types. It also examines the interdependence of maintenance and operations, along with sustainable practices to ensure facility longevity and environmental stewardship.
Examines the components of successful wedding event planning. The learner will be able to recommend and design weddings and surrounding events, with exposure to human logistics, specialty customer service, event space planning and contemporary wedding aesthetics.
Sketches an overview of general accounting practices and their application to the Hospitality industry. Learner will acquire the skills to evaluate and perform many of the duties of a Controller, payroll officer or other hospitality accounting professional.
Investigates the lodging sector of the hospitality industry. Learner will be able to organize hotel happenings and understand the basics of managing people and events. In addition, the learner will explore lodging hospitality standards and procedures for achieving them in the varied workplaces with varied workforces found in the lodging industry.
Dissects the daily and global operations of restaurants to discover underlying organization and management principles. Learner will gain familiarity with standard restaurant operations, lingo, attitudes and expectations while developing leadership skills pertinent to the restaurant environment.
Demonstrates hospitality in action within an educational framework for both the learner (intern) and employer. The learner will develop a deeper understanding of and ability to work within, the hospitality management processes of their chosen internship.
Prepares learners for entry-level management positions in the leisure services profession. The course is project oriented and will focus on the areas of agency management, human resources, budgeting, risk management and legal issues in leisure services; agency and program evaluation, facility scheduling, and public relations.
Examines hospitality in its many industry forms – hotels to theme parks to casinos and more. In this online course learners will discover, discuss and report on the many different forms hospitality has taken historically, currently and in the future.
Analyzes the challenging ethical landscape of the Hospitality Industry. Ethical situations are a difficult and necessary challenge to success for hospitality professionals. Learners will work with ethical theories to craft the tools and understandings necessary to maintain ethical and professional standards in a hospitality environment.
Intensive versions of the global awareness skills that help us succeed every day. This interactive course helps develop the knowledge, perspective and initiative to deliver incredible service in a dignified and business-building manner
ntroduces the foundations of leisure and recreation and to the broad spectrum of the recreation industry. Learners will have the opportunity to explore career options in the recreation industry. They will delve into operational perspectives of a variety of recreation organizations.
Examines how recreation agencies utilize outdoor recreation within their communities to benefit the local economy and the community’s quality of life. The learner explores a variety of outdoor recreation opportunities, trends and programming efforts while establishing an appreciation for nature and its conservation.
Examines the historical, social and economic aspects of sports and its industry. Learners will explore how sports are managed from youth to the professional levels. Learners will have the opportunity to learn about currently trends, topics and careers within the sports industry.
This clinical experience applies nursing concepts and therapeutic nursing interventions to groups of patients across the lifespan. It also provides an introduction to leadership, management, and team building.
This clinical experience applies nursing concepts and therapeutic interventions to patients across the lifespan. It also provides an introduction to concepts of teaching and learning. Extending care to include the family is emphasized.
Complex Health Alterations II prepares the learner to provide and evaluate care for patients across the lifespan with alterations in the immune, neuro-sensory, musculoskeletal, gastrointestinal, hepatobiliary, renal/urinary, reproductive systems and shock, burns and trauma. The learner will also focus on management of care for patients with high-risk perinatal conditions and high-risk newborns.
This course focuses on topics related to health promotion for individuals and families throughout the lifespan. We will cover nursing care of the developing family, which includes reproductive issues, pregnancy, labor and delivery, post-partum, the newborn, and the child. Recognizing the spectrum of healthy families we will discern patterns associated with adaptive and maladaptive behaviors applying mental health principles. An emphasis is placed on teaching and supporting healthy lifestyles choices for individuals of all ages. Nutrition, exercise, stress management, empowerment, and risk reduction practices are highlighted. Study of the family will cover dynamics, functions, discipline styles, and stages of development.
This course elaborates upon the basic concepts of health and illness as presented in Nursing Fundamentals. It applies theories of nursing in the care of patients through the lifespan, utilizing problem solving and critical thinking. This course will provide an opportunity to study conditions affecting different body systems and apply evidence-based nursing interventions. It will also introduce concepts of leadership and management.
This course will cover topics related to the delivery of community and mental health care. Specific health needs of individuals, families, and groups will be addressed across the lifespan. Attention will be given to diverse and at-risk populations. Mental health concepts will concentrate on adaptive/maladaptive behaviors and specific mental health disorders. Community resources will be examined in relation to specific types of support offered to racial, ethnic, economically diverse individuals and groups.
