Certified Nurse Aide CNA Program

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A fast growing medical career, with emphasis on rehabilitation and long-term care needs of an increasing elderly population.  This course will deliver the curriculum of Texas Health and Human Services (HHSC), and as with all our healthcare program emphasis will be placed on compassionate care.

The course provides students with the knowledge, skills, and abilities essential to provide basic care to residents of long-term care facilities. Topics include resident’s rights, communication, safety, observation, reporting, and assisting residents in maintaining basic comfort and safety.

Clinical rotation provides a health-related, work-based, learning experience that enables the student to apply specialized occupational theory, skills, and concepts. Direct supervision is provided by the instructor. Students are assigned clinical hours on Saturdays and Sundays, usually over 2 weekends, in a long term care facility and must complete 40 hours of practice.

The clinical rotation is facility dependent in accordance to their operating hours and schedule. Both weekdays and weekends may be required for clinical attendance. The Health Careers Director will meet with the instructor, and class if needed, to discuss clinical site location.

 

Course Prerequisite: Complio Account

Course Recommendation: Electronic Device with access to the Internet

 

*Students may participate in a Simulation Lab in lieu of direct Long Term Care (LTC) clinicals as a result of COVID-19 or other declared emergency. Determination will be at the direction of the State of Texas Department of Health and Human Services.  

Students must pass the classroom portion of the program in order to participate in clinical. Students must complete both classroom and clinical portions of the program to sit for the Texas Nurse Aide exam. 

On completion of the program, students will schedule their final written and skills exam which is administered by Prometric. The examination fee, $125.00, is included in the program tuition. The Texas Nurse Aide exam is a program requirement and may serve as a final exam.

A digital certificate of completion will be issued into Complio after the student attempts the Texas Nurse Aide exam. 

Please scroll through the entire web page as many of the frequently asked questions are answered below. Also, please refer to the Resources section at the bottom of the webpage for more valuable information. If you still are in need of additional assistance, please call the Continuing Education office at 432.335.6580 or email us conted@odessa.edu.

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To make our programs more beneficial for students, this year we have bundled the Textbooks, Scrubs, Supply Fees, and the Exam Voucher into the tuition! 

By packaging these items into the tuition students can be eligible to have these items covered by grant and scholarship funds for a lower out of pocket expense. 

We also have payment plans available so you can get started training for your new career sooner!

Have enrollment questions? Please call our office at 432.335.6580 or email at conted@odessa.edu. 

Spring 1 Courses (Odessa) 

  • Duration: 23 Weeks
  • Class Size: 8 Min/10 Max
  • Cost: $1900 (Includes Supplies, Textbooks, Scrubs, and Texas Nurse Aide Testing Fee)
  • Down payment: $250
  • Hours: 108 Classroom Hours, 40 Clinical Hours; there is an online component to this course
  • Pre-Requisite: Complio Account
  • Adult Evening Classes:
    • April 18th, 2023 - September 3rd, 2023
      • Classroom -  TUESDAYS & THURSDAYS 6pm-9:30pm
      • Clinical/Skills Lab/Simulation Lab - SATURDAY & SUNDAY 7am-5pm (two weekends)   

Spring 2 Courses (Andrews) 

  • Duration: 23 Weeks
  • Class Size: 8 Min/10 Max
  • Tuition: $1900 (Includes Supplies, Textbooks, Scrubs, and Texas Nurse Aide Testing Fee)
  • Down payment: $250
  • Hours: 108 Classroom Hours, 40 Clinical Hours; there is an online component to this course
  • Pre-Requisite: Complio Account
  • Adult Evening Classes:
    • April 17th, 2023 – September 3rd, 2023
      • Classroom -  MONDAYS & WEDNESDAYS 6pm-9:30pm HYBRID
      • Clinical/Skills Lab/Simulation Lab – SATURDAY & SUNDAY 7am-5pm (two weekends)   

Summer Accelerated Course (Odessa) 

  • Duration: 12 Weeks
  • Class Size: 8 Min/10 Max
  • Cost: $1900 (Includes Supplies, Textbooks, Scrubs, and Texas Nurse Aide Testing Fee)
  • Down payment: $250
  • Hours: 108 Classroom Hours, 40 Clinical Hours; there is an online component to this course
  • Pre-Requisite: Complio Account
  • Adult Daytime Classes:
    • May 15th, 2023 – July 30th, 2023
      • Classroom -  MONDAY through THURSDAY 8am-12pm
      • Clinical/Skills Lab/Simulation Lab – SATURDAY & SUNDAY 7am-5pm (two weekends)   

What do I need to register?

In response to COVID-19, the Health Careers Pre-Registration process has been moved to a Document Tracking Service called COMPLIO! Once you upload your documents, you will have access to them through Complio for a lifetime! The Certificate of Completion will also be accessible through this system when the students have completed a Health Careers program. This pre-registration service will cost $97 for Odessa residents and $107 for students in Extension Sites. This cost for the Bundle includes the required Background Check and Drug Screen costs. Please ensure you have all of the items listed on the Checklist prior to purchase. Also, be mindful that the drug screen order will expire within 30 days of creating an account. Please review COMPLIO's non-refundable policy prior to purchase. You will need to submit the documentation from the applicable checklist. 

Please enter your information into Complio how you want it to appear on your Certificate of Completion and input the email address where you wish to receive email communication from the college.  

Make sure your scrubs fit! Come by the Gregory D. Williams Hall located at 2714 Robertson Ave and try on available sample sizes before completing your size selection in Complio. 

I am Compliant with COMPLIO and have met all the enrollment requirements. What’s next?

Call the Continuing Education Department at 432-335-6580 to enroll AFTER you have received an email from COMPLIO stating you are “Compliant” and have met the registration requirements. Our team will verify your compliance and enroll you in a Health Careers course.

Within 48 hours of enrolling tuition or payment plan must be initiated. Please use the link below to start your program payment plan. Out team can also accept payment over the phone with a credit card at 432-335-6580.

Payment Plan Link


Contact Workforce Solutions of the Permian Basin to see if you qualify for their tuition assistant program. 

What do I need prior to the first day of class?

Students need to access their Blackboard account prior to the first day if possible. 

During the first week of class you will be sized and receive your scrubs soon thereafter. Our programs require students to wear Galaxy Blue scrubs to class and clinical. Come by the Gregory D. Williams Hall located at 2714 Robertson Ave and try on available sample sizes before completing your size selection in Complio. 

Most classes have the textbook and course materials available through Blackboard. However, some classes have a physical textbook. You may need to obtain a textbook, which is included in your tuition, through the Odessa College Bookstore 432-335-6655. 

I have completed or am about to complete the CNA course. How do I register to take my State Exam and where can I test? 

After your course concludes, a documentation review process is completed by Odessa College before students are verified to test. This process can take up to 2 weeks. All course related items must be complete, including Complio and account balances. When the documentation review has concluded, students information will be submitted to Prometric for authorization to test. 

Starting Fall 2022, your instructor will help you schedule the Texas Nurse Aide Exam for CNA students. Once students receive their SMT email all scheduling will need to be through Prometric directly but instructors will assist you where they can. 

An email to schedule the Texas Nurse Aide exam will be sent to students and come from "SMT Notice" with a subject line that says "App registered Nurse Aide TX Application for Certification (TXCNA)." On occasion the SMT email will end up in the spam or junk folder; please check this folder. Select the application tab after you login and complete the "Application" process. The student will receive two more emails to schedule the written and skills exam after completing the application. Students are encouraged to schedule both the written and skills exams on the same date even though the times appear to overlap. 

Odessa College is a Prometric test site however other test locations are available regionally. Both the written and skills test will be administered in the Health Sciences Building on the 2nd Floor Classrooms. Please refer to the campus map in the Resources section at the bottom of this web page. The written exam is held in the HSB 224 Computer Lab. The Skills portion is held in the CNA Classroom, HSB 222. 

The Texas Nurse Aide Exam is being administered by Prometric. Please visit the Candidate Resources section of their website for the candidate information bulletin, registration and scheduling, and resources to prepare for the exam. Please visit the Prometric website for more information or contact them directly at 1-800-488-5787, email at txcna@prometric.com. 

If an event is canceled due to weather, candidates will receive an email from Prometric to sign in and reschedule without a fee.

Do you need a refresher for the Texas Nurse Aide Written or Skills exam? 

Prepare for your Nurse Aide exam with online practice tests! Practice tests, created based on federal regulations and applicable for all states, will help you gain the confidence you need for a successful exam and give you immediate feedback so you know the areas you need to review before your test day. Convenient payment options include credit or debit cards. We currently don't offer any refresher courses. 

NURSE AIDE PRACTICE EXAMS

Did your certification expire and you need to renew your certification?

Call the Nurse Aide Registry Line at 512-438-2050 or visit the Nurse Aide Registry website Texas Nurse Aide Registry.

To renew your CNA certification in Texas you would need to document paid nurse aide duties, Form 5506-NAR, before your expiration date to present without a 24-month gap in employment and have completed in-services in the last 24 months. You keep the documentation of your in-service for your records unless you are requested to submit the documentation later. If you are unable to document employment then you would need to request to retest, Form 5528-NAR "Request to Retest for Nurse Aides in Expired Status."

You can find forms and information on the in-service requirement at the links below. 

Forms 5506-NAR & 5528-NAR can be found at https://www.hhs.texas.gov/doing-business-hhs/licensing-credentialing-regulation/credentialing/nurse-aide-registry/nar-forms

In-service - https://hhs.texas.gov/nar-cbts or https://hhs.texas.gov/nar-approved-inservice

Non-Texas Nurse Aide's wishing to work in in the state need to "Request for Entry on the Texas Nurse Aide Registry Through Reciprocity" by completing form 5505-NAR and submitting the supplemental information to the Nurse Aide Registry. These forms are available on the Texas Nurse Aide Registry website.

If you took a CNA class but didn't sit for your Texas Nurse Aide Exam within 2 years of completing the class you must retake the course. Exam vouchers are only good for 1 year from date of purchase.  

Disclaimers:

*Course offerings are subject to restrictions and/or guidelines issued by local, state, and national government entities in response to pandemics, evacuations, natural disasters, inclement weather events, or any other circumstance that may affect the school’s ability to hold class. This may include damage to buildings, equipment failure, technology failures, or any safety concerns that may develop. Classes, courses, and/or programs may be moved, postponed, or cancelled as Odessa College deems necessary to remain operational and in compliance with such restrictions or guidelines. Students should refer to Blackboard or reach out to their instructor for further direction. Classes will mostly likely resume in an online format until otherwise notified.


RESOURCES:

Workforce Solutions Permian Basin  can assist with tuition, books, and fees for many of our programs. Watch this video for more information!

Helpful Videos:

Complio Overview

Creating an Account

Change Subscription

Renew Subscription

Certified Nurse Aide CNA Program Schedule

 

Disclaimers:

*Offerings are subject to restrictions and/or guidelines issued by local, state, and national government entities in response to the COVID-19 pandemic or other declared emergency. Classes, courses, and/or programs may be postponed or cancelled as Odessa College determines necessary to remain in compliance with such restrictions or guidelines.