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Certified Nurse Aide CNA Program

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Start your Healthcare Career

Prepare for a rewarding career in healthcare through Odessa College's Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Program. Learn the skills needed to provide compassionate, quality care to residents in long-term care facilities while gaining hands-on clinical experience.

Course Prerequisite: Complio Account

Are you interested in the CNA Program? 

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Learn How to Register
a

Hands-On Training

Build practical skills through 60 classroom and 40 clinical hours in a 16-week program.

b

Career Preparation

Prepare for the Texas Nurse Aide exam with textbooks, scrubs, supplies, and exam fee included.

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

CNA Information

  • Duration: 16 Weeks
  • Class Size: 8 Min/10 Max
  • Cost: $1900 (Includes Supplies, Textbook(s), Scrubs, and Texas Nurse Aide Testing Fee)
  • Down payment: $300
  • Reach out to the Texas Workforce Commission on help with tuition/fees.
  • Hours: 60 Classroom Hours, 40 Clinical Hours; there is an online component to this course
  • Pre-Requisite: Complio Account
  • Major Code: 8050M, CIP 51.3902
  • NHA Accredited

Adult MORNING Classes:

  • Classroom - MONDAY through THURSDAY 8:00 AM – 10:00AM
  • Clinical/Skills Lab/Simulation Lab - SATURDAY & SUNDAY 7am-5pm (two weekends)    
    • Dates TBD

Students learn the knowledge and skills needed to provide basic care in long-term care settings, including:

  • Resident rights
  • Communication
  • Safety
  • Observation and reporting
  • Basic comfort and care
  • Infection control
  • Patient assistance

Students also complete supervised clinical training in a long-term care facility, allowing them to apply what they learn in the classroom.

To make our programs more beneficial for students, the Textbooks, Scrubs, Supply Fees, and the Exam Voucher are included in 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!

Before CNA Classes

The Health Careers Pre-Registration process utilizes a Document Tracking Service called COMPLIO! This pre-registration service will cost $97 for Odessa residents and $109 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. Once you upload your documents, you will have access to them through American DataBank Complio for a lifetime! The Certificate of Completion will also be accessible through this system when the students have completed a Health Careers program. 

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. 

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. Our 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 assistance program! 

Workforce Solutions Permian Basin website

Students need to be fitted for their scrubs prior to the first day of the course as well as access their Blackboard account and Student Email. 

During the first weeks of class you will receive your course materials including textbook, scrubs, and a badge. Our programs require students to wear Galaxy Blue scrubs to class and clinical. Students may wear course T-Shirts to class with instructor approval. 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 a physical textbook distributed by Continuing Education or available through the OC Campus Bookstore. You may need to obtain a textbook, which is included in your tuition, through the Odessa College Bookstore 432-335-6655. Some classes have a digital textbook which will be delivered via Blackboard or issued by the instructor. 

Please reference the Texas Curriculum for Nurse Aides in Long-Term Care Facilities:Texas Health and Human Services January 2022. 

After CNA Completion

THIS PROCESS HAS CHANGED!

The State of Texas is now using Texas Unified Licensure Information Portal (TULIP) to process all Texas Nurse Aide Candidates. 

Texas Unified Licensure Information Portal (TULIP) is an online system for submitting long-term care license applications and healthcare regulation architectural review requests.   

All Nursing Facility Administrators, Nurse Aides, Med Aides, NATCEP and Schools are required to register through TULIP. 

If you have previously registered with the system, it is not necessary to register again to apply for a new license. The system will also provide the current status of an application. 

Please refer to the videos below on how to Register as a Texas Nurse Aides in TULIP: 

Please use this LINK to reference FAQs.

Please be patient through this process. Further updates will be provided as they are made available. 

Odessa College currently does not offer face to face CNA In-Services or Refresher Courses. 

However the information listed below can also be found on the Texas Nurse Aide In-Service Education webpage which are free. The webpage has both Computer-based In-Service Training and Infection Control Training. Paid training information including skills videos are listed below. 

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

The State of Texas is now using Texas Unified Licensure Information Portal (TULIP) to process all Texas Nurse Aides. 

If you have previously registered with the system, it is not necessary to register again to apply for a new license. The system will also provide the current status of an application.  

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

Resources

Complio Overview

Document Upload

Exceptions

Signing Forms

Profile Sharing

Subscribe to Complio

Renew Subscription

Creating an Account

Data Entry

Ordering a Drug Screen in Complio

Screening Fees

How to Enter Titers

Change Subscription

 

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.