Metropolitan Community College - Kansas City

CNA and CMT

Certified Medication Technician

Hours: 68

Prerequisite: Admission to the program. CMTs work in long-term care facilities, home health care, agencies and private duty care. Our program teaches you to assist LPNs or RNs in preparing, administrating and charting medications. Our 60-hour lecture/8-hour clinical training is offered in March and October. You must have a CNA certificate to take this class.

Fee: $625

CMT Challenge

Prerequisites: Admission to the Certified Medical Technician Program.

Hours: 0

Prerequisite: Admission to the program. If you are a registered CNA or CMT in another state (and have completed a RN/LPN fundamentals of nursing class), you may be eligible to take the Missouri state certification exam. We set up and administer the exam at a nursing home in the area. It includes written exam and demonstration of skills. A state examiner observes.

Fee: $195

Certified Nurse Assistant

Hours: 175

Prerequisite: Admission to the program. CNAs are vital in patient care as they perform basic nursing skills for people in long-term care facilities, adult daycare centers, hospitals or homes. Our 75-hour lecture/100-hour clinical training prepares you to take the state board exam (written and skills). Classes offered January, March, June, August and October.

Fee: $965

Certified Nurse Assistant Test Out

Prerequisites: Admission to the Certified Nurse Assistant Program.

Hours: 8

Prerequisite: Admission to the program. If a student receives an incomplete in the course due to illness or incapacity, the student may reenroll in a course within six (6) months and make up the course material missed without retaking the entire course upon presenting proof of attendance and materials covered in the original class.

Fee: $100

CNA Challenge

Prerequisites: Admission to the Certified Nurse Assistant Program.

Hours: 8

Prerequisite: Admission to the program. If you are a registered CNA or CMT in another state (and have completed a RN/LPN fundamentals of nursing class), you may be eligible to take the Missouri state certification exam. We set up and administer the exam at a nursing home in the area. It includes written exam and demonstration of skills. A state examiner observes.

Fee: $195

Certified Nurse Assistant Refresher

Hours: 116

Consists of 16 hour orientation, 100 clinical hours & state exam. Requires approval letter from the MO Dept of Health & Senior Services.

Fee: $432

Hospice and Palliative Care with Home Health Aide for the Nursing Assistant

Hours: 18

Prerequisite: Minimum training requirements of a CNA, PCT, or other related healthcare role. The Hospice and Palliative Care course has been designed for Nursing Assistants working in a variety of settings, such as: long term care facilities, hospitals, assisted living facilities, and for hospice homecare organizations seeking nursing assistants cross-trained for the role of Home Health Aide. Learn how to better address the issues of pain management, ethics, cultural considerations, loss and bereavement, spiritual care, and support of both the patient and the family through a combination of computerized education programming and demonstration skills lab sessions. At the conclusion of this course, and with 2000 practice hours under the supervision of an RN, students will be eligible to sit for the certification exam offered by the Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association.

Fee: $0