IBEST 063 - Nursing Assistant Success for ELL 6

Credits: 3-10
A transitional studies course taught in the IBEST option for NA where students receive additional instruction needed to succeed in the program and find employment. Students research and prepare presentations, utilize critical thinking strategies and study skills, effectively read course materials, comprehend skills demonstrations and participate in workplace discussions, and increase job search skills. This is a pass/no credit course.

Prerequisite: Placement based on assessment measure; and instructor’s permission.

Course Outcomes:
Students who successfully complete this class will be able to:

Refer to details and examples in nursing assistant text to explain what the text says.
Determine the main idea of the nursing assistant text and explain how it is supported by key details.
Follow precisely a multi-step procedure when taking vitals, or performing nursing tasks.
Interpret information presented visually or quantitatively (e.g., in a flowchart, diagram, model, graph, or table.)
Write informative/explanatory texts to examine a technical topic and convey ideas and information clearly.
Produce clear and coherent writing in which the development and organization are appropriate to the task assigned.
Develop and strengthen writing as needed by planning, revising, and editing, rewriting, or trying a new approach.
Use technology, including the Internet, to produce and publish writing as well as to interact and collaborate with others.
Conduct short research projects to answer a technical question in the nursing assistant field to build knowledge through investigation of different aspects of a topic.
Gather relevant information from print and digital sources; summarize or paraphrase information in notes and finished work and provide a list of sources.
Initiate and participate effectively in a range of collaborative discussions (one-on-one, in groups, and teacher-led) with diverse partners, building on others’ ideas and expressing their own clearly.
Use the four operations with whole numbers to solve problems.

Program Outcomes
Demonstrate the skills necessary to earn a college credential and acquire employment in a high-demand, living wage job.

College-wide Outcomes

Responsibility - Responsibility encompasses those behaviors and dispositions necessary for students to be effective members of a community. This outcome is designed to help students recognize the value of a commitment to those responsibilities which will enable them to work successfully individually and with others.
Quantitative and Symbolic Reasoning - Quantitative Reasoning encompasses abilities necessary for a student to become literate in today’s technological world. Quantitative reasoning begins with basic skills and extends to problem solving.
Written Communication - Written Communication encompasses all the abilities necessary for effective expression of thoughts, feelings, and ideas in written form.