Start Your Career As A
Firstline Caregiver
At NICE we help you begin your certification journey, faster than you can imagine, at virtually no cost to you, and online! There is critical need and immediate opportunity for employment, following your certification. Get certified at your own pace and convenience and get started on your career serving others as a Certified Nursing Assistant!
Empower Yourself To Achieve Your Dreams
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Virtually No Cost Career Path For You
What If This Career Was Available With Online Training...
Begin Your Professional Career In Direct Patient Care with the National Institute of CNA Excellence (NICE). NICE provides a one-stop virtual career center for everything CNA related, including certification, continuing education and ongoing career support. Potential employers and others help pay the cost of training.
Committed To Helping Our Students Succeed
NICE offers an alternative solution to the CNA staffing for skilled nursing homes, assisted living, hospitals, and other residential care support settings. By offering best in class education for care givers helps ensure residents are receiving safe and quality care. Candidates can feel comfortable they are entering the profession with a solid foundation to succeed.
All The Tools You'll Need
Become a successful certified nursing assistant (CNA).
A Comprehensive Approach
Preparing CNA's for the “real life” field experience.
Going Beyond Compliance
Skills in team building, conflict resolution, and communication.
What Is A Caregiver?
A Caregiver is a person who assists with activities of daily living needs and help ensure well-being for people who may be ill, recovering from a surgery or living with chronic disease. Caregiver tasks are performed as a part of an intra-disciplinary treatment plan developed with a registered professional nurse including bathing, eating, toileting, mobility, and dressing, bedside care, including assigned procedures under the supervision of a registered nurse.
Caregiver work closely with the person and often have the best understanding of the residents’ needs and wishes, developing ongoing relationships as they are closely involved in the persons day to day life and bring that insight to the healthcare team.
During the course of a shift, the Caregiver is required to maintain accurate records of completed tasks and outcomes of care for all assigned patients. This will include vital signs, observations, and changes they observe.
Caregiver help residents with basic needs.
These could include duties such as:
Bathing, Shaving, Haircare
Dressing
Leisure Activities
Turning & positioning
Toileting
Walking & Mobility
Vital Signs & Charting
Eating & Meal Support
Homemaking support
Examples of where you will find a Caregiver hard at work:
Assisted Living Communities
Skilled Nursing Facilities
Rehabilitation Hospitals
Adult Day Centers
Hospitals
Doctors’ offices
Home Health Agencies
And More...
Ready To Position Yourself For An Impacting & Meaningful Career As A Certified Caregiver? Begin Your Professional Career In Direct Patient Care.
Hear From Our Clients
Don't just take our word for it. Hear from past students and NICE Employers about their experience.
"The courses were interesting and very educational."
"I learned to know and listen to the [person I am caring for] so they have confidence in me, and to make them feel at home."
"The course content was very good."
"The Infectious Diseases [module] was interesting and [had] very detailed explanations"
"[Content] conveys the importance of CNAs in early detection and rapid reporting of physical or emotional {observations/changes]."
"Courses were of great help to understand more about the position and responsibilities [of the caregiver]"
"[The Anatomy and Physiology course] helped me know more about how our body works and how it changes over the years", and "the care plan each [person] may have", "very valuable information".
CNA - Happy Client
All The Tools You Need To Be A
Successful Certified Nursing Assistant
All The Tools You Need To Be A Successful Certified Nursing Assistant
Rarely has there been a comprehensive approach to preparing Caregiver for the “real life” field experience. NICE prepares incoming Caregiver to have long and successful careers. NICE takes successful training programs one step further to go beyond compliance to educate the learner on essential skills such as team-building, conflict resolution, and communication.
