Certified Nursing AssistantCertificate

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Community of interest
Health & Public Services
Award
Certificate
Program code
NURSINGASST.CC
Department
NSGX Skill Builder
CIP code
51.3902: Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide.
TOP code
1230.30 - Certified Nurse Assistant*
(Not Eligible for Financial Aid) The Certified Nursing Assistant program is designed to prepare students for state certification as a Nursing Assistant. Successful completion of the program makes students eligible to take the written and manual skills test for state certification. The rapidly growing need for skilled health personnel provides good employment opportunities for Certified Nursing Assistants and Home Health Aides. Positions are found in general and convalescent hospitals, physicans' offices, private homes, community health agencies and in industry. This program requires special admission. To enroll, potential students should contact the Nursing Department or visit www.butte.edu/healthoccupations for more information.
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Program Snapshot

Community of interest
HPS Health & Public Services
Award
Certificate
Program code
NURSINGASST.CC
Department
NSGX Skill Builder
CIP code
51.3902: Nursing Assistant/Aide and Patient Care Assistant/Aide.
TOP code
1230.30 - Certified Nurse Assistant*

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Certified Nursing Assistant
Certificate — expand to learn about this award

A short-cycle credential built around a specific skill or job role. Useful as an entry point to a field, a step toward a larger credential, or a way to round out an existing degree.

Financial aid note. Courses taken solely to complete a Certificate of Completion are not eligible for financial aid.

See the 2025-26 Catalog for official program details

Semester-by-Semester Map

This program requires special admission. To enroll, potential students should contact the Nursing Department or visit www.butte.edu/healthoccupations for more information.

Term 1

Class Schedules

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7 units
NSG 100
CNA Basic Nursing Care, Theory
4 units
course details

This course covers the Certified Nurse's Aide (CNA) theory of care in long term settings. The major focus is patient care skills, patient care procedures, and how to respond to individuals and occurrences associated with long term care. Additional content in the course presents the role and responsibilities of the certified nursing assistant, basic principles of asepsis, safety, nutrition and rehabilitation. Successful completion of this course and NSG 101 qualifies the student to take the Written and Manual Skills testing for State Certification. Graded only.

Corequisite: NSG 101

NSG 101
CNA Basic Nursing Care, Clinical
3 units
course details

This course provides the necessary laboratory and clinical experience for development of skills and competencies in basic nursing for a Certified Nurse's Aide (CNA). Successful completion provides the required laboratory/clinical experience necessary to qualify for the Written and Manual Skills testing for State Certification. Pass/No Pass only.

Corequisite: NSG 100

Career Connections

2-Year Degree Paths

Entry points students may pursue after associate-level study, technical preparation, or licensure pathways.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset point cleanly to an immediate 2-year outcome for this program.

4-Year Degree Paths

Roles that more often open up after transfer and a bachelor's degree.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the 4-year pathway for this program.

Graduate School Paths

Advanced roles commonly associated with graduate, professional, or post-baccalaureate study.

No locally mapped occupations in the current dataset are grouped into the graduate-school pathway for this program.

Source Notes

Course sequencing is generated from the Acadia Program Mapper cache. Career groupings use local CIP-to-SOC mappings and BLS occupation data when available. Confirm education plans with Counseling and Advising.

No NCES/IPEDS CIP-to-SOC mapping was found for this program's CIP code.

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