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Certified Medication Aide2019-11-01T17:42:27+00:00

Certified Medication Aide

  • CNA students learn to take blood pressure
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  • CNA student learns to make a bed with patient in it

The next step up.

Certified Medication Aides are the next step up the career ladder from CNAs.

This course covers roles and responsibilities of a CMA, including how to prepare, administer, and record medications, major actions and side effects, common medical abbreviations, how drugs affect the different systems of the body, mathematics, weights and measures.

The program is a blend of classroom work, practical skills training and clinical experience.

This course  includes 25 hours of clinical practice, and meets all requirements to become a CMA in the state of Kansas.

Classes are available in the afternoons and evenings to work around students’ work schedules. 

Prerequisites: Nurse Aide Certification (CNA), 18 years of age before last day of class, Reading Placement Test, which is scheduled either by calling 785-309-3136 or online here. Clear copy of driver’s license. Clear copy of SS card.

Program Length

6 – 8 weeks

Degree Earned

Certificate of Completion

Program Cost

$789

You Will Learn

  • Understand the purpose and concepts of long term care.

  • Recognize patients’ rights and the legal implications of working in health care.

  • Demonstrate/perform hands on skills for meeting patient needs.

  • Demonstrate and practice infection control and blood borne pathogen precautions.

  • Have knowledge of the certification requirements for the State of Kansas.

  • Demonstrate the ability to interpret and understand medical terminology.

  • Demonstrate basic knowledge of human anatomy and physiology.

  • Possess knowledge of disease prevention and health promotion.

Careers

  • Hospitals

  • Physician offices

  • Long-term care

  • Nursing homes

  • Home health care

Information

Faculty

Bio

Photo Russ WassonRuss Wasson spent 37 years at Conklin Cars as an auto technician before joining the Automotive Technology Program in 2018. He has experience with hybrid systems, direct injection, and advanced electrical systems such as radar cruise, lane departure and blind spot monitoring.  He was also a Geodetic Surveyor in the US Army prior to becoming an auto technician.

Mr. Wasson is an A.S.E. Master Diagnostic Technician

russ.wasson@salinatech.edu | 785-309-3165

Scholarships

For more information about our completion, on-time graduation rates, cost, placement rates, and median debt incurred, please go to KSDegreestats.org. You may also compare programs at various Kansas colleges there.

Salina Area Technical College does not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy and gender identity), sexual orientation, parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, military service, or any other non-merit based factor in admission or access to, or treatment or employment in, its programs and activities. Any person having inquiries concerning compliance with the regulations implementing Title VI, Title VII, ADA, Title IX, Section 504, Title II, GINA, is directed to contact the Vice President of Student Services, 2562 Centennial Rd, Salina, KS 67401, 785-309-3100.

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