Programs Offered
According to the US Department of Labor, the health care professions are the highest demand career fields in this country. When you obtain certification or licensing in a health care field, you open your career options and position yourself to be in high demand! You help ensure a more stable and secure future for yourself.
Certified Home Health Aide Training
The DRM International Learning Center Home Health Aide and Advanced Home Health Aide training programs are designed to prepare individuals to help people who are elderly, disabled, ill, and/or mentally disabled to live in their own homes or in residential care facilities instead of in nursing homes. Most home health aides work with elderly or physically or mentally disabled clients who need more extensive personal and home care than family or friends can provide. Advanced Home Health Aide graduates are also eligible to sit for the National Association for Home Care and Hospice certification exam.
Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) Training Program
Graduates of our CNA program are trained to help care for physically or mentally ill, injured, disabled, or infirm individuals in hospitals, nursing care facilities, and mental health settings. Our graduates who gain employment in nursing care facilities often are the principal caregivers, having far more contact with residents than do other members of the staff. They have the opportunity to develop ongoing relationships with their residents and interact with them in a positive, caring way. Upon completion of our program, students are eligible to sit for the State certification exam. They are also eligible for our CNAplus™ program.
CNAplus™ Program Information
The CNAplus™ program is an extension of the core Nurse Aide Training Program offered by DRM International Learning Center. It is our endeavor to ensure that our graduates become the highest qualified and most sought after job candidates for long term care facilities, hospitals, hospice centers, assisted living facilities, adult foster care homes, and other locations requiring the professional skill of Certified Nurse Aides. Graduates of the CNAplus™ program will be certified in Restorative Nursing, Hospice/End-of-Life Care, Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care, and Nurse Aide Medication Administration. According to our research, facilities in the area are more likely to consider applicants who have these credentials in addition to their general Nurse Aide certification.
Restorative
Nursing
The purpose of Restorative Nursing Training is to introduce the
basic knowledge and skills necessary to assist residents to
maintain, improve, and/or regain functional independence. Special
emphasis will be placed upon skills needed to work in restorative or
rehabilitative care in a rehabilitation or long term care facility
Graduates will also be eligible to sit for the Advanced Home Health
Aide exam administered by the Michigan Home Health Association for
national certification .
Hospice/End-of-Life Care
The purpose of the Hospice/End-of-Life Care Training is to introduce the basic knowledge and skills necessary to assist residents to are facing terminal conditions. Special emphasis will be placed upon skills needed to understand death and dying and the issues residents face at this stage, ethical issues, pain expectations, physiological changes, and how to care for self while caring for others.
Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care
The purpose of the Alzheimer’s/Dementia Care Training is to introduce the basic knowledge and skills necessary to assist residents to care for persons with Alzheimer’s and dementia. Special emphasis will be placed upon skills needed to understand dementia and recognize its symptoms, communicate effectively with persons with dementia, assist with activities of daily living, assess pain, and do activities with persons with dementia.
Nurse Aide Medication Administration
The purpose of the Nurse Aide Medication Administration Training is to introduce the basic knowledge and skills necessary to assist residents to effectively manage their medication regimen. Special emphasis will be placed upon skills needed to understand medications, patient medication rights, safety precautions, emergency procedures, and effective communication. .
First Aid/CPR and Blood Borne Pathogens Training Program
Included in the HHA and CNA training and available to the community
are our Health Care CPR, First Aid and Blood Borne Pathogens training
programs. All health care professionals may take this course, which
fulfills core curriculum requirements for nurses, care givers, therapists,
emergency personnel, and more. In addition, community residents and
other professionals who are required to gain CPR certification may
take this course to meet those requirements. Additional certification
training is also provided for the communicable diseases concern of
Blood Borne Pathogens.
Certified Job Candidate Training Program
Many of the individuals who attend training at DRM International Learning Center are in transition between careers. In most cases, they are stepping into the health care arena after many years in other industries and have been out of the job market for a while. The Certified Job Candidate training program helps all graduates become highly marketable job candidates through focused training on personal development and self promotion. They learn to become their own spokesperson through an effective resume, interview, and follow-up. It’s more than just a resume.
