Program Overview
This course is designed to provide participants with the roles and functions of restorative nurse aide in skilled nursing facilities. The concept of restorative nursing focuses on optimal improvement of the resident’s physical, mental, and psycho-social well-being.
Learn Restorative Nursing Concepts
This course is designed to assist nursing assistants to acquire fundamental restorative nursing concepts and skills for long-term care and skilled nursing facilities. It is also ideal for facility managers looking to provide consistent, flexible, and personalized core training to their nursing assistant staff, as well as individual nursing assistants seeking to develop a foundation in restorative nursing practice.
Intended Audience:
The Restorative Nurse Aide Certificate Program (RNA), Restorative Nurse Certificate Program (RNP) courses are designed to help CNAs, RAs, LVNs and RNs learn new skills or gain confidence in their existing skills. Students will learn to care for residents who have completed a therapy program or who benefit from participation in restorative programs. The Restorative Nursing Aide Course is designed for entry-level to experienced CNA’s currently working in a skilled nursing setting.
Learning Objectives/Outcomes:
Course Hours and Content:
Participants will learn how to assist patients to reach their maximum mobility potential, range of motion, strengthening exercises, ambulating, and transferring techniques, activities of daily living, restorative feeding programs, and documentation.
The Restorative Nurse Assistant course covers 16 hours of theory and other practical applications of restorative techniques in the following information:
- Overview of Restorative Nursing Programs
- Medical Terminology
- Define the role of restorative nursing services in the skilled nursing setting.
- Define the role of the Restorative Aide
- Describe the implementation of various restorative programs.
- Demonstrate correct posture and body mechanics when mobilizing patients.
- Demonstrate proper positioning, seating, ROM, exercises, & gait assistance.
- Demonstrate proper transfer techniques.
- Demonstrate ADL skills.
- Documentation requirements
Passing Requirements:
Career Opportunities:
Restorative Nursing Assistants can seek employment in nursing homes, assisted living communities, and long-term care facilities.
Format:
- Self-Paced – (Start anytime)
- Or Live Virtual
Schedule: (Choose one)
- October 10 – 11, 2026 10:00am – 3:00pm CST – Live Virtual
- November 14 – 15, 2026 10:00am – 3:00pm CST – Live Virtual
- Cost: $399.00