Begin by exploring the fundamentals of nursing and the vital role nursing assistants play in supporting patients and healthcare teams. You’ll gain an overview of patient-centred care and the qualities expected in Canadian healthcare settings.

Healthcare extends far beyond hospitals. Discover how nursing assistants contribute in long-term care homes, rehabilitation facilities, clinics, community health services, and home care environments across Canada.

Every healthcare worker has legal and ethical responsibilities. This module introduces patient rights, informed consent, confidentiality, privacy, and the importance of maintaining high standards of care.

Build on your understanding of ethical practice by exploring accountability, professional boundaries, documentation, cultural sensitivity, and ethical decision-making in patient care.

Good communication improves patient safety and teamwork. Learn techniques for communicating with patients, families, nurses, and multidisciplinary healthcare teams while promoting trust and respect.

A safe healthcare environment benefits everyone. Examine workplace hazards, injury prevention, safe patient handling, emergency procedures, and occupational health practices used throughout Canadian healthcare.

Personal hygiene is essential to patient comfort, dignity, and recovery. Learn how nursing assistants support bathing, grooming, oral care, skin care, and personal hygiene while respecting individual needs.

Preventing infection is one of the most important responsibilities in healthcare. Explore hand hygiene, personal protective equipment (PPE), cleaning procedures, isolation precautions, and infection prevention strategies.

Maintaining a clean clinical environment reduces the risk of infection. This module explains aseptic principles, sterile techniques, contamination prevention, and safe handling of medical equipment.

Although medication administration responsibilities vary by role and province, understanding medication safety is essential. Learn about common medication routes, safety principles, documentation, and error prevention.

The immune system plays a key role in protecting health and supporting recovery. Discover how immunity works, how illness affects the body’s defences, and why nurses monitor immune-related conditions.

Quality sleep supports healing and overall wellbeing. Explore factors that affect rest, common sleep disturbances, and practical ways nursing assistants can help patients achieve better comfort and recovery.

Safe movement promotes independence while reducing complications. Learn techniques for assisting with mobility, repositioning, transfers, fall prevention, and supporting patients with limited movement.

Pain affects every patient differently. This module explores pain assessment methods, comfort measures, non-pharmacological approaches, and the nursing assistant’s role in supporting effective pain management.

Good nutrition contributes to healing, strength, and long-term health. Learn about balanced diets, special nutritional needs, meal assistance, hydration, and recognising signs of nutritional concerns.

The body depends on the right balance of fluids and electrolytes to function properly. Explore dehydration, fluid overload, electrolyte imbalances, and the importance of careful patient monitoring.

Providing respectful assistance with elimination supports patient comfort, dignity, and health. Learn about urinary and bowel care, continence support, documentation, and recognising changes that may require attention.

Complete the course by learning how the respiratory system supports overall health and why oxygenation is essential for patient care. You’ll explore breathing assessment, oxygen therapy awareness, respiratory conditions, and ways nursing assistants help monitor patients experiencing breathing difficulties.