Massey Hill Classical High – Honors Nursing Services

Apr 2026 · 2nd Semester

Nursing Education is a capstone course designed to prepare students to pursue careers in the fi eld of nursing. Upon completion of this course, a profi cient student will be able to implement communication and interpersonal skills, maintain residents’ rights and independence, provide care safely, prevent emergency situations, prevent infection through infection control, and perform the skills required of a nursing assistant. At the conclusion of this course students may sit for the Certifi ed Patient Care Technician (CPCT) exam, or if students have logged 40 hours of classroom instruction and 20 hours of classroom clinical instruction, and if they have completed 40 hours of site-based clinical with at least 24 of those hours spent in a long-term care facility through a Department of Health approved program, they are eligible to take the certifi cation examination as a Certifi ed Nursing Assistant (CNA). Honors standards and expectations will apply. Medical Therapeutics (Course 2 or 3) (Grade 10-12)- an applied course designed to prepare students to pursue careers in therapeutic and nursing services. Upon completion of this course, a profi cient student will be able to identify careers in therapeutics services; assess, monitor, evaluate, and report patient/client health status; and identify the purpose and components of treatments.