Major Field of Study (MFS)

410 - Nursing Aide

Program designed for health personnel to act as auxiliaries to registered nurses. Orderlies are trained in emergency procedures, advanced first aid training, orthopaedic equipment and care, scrubbing and sterilization, cardiac life support, geriatrics and other related topics.

  • Example Program Names:

    • Certified Nursing Aide
    • Hospital Orderly
    • Nurse's Aide
    • Nurses Aide and Home Makers
    • Nursing Aide
    • Nursing Orderly
    • Orderly
    • Registered Nurses Aide
    • Ward Assistant or Aide
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