- 10-week Course.
- Daytime, full-time for the first 5 weeks, M-Th.
- Daytime, for the second 5 weeks, 2-3 days per week.
- The Course is offered twice per year.
- High School Diploma or GED required in order to apply.
- Prepares the graduate to work within Sentara Healthcare.
- Care Partners are in high demand within Sentara.
- Tuition, Fees, and Expenses
Special Bulletins
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You are invited to the Spring Open House, Sat., Mar. 13th at 9 AM -Register to attend http://www.sentara.edu/calendar_events/60
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Now Accepting Applications for Fall 2010.
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Visit the College - Attend an Academic Planning & Information Session.
The Care Partner Course was added in 1994 in response to the need for consistent and formal training for multi-skilled patient caregivers in Sentara acute care hospitals. Care Partners work for Sentara Healthcare and are trained exclusively for their important role in the hospital setting.
Care Partners are members of a discipline that combines the quality of caring with technical interventions, communication, and knowledge integration to support the nurse in the delivery of quality client care in an acute care setting. They help patients with daily living activities such as bathing and eating. Care Partners also take vital signs, draw blood specimens, perform wound care and dressing changes, insert urinary catheters, perform EKGs, and other selected medical test/procedures.
Your Exceptional Learning Experience
- With 60 lecture, 45 skills lab, and 90 clinical hours, graduates of the Course are prepared to work collaboratively with the healthcare team and clients and provide essential information and assistance to achieve preferred health-related outcomes.
- Graduates will receive a certificate upon completion and be qualified to work in the acute-care hospitals at Sentara Healthcare. Licensure or certification is not required to practice as a Care Partner in Sentara facilities.