Department of Nursing and Allied Health Technology
NURSING ASSISTANT
Nursing Assistants are licensed to perform selected nursing skills as routinely delegated by a nurse. The college offers the opportunity to train for three levels of certification - certified nursing assistant, geriatric nursing assistant, and certified medicine aide. Each has its own set of qualifications, licensing requirements and State of Maryland application procedures.
Continuing Education Program: Certified Medicine Aide Update
Program Description & Courses
Registrants successfully complete HTH-5580 with a CMP. This course is required of every CMA within every two-year certification cycle as a condition of maintaining certification. This course is offered every other month at one of the CSM campuses.
Specific admissions requirements
- Present current licenses as CNA/GNA/CMA
- Verification of compensated employment as GNA in a licensed nursing home for at least 8 hours in the two years immediately preceding the Update, using the form provided by the college
- Expiration of CNA/GNA/CMA certification within 90 days of the start date of the update course.
Professional organization resources and certification information
First-time Certification Course
CSM also teaches the course to obtain an first-time certification in medicine aid.
Get information on the Certified Medicine Aide Course.