FORTIS-CNANursing Assistant Training

CNA Refresher & Competency

The FORTIS CNA Refresher & Competency program provides a refresher and competency-validation pathway for existing Certified Nursing Assistants and appropriate healthcare workforce participants. This program focuses on practical skills reinforcement, hands-on skills stations, simulation scenarios, and documented competency validation.

Learning Objectives

  • Demonstrate safe patient handling, mobility assistance, and transfer techniques
  • Perform accurate vital sign measurement and documentation
  • Execute personal care assistance with dignity and infection-prevention compliance
  • Apply standard precautions consistently across all care activities
  • Communicate effectively with patients, families, and clinical team members
  • Recognize and escalate changes in patient condition appropriately
  • Complete required documentation accurately and timely
  • Respond to emergency scenarios within the CNA scope of practice

Who This Is For

  • Existing Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs) requiring refresher training
  • Healthcare support staff in competency-validation pathways
  • Long-term care organizations needing documented skills reassessment
  • Healthcare employers implementing standardized competency programs

Core Training Topics

Patient safety fundamentals
Mobility and transfer techniques
Vital signs measurement
Personal care assistance
Infection prevention and hand hygiene
Communication and documentation
Observation and escalation
Emergency response scenarios
Dignity and patient rights
Fall prevention
Skin integrity and positioning
Competency validation at skills stations

Built on the SHIELD™ Standard

This program is designed, delivered, and documented under SHIELD™ — FORTIS's proprietary training methodology and competency-validation framework.

Methodology details are shared with partner organizations only.

Documentation Produced

Training completion record
Skills station competency assessments
Vital signs measurement validation
Patient handling and transfer competency
Infection-prevention competency checklist
Communication and escalation assessment
Emergency response scenario outcomes
Evaluator identification and signatures
Certificate of completion

Scope & Boundary Disclaimer

This program is a refresher and competency-validation pathway. FORTIS does not present this program as a substitute for state-approved initial CNA education where such approval is required. Participants should hold current CNA certification or equivalent healthcare workforce credentials. This training does not expand the participant\'s legal scope of practice.

Interested in This Program?

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