Medicine Aide recertification

To see all current Medicine Aide Recertification courses, click here. [1]

Nursing Home Medicine Aide Recertification

This course provides current medicine aides with updated information on drug therapies and safe medication administration and meets the Maryland Board of Nursing continuing education requirements for recertification.

Students are required to attend the full 8-hour course (6 hours of lecture and 2 hours of testing) and score a minimum of 80% on the written final exam. 

Submission of the CMA Clinical Update Verification form by the student's employer prior to enrollment verifying the following information is required:

1. Practiced as a CNA for 16 hours in the 2 years immediately preceding admission to the CMA Clinical Update.
2. Practiced as a GNA for 8 hours in a licensed nursing home in the 2 years immediately preceding admission to the Clinical Update class.
3. Practiced as a CMA for 100 hours in the 2 years immediately preceding admission to the CMA Clinical Update.

A copy of the CMA Clinical Update Verification form can be found here [2].

Certificates will not be awarded without successfully completing the course.

Please bring a stethoscope and a drug book to class.

Fee: $75  Reg Fee: $7  Total: $82
Senior Adult Fee: $35  Reg Fee: $7  Total: $42

NRS 742 K   Sat   9am-6pm   May 25   S Mills   CPB 152
NRS 742 L   Sat   9am-6pm   June 29   S Mills   CPB 152
 

For more information, contact Susan Lee at 240-500-2614 or sclee@hagerstowncc.edu [3].