Nurse Assisting Program at SCC
Nursing Assistants (NAs) are essential members of the healthcare team providing patient- centered tasks that help patients with activities of daily living, such as bathing, dressing, feeding, repositioning, and ambulating. NAs work under the supervision of licensed nurses and assist with taking vital signs, answering call lights, and measuring food and fluid consumption.
NAs make a difference by assisting nursing staff with patient care to help improve the lives of those they serve. If you are compassionate, caring, and have a passion for helping people, you may be the perfect candidate for Scottsdale Community College’s Nurse Assisting program.
The Nurse Assisting program (NUR158) is a 7-week, 4.5 credit course that includes theory, skill practice in the nursing lab, and clinical experiences in healthcare facilities that prepares students for the Arizona State Board of Nursing exam to become a Certified Nurse Assistant (CNA) or Licensed Nurse Assistant (LNA). In addition, NUR158, assists students to begin their careers in healthcare. The course focuses on critical thinking, communication, and team collaboration while integrating patient care skills.
Virtual Information Session
We are currently full for the Oct session. Updated info for the Spring 2025 session will be on the website in October.
Email nurse.assisting@scottsdalecc.edu for any questions.
Get Started Today
Follow these steps to enroll in the Nursing Assisting program at Scottsdale Community College.
If you meet the admission requirements provided on page 9 of the Nurse Assistant Handbook, the Healthcare Student Handbook, then apply for admission to Scottsdale Community College (SCC).
Gather Required Documents (see Health and Safety Requirements).
Create an account with American DataBank (ADB).
- Purchase the Background Check AND the 12-month Tracker for Immunizations/Compliance.
- Do NOT purchase the Drug Screening at this time.
- You must use your Maricopa email.
- Upload all the Health and Safety Requirements to ADB.
- The ADB team will approve/reject documents that do not meet the requirement and will leave comments within your account on how to become compliant. Please note, the review process can take at least 3-5 business days.
- Please follow these directions to transfer an ADB to SCC from another college
Once your ADB account shows all green check marks as seen below (with the exception of the drug screen), you are eligible to submit the e-form online application to SCC.
Applications must be received by the enrollment deadline. There are no exceptions due to clinical agency compliance requirements.
- Allow 5–7 business days (or longer during peak times) for the Nursing Department to review the application. The notification will indicate approval and details about the next step of the process OR a rejection notice with further details.
- All communications will be sent to your Maricopa Student Email Account (MEID@maricopa.edu) from nurse.assisting@scottsdalecc.edu
Once this is completed (after the deadline date) you will receive an email with further instructions on setting up your MCE account.
When prompted by email, create and pay for an account with myClinicalExchange (MCE).
- You must use your Maricopa email.
- You will have 6 modules and 5 exams to complete.
Link your mCE and ADB accounts so that the approved documents in ADB transfer to MCE.
Please Note: Not all your documents will sync over; you will have to manually upload the ones that do not.
- Once the application process closes and MCE deadline has been met, students will be placed into clinical rotations and you will receive an email through MCE. If your MCE account is not compliant by the first day of class, you will be dropped from the course due to not being able to place you in a clinical rotation
- Be sure to use the Nursing Assistant checklist, NOT the Nursing checklist
- For the English requirement, type yes
- For Covid declination, type NA into the value fields
- For the Health Insurance Company, put the name in the value box and resubmit.
Once you complete and are compliant in MCE, you will receive an email with details on how to purchase and complete the random Drug Screen that will need to be completed within 48 hours (no exception).
If you pass the drug screen AND submit the certificate per ADB directions, the Nursing Department will request enrollment from Admission and Records.
Note: Find a Class is not immediately updated and can show seats available even if the last one just got filled.
Program Location: On the beautiful Scottsdale Community College campus located at 9000 E. Chaparral Road, Scottsdale, AZ 85256.
Program Costs: Total costs for the Nurse Assisting Certificate of Completion program are $1,248 for the 2022-2023 academic year.
Please note that these are only estimates and include textbooks, supplies, immunization fees, and nursing scrubs. The estimate may change based on tuition increases and course fees. Estimates are on tuition rates for in-county students. Additional fees may apply.
Degrees / Certificates: Nurse Assisting Certificate of Completion
Pre-Registration Requirements: Academic, health and safety requirements must be met before registering for the Nurse Assisting Program (NUR158). Please attend an information session to learn more.
More Information
If you have any questions, please email SCC Nursing Program at nurse.assisting@scottsdalecc.edu for further information.