Nursing Assistant Development Series
About Bundle
The online development pathway for working nursing assistants
The Nursing Assistant Development Series is for CNAs, nurse aides, patient care techs and restorative aides who are already working and want to grow. It brings together four Impact Training Company courses in one pathway: ethics and speaking up, restorative care, leading a shift as charge aide, and dementia and memory care. Each course ends with your next step, so it is a pathway, not a pile of modules.
About 15.5 hours. 100 percent online and self-paced. Written at a plain-language reading level, with a plain-language book to download for each clinical course. Built on CMS 42 CFR 483, CDC, NIOSH safe patient handling, the IDDSI framework and the Alzheimer’s Association Dementia Care Practice Recommendations. You earn a Certificate of Completion with your own verification page and digital badge.
Who it is for
- Working CNAs and nurse aides in nursing homes, post-acute and memory care
- Patient care techs and nurse aides in hospitals
- Restorative aides, and aides who want to move into a restorative or charge aide role
- Staff development coordinators and DONs building a growth path for their aides
These courses are for aides who already work in the role. They are not a state-approved nurse aide training program and do not lead to state CNA certification or registry listing. Your facility’s policy and each resident’s care plan govern. Delegation and scope follow your state’s law and facility policy.
What is included
| Course | Hours | Alone |
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| Choices Essentials: Making the Ethical Choice at Work: values and your facility’s code of conduct, honest records and time, Just Culture, reliability and call-offs, dignity and privacy (HIPAA), gifts and conflicts of interest, speaking up, and the STOP method | 2 | $59 |
| Restorative Care for Nursing Assistants (NA-1): “do with, not for,” reading the restorative plan, safe handling and walking, range of motion and positioning, ADL retraining and toileting programs, restorative dining (IDDSI), Section GG assist levels and restorative minutes, when to stop and report | 4.5 | $149 |
| Charge Aide Leadership (NA-2): the charge aide role, accepting delegation within scope (the Five Rights), assignments and call-offs, survey readiness and residents’ rights, five-step service recovery, SBAR, huddles and handoffs, coaching peers | 4.5 | $149 |
| Dementia and Memory Care for Nursing Assistants (NA-3): non-drug, person-centered care, validation, preventing and calming responsive behaviors, wandering and elopement, dignity in bathing, dining and toileting, families and caregiver resilience | 3.5 | $99 |
| Final Exam and Program Completion: your three-step checklist, the honor statement, and the 30-question cumulative final | 1 | Included |
| Total | About 15.5 | $456 alone, $349 here |
What makes it different
- A pathway, not a library. Restorative Care, then Charge Aide Leadership, then Dementia and Memory Care, with Choices Essentials as the ethics base.
- Skills check-off kits. Each clinical course comes with a Competency Validation Kit your supervisor or nurse educator signs in person. The online certificate covers knowledge; your facility checks your skills.
- Plain-language editions. Short sentences on screen, plus a plain-language book to download. Built for aides who speak English as a second language.
- Real shifts. Composite scenarios in every lesson and a full practice lab in each clinical course.
- Current to 2026. Section GG assist levels and restorative minutes, IDDSI level names, Enhanced Barrier Precautions and the federal abuse reporting times.
Already bought one of these courses? Log in with the account you used, then add the Nursing Assistant Development Series to your cart. Your credit is applied automatically: the full price you paid for each course ($59 to $149). Courses you already finished count toward the program.
How you earn the certificate
- Complete all four courses, passing each course’s final exam.
- Sign the honor statement and upload a photo ID.
- Pass the cumulative final exam at 80 percent or higher.
When all three steps are done, your certificate is issued automatically, with a verification page your employer can check and a badge you can add to LinkedIn.
Annual in-service hours
Federal rules require nursing homes to give aides at least 12 hours of in-service training a year, including dementia management and abuse prevention. Some states only accept hours from approved providers. Ask your facility whether these hours count toward your annual in-service requirement.
Recommended add-ons
Sold separately. They round out the program, but they do not count toward the certificate.
- The 60-Second Encounter: Patient Experience Communication for Clinical Support Teams ($39). Adds bedside communication with residents, patients and families.
- Difficult Patient and Family Conversations ($29). Adds scripts for hard conversations with upset families.
- Medical Terminology for Hospital Support Staff ($99). Adds the words you read in care plans and nurse notes.
- Hallway and Elevator De-Escalation: Verbal Safety for Support Services ($39). Adds calm, safe responses when someone escalates in a hallway or elevator.
This program earns an ITC certificate of completion. It is not a state-approved nurse aide training program, it does not change your scope of practice, and it does not promise a job or a raise. Your facility validates your skills and decides whether these hours count toward annual in-service.
It recognizes completion of knowledge training. It does not replace your facility’s orientation, competency sign-off or any state requirement, and it is not affiliated with or equal to any other organization’s certification.
Questions
How long does it take?
About 15.5 hours of training. At 3 to 5 hours a week, that is about 3 to 5 weeks. It is self-paced, so you can go faster or slower around your shifts.
Is this CNA training?
No. You need to already work as a nursing assistant, nurse aide or patient care tech. It does not lead to state CNA certification or registry listing, and it does not change your scope of practice.
Will these hours count for my annual in-service?
Ask your facility. Federal rules set a 12-hour yearly minimum for nursing home aides, and some states only accept hours from approved providers. Your facility decides.
Can I buy the courses one at a time?
Yes. Every course is also sold alone, and the full price you paid counts toward the Development Series if you upgrade later.
I run a facility. Can I enroll a group?
Department packs of the full series for 10 or 25 seats are coming soon. For group enrollment now, contact us.
Courses in the Bundle (5)
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Restorative Care for Nursing Assistants
By ITC Faculty | Category: Nursing Assistant
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Charge Aide Leadership
By ITC Faculty | Category: Nursing Assistant
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Dementia and Memory Care
By ITC Faculty | Category: Nursing Assistant
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