Vocational Training Program

Health, Assistance, and, Nursing

Next sessions

September 9, 2024 - FULL

November 11, 2024 - FULL

April 7, 2025

Schedule

Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:20 p.m.

Location

ACCESS Cleghorn
163 Cleghorn Street, Saint-Lambert, QC, J4R 2J4

Phone

450 676-1843

Duration

18 months (1800 hours / 120 credits)

Why enroll in this program?

**This program is offered in a hybrid format; students will need their own computer to follow the program and may need to come into the building for assessments and practical/laboratory training.

  • Acquire the certified training required to practice as an orderly. Our dedicated nurse educators provide training in a modern hospital room with the latest medical equipment. For more information, call the ACCESS Center.
  • The program is officially recognized by the Ministère de l’Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport du Québec.
  • The professional training you receive will open the door to a wide range of jobs in both the public and private sectors.
  • Financial assistance is available for eligible candidates www.afe.gouv.qc.ca/en/

With 6 campuses located on Montreal’s South Shore, ACCESS has been a resource for the Riverside School Board community for over 40 years, enabling people aged 16 and over to pursue their quest for academic and professional success.

Program objectives

  • Provide students with the technical and basic skills, knowledge and attitudes needed to perform caregiver tasks while putting the patient's needs first.
  • Train students to work in teams and establish effective support relationships.
  • Teach students to communicate effectively with all members of the medical team, patients and their families.
  • Give students the ability to respond effectively to problems and adapt to difficult situations.

Special features of the program

To be admitted to the Health, Assistance and Nursing program, candidates must meet one of the following requirements:
Holders of a high school diploma or its recognized equivalent, such as an Attestation d’équivalence d’études secondaires V, or a post-secondary diploma such as a Diplôme d’études collégiales or a Bachelor’s degree.
OR
Individuals who are at least 16 years of age on September 30 of the school year in which their training is to begin, and who have obtained Secondary V credits in language of instruction and Secondary IV credits in second language and mathematics in programs of study established by the Minister, or who have been recognized for equivalent learning.
OR
People who are at least 18 years of age when they enter the program and who have the following functional prerequisites: successful completion of the General Development Test and Secondary 5 units in the language of instruction in a program of study established by the Minister, or recognition of equivalent prior learning.
OR
Individuals who have obtained Secondary 3 units in language of instruction, second language and mathematics in programs of study established by the Minister, and who will continue their general education courses concurrently with their vocational training in order to obtain the units they lack from among the following: Secondary 4 and 5 Language of Instruction and Secondary 4 Second Language and Mathematics in programs of study established by the Minister.

  • For more information on functional prerequisites, please consult the InforouteFPT website.
  • For a complete list of registration documents required based on your status in Canada, click here.

Content of
program

Module title
Hours
Units
  • Administering first aid
    30
    2
  • Determine their suitability for the profession and for training
    30
    2
  • Familiarize yourself with a global approach to health
    30
    2
  • Communicating within a care team
    45
    3
  • Apply basic care procedures
    105
    7
  • Establishing a helping relationship
    30
    2
  • Familiarize yourself with the legal and ethical aspects of the profession
    30
    2
  • Apply care procedures related to the musculoskeletal system
    45
    3
  • Provide basic care to clients with reduced autonomy
    75
    5
  • Helping customers meet their nutritional needs
    30
    2
  • Apply care procedures related to the nervous and sensory systems
    60
    4
  • Apply care procedures related to the endocrine system
    30
    2
  • Apply care procedures related to the digestive system
    60
    4
  • Apply care procedures related to the urinary and reproductive systems
    60
    4
  • Working with clients with cognitive deficits
    45
    3
  • Working with palliative care clients
    30
    2
  • Working with clients suffering from mental health problems
    45
    3
  • Providing geronto-geriatric care
    120
    8
  • Provide care for clients with mental health problems
    75
    5
  • Provide care to physical rehabilitation clients
    120
    8
  • Providing care in a surgical unit
    90
    6
  • Working with mothers and newborns
    30
    2
  • Providing care for mothers and newborns
    30
    2
  • Intervening with a child or adolescent presenting a health problem
    30
    2
  • Providing care for children and adolescents
    30
    2
  • Providing care to a diverse clientele
    105
    7
  • Preventing and controlling infections
    60
    4
  • Participate in drug therapy
    60
    4
  • Providing specific care
    75
    5
  • Providing care in a medical unit
    120
    8
  • Refer to their knowledge of the cardiovascular and respiratory systems when providing care
    75
    5