You are almost done with the course, hooray! Classroom done! Now onto clinical...
Please refer to the linked documents before clinical. Steve plans to be at Minnesota Masonic Homes on Wednesday, July 21st at 3:15pm. Clinical begins at 3:30pm. In case you are unable to locate your instructor at the clinical site, please text or call Steve (952-479-0172) or Survival (612-298-8044)

Clinical days

Group 63 - AM clinical 

Important Documents to review

Please review the following documents:

Welcome document from Minnesota Masonic Homes, click here

Driving directions, click here 

Parking location, click here (please park in the Unity Entrance parking lot)

Please review Skill 6: Gown, Glove, and Bag Linen | click here

You are almost done with the course, hooray! Classroom done! Now onto clinical...
Please refer to the linked documents before clinical. Steve plans to be at Minnesota Masonic Homes at 6:45am. Clinical begins at 7:00am. In case you are unable to locate your instructor at the clinical site, please text or call Steve (952-208-5590) or Survival (612-524-9881). You may also call the Minnesota Masonic Homes 24 hour desk line at (952-948-7000) for additional guidance.

Clinical days

As confirmed via email booking.

Important Documents to review

Please review the following documents:

Welcome document from Minnesota Masonic Homes, click here

Driving directions, click here 

Parking location, click here (please park in the Unity Entrance parking lot)

Please review Skill 6: Gown, Glove, and Bag Linen | click here

LOCATION

 Minnesota Masonic Homes | 11501 Masonic Home Dr, Bloomington, MN 55437 | Phone: (952) 948-7000 | https://www.mnmasonichomes.org/

PARKING

Please park at the Unity Parking lot as indicated on the map here. Please, please drive around to find the Unity Parking entrance. The Dan Patch Parking lot is quite a distance to walk to the Education room (EG12) where we will be meeting. 

CLINICAL DAYS

According to the confirmations from the booking schedule.

MEETING WITH EMPLOYEES AT MASONIC HOMES, BLOOMINGTON

When you arrive at Masonic, please follow signs to Unity Entrance. Your goal will be to find the Unity Center facility entrance door. Please feel free to mention that you are a nursing assistant student from ZANDU HEALTH INITIATIVE attending clinical. Alternatively, you can text or call me to update me of your location [Clinical Instructor, Steve Mandieka, 952-479-0172]. Just in case I do not have cell phone signal, please call the Masonic front desk number at 952-948-7000 and request to be directed to where students are meeting for clinical. You may also call or text Survival at 612-298-8044.

When you arrive, please expect to be screened for COVID-19 symptoms at the 24 hour desk, receive one face mask and face shield that you will keep for the entire two clinical days. After screening, each student will wash hands in the 24 hour community room and head down to the classroom on ground floor. Once we get to the classroom and settle in, each student will have a COVID-19 rapid test completed and we will review Student Orientation Paperwork and COVID-19 Infection Control guidelines. Please also take time to review: Skill 6: Gown, Glove, and Bag Linen here

CONFIDENTIALITY (HIPAA)

Minnesota Masonic Homes Confidentiality Policy: No cell phone usage (texts/making calls/taking photos) when providing cares to residents/patients. We strictly abide with this policy at CLINICAL. If found using your cell phone, we will enforce this policy in accordance to the School Code of Conduct.

DRESS CODE

• Eyewear or Face Shield
• Athletic shoes (sneakers | no open shoes);
• Transfer belt will be available at the facility (you do not need to bring your own);
• Please have short nails 1/4-inch-long (no artificial nails);
• hoodies, fanny packs or sun glasses should NOT be worn when providing care to residents;
• Shoulder length hair must be secured back away from face.
• Navy blue uniform
• Student ID/Name Badge must be visible to residents and staff

MEALS | LUNCH | DINNER

• Breaks are assigned by your instructor. Usually, a student takes a break at the same time with assigned nursing assistant. Please bring your own boxed lunch or snack. Refrigerator and microwave are available for use. A vending machine with pop and snacks is also available. Alternatively, you may also choose to buy food at nearby restaurants. Use the facility address to search for restaurants

PERSONAL BELONGINGS

Travel light: If you bring any purses/books/skills kit, bags or phone along, please bring a lock to lock your items.

PATIENT/RESIDENT CARE ASSIGNMENTS

Clinical instructor or nurse manager will assign you to shadow a staff member. You will observe followed by active participation in the care of residents. The required outcome at clinical is the student will progress to independence with resident care in the three clinical days. Often, you will work with the same group of residents or the same resident assistant all three days. However, the instructor may modify assignments each clinical day depending on staff availability and student needs.

PLEASE NOTE: You must complete all two days to successfully and the virtual clinical assignment to pass your clinical experience. Plan to be on time to report to clinical. In addition, you may not leave early from the clinical site without instructor permission.

ESTIMATED COST OF ATTENDANCE 

Reimbursement for Tuition and Fees: Both federal and state law require Medicare-certified health care facilities to reimburse nursing assistants for the cost of their training and testing if they meet the following conditions:

1. The nursing assistant has received a job offer from the facility within 12 months of completing the training and testing. The facility is not obligated to reimburse the nursing assistant if more than 12 months have passed since completion of training and testing.
2. The nursing assistant has not already been reimbursed by another facility. Reimbursement must be made by the first facility where the nursing assistant is employed 90 days from the date of the job offer.
3. The nursing assistant has not quit or been terminated within 90 days of the job offer.
4. The nursing assistant has actually paid for the cost of training and testing him/herself. It is important to keep all receipts, as the facility is not required to reimburse the nursing assistant without proof that he or she paid for the training and materials.

Nursing assistants must be reimbursed for the following expenses:

1. Tuition and mandatory fees and insurance
2. Required textbooks and supplies
3. Uniforms and shoes that are required for the clinical experience
4. Mileage: To be reimbursed, the student must have kept mileage records and must request reimbursement.
5. Cost of the State Competency Exam: The facility is required to reimburse the student for the cost of the test and up to two retakes. (If either portion of the test is not passed in three attempts, the nursing assistant must retake the nursing assistant course).

Nursing Assistant Training - State Exam 

Please find more information about the state exam.

You are almost done with the course, hooray! Classroom done! Now onto clinical...

Please refer to the linked documents before clinical. Clinical begins at 3:30pm. In case you are unable to locate me at the clinical site, please text or call Steve (952-479-0172) or Survival (612-298-8044)

Clinical days - according to the booking schedule.

Please review the following documents:

Welcome document from Presbyterian Castle Ridge, click here

Driving directions, click here 

Parking location, click here {Castle Ridge Employee parking is across from FIVE GUYS} 

Please note

• Unless you have discussed with me regarding absent time in advance, please remember you must attend all three days to receive completion certificate. Make up will be arranged the following clinical cohort on space available basis.

You are almost done with the course, hooray! Classroom done! Now onto clinical...

Steve plans to be at Presbyterian Homes Castle Ridge  at 0645 (6:45am). Clinical begins at 7:00am. In case you are unable to locate me at the clinical site, please text or call Steve (952-479-0172) or Survival (612-298-8044).

Clinical days - Refer to Calendar Booking booking confirmation email.

Please review the following:

Welcome document from PresHomes Castle Ridge, click here

Driving directions, click here 

Parking location, click here {Castle Ridge Employee parking is across from FIVE GUYS} 

Please note

• Unless you have discussed with me regarding absent time in advance, please remember you must attend all the clinical days to receive completion certificate. Make up will be arranged the following month as needed.

Our Graduate Hire Program

We want to thank you in advance and assure you that hiring a Zandu Health Initiative (ZHI) graduate is always the right decision. We are confident our graduate referrals have infinite potential to deliver quality care. As an employer of one of our graduates we consider you to be a partner. 

To learn more about the Zandu Health Initiative Graduate Hire Program click here to complete the Partnership Form to be added to our partnership database. 

Why a Graduate Quality Guarantee Program?

We strongly believe in the great service we provide not only to our graduates but to the employment community in general. We are invested in changing the lives of our graduates and to positively impacting the quality of the workforce worldwide.

We know that in today’s economy employers have an abundance of employee applicants from which to choose from and we want employers to invest in our graduates and thus invest in us. Investments require trust and we hope to cement that trust by putting it in writing that your satisfaction is guaranteed.

Steve Mandieka | Program Administrator | text or call: 952.479.0172 | 10800 Lyndale Avenue South, Bloomington, MN 55420