On the mountain. (usc) The six young women and one colleague who endured three years at the Amberg ISE vocational school at Kaiser-Ludwig-Ring demonstrated perseverance, iron will and hard work. You have achieved your goal and can now call yourself a “state-certified geriatric nurse.” At the same time, eight women passed the exam to become “state-certified nursing assistants” with very good success. Her course lasted a year.
The need for qualified staff in geriatric care facilities is constantly growing. More and more people are getting older and more and more people are in need of care. There are therefore new opportunities for unemployed people and job seekers as skilled workers in the care sector, especially since employment agencies and job centers promote new qualifications.
As was heard at the certificate award ceremony, the training to become a geriatric nurse is divided into 2,100 hours of theory and 2,500 hours of practical training over three years. The training to become a nursing assistant in geriatric care includes 800 hours of theory and 650 hours of practice in local geriatric care facilities. The basics of nursing, geriatric care and geriatric nursing, lifestyle, professional knowledge, law and administration, German and communication as well as life and living space design are taught.
According to the school, the high quality of training at the vocational school for geriatric care and geriatric care assistance from the non-profit ISE is reflected in the fact that since the state-recognized institution opened in 2010, almost all graduates have passed the final exam and almost 100 percent have found a job immediately.
At the graduation ceremony, the invited home managers, ward managers, specialists and trainers from the school were happy with the graduates. Before school principal Ilona Lang was able to present the long-awaited certificates and three state awards, she highlighted the extensive training segments of the newly qualified specialists in a mock telephone call. According to managing director Roland Domogalla, the participants chose a profession that could be pursued for decades given the shortage of personnel in the nursing sector. Nursing work requires a lot of responsibility because old people deserve respect and care. ISE Managing Director Peter Blendowski thanked the graduates for choosing this school, but also the business partners for trusting the school and supporting the training.
As Manfred Tröppl, head of the Amberg office of the employment agency, reported with great joy, almost all graduates already have a job or a position in prospect. Rainer Liermann from the Amberg-Sulzbach job center joined in congratulating him on the successful training.
Three of the graduates of the three-year training were awarded state prizes for excellent exam results: Bianca Saget (1.1), Alla Gluz (1.3) and Irina Jansen (1.1). The new training courses for “state-certified geriatric nurses” and “state-certified nursing assistants” begin on September 1st and 12th, respectively. (For the report: Hubert Uschald)
