More responsibility. More skill. More earning power. As a QMA, you'll do what CNAs can't: administer medications and treatments under nursing supervision. It's the most direct way to grow your role, your value, and your paycheck without leaving the residents and team you already know. The program is a state-approved 100 hours, 60 of theory and 40 of hands-on practicum, so you graduate ready to perform, not just pass.

Skills You Will Master

• Medication safety and scope of practice
• Medication classifications, routes, and administration
• Dosage calculation and order interpretation
• Infection control and medication storage
• Treatment application and administration
• Documentation and reporting standards
• Resident rights and patient-centered care
• Recognizing and responding to medication concerns

The professional skills that come with it: professional accountability and ethical practice, clinical observation, clear communication with residents and care teams, collaboration with RNs and LPNs, and compassionate, culturally sensitive care.

How you'll learn it: lectures and demonstrations, videos, case studies, simulation, role-play, and exam prep support. Practical, hands-on, and built to make the skills transfer.

Immersive Clinical Experience

Your 40-hour practicum takes place in a real long-term care setting, under the direct supervision of a Registered Nurse (RN) or Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN). Insulin administration practicum requires direct RN supervision. Upon successful program completion, you'll be eligible to sit for the Indiana state competency exam.