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Youth apprentice at Dimensions Living describes nursing training and urges peers to join apprenticeship
Summary
Jackie, a youth apprentice and certified nursing assistant at Dimensions Living, described how coursework and on-the-job training led to state certification, summarized daily duties, and encouraged other students to try the Youth Apprenticeship program.
Jackie, a youth apprentice at Dimensions Living and a certified nursing assistant, described how a combination of career-center coursework and hands-on experience led to her state certification and entry-level job in long-term care. “My name is Jackie, and I'm a youth apprentice at Dimensions Living,” she said.
She said her pathway included enrolling through the career center at SPACHE and participating in the Star College Now program; she also attended classes at Mid State for about three months before taking the state exam to become certified. Jackie recounted volunteering alongside a previous apprentice, Noah, at a dispatch health office; Noah encouraged her to apply at Dimensions Living, which led to the hire.
Jackie detailed the administrative steps that enabled her enrollment: meeting with a career-center contact (identified in the remarks as Mister Kozonski), completing required paperwork and having employers finalize her participation in the youth apprenticeship program. She said she has worked at the site since she was 16 and noted that she turned 18 the day before her remarks.
On the job, Jackie said morning shifts focus on getting residents up, ready and to breakfast and daytime activities, while evening shifts center on personal care and preparing residents for bed. She characterized the most important lesson from the apprenticeship as “the presence of being there in the moment,” a patient-centered approach she said she will carry into further nursing studies.
Jackie said she plans to go to college in Florida to major in nursing and urged other students to pursue similar opportunities. Paraphrasing her advice, she said the key takeaway is “to just go for it,” noting that the program helped classmates either change or confirm their intended career paths.
The remarks focused on personal training, duties and encouragement for peers; no formal actions, votes or policy decisions were recorded in the provided transcript.
