CNA Certification Help Needed

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Yes you can!!!

Go to New Jersey's Dept of health's website for more info.

Taken from their website...

Obtaining Nurse Aide Certification Through Alternate Training (Vocational) Routes

The following individuals may take the Department’s written/oral examination without first completing a nurse aide training course and clinical skills evaluation:

Students, graduate nurses, or foreign licensed nurses, pending licensure, who submit evidence of successful completion of a course in the fundamentals of nursing;

Send all documentation of required training to:

Certification Program
Division of Health Facilities Evaluation & Licensing
New Jersey Department of Health and Senior Services
P.O. Box 367
Trenton, NJ 08625-0367

You can work at a hospital without the licensure which is about 100 dollars last time I checked. I work as a CNA in NJ and our hospital offers student nurses who have finished their first clinical rotation an opportunity to work as a Nurse's Aide.