Required CNA age for New Jersey?

Meowmixer · Dec 14, 2010

You may want to find a local school that offers the program and ask them. If it's a college i assume it doesn't matter, you just have to have a diploma or ged. If it's another program i also assume you would have to be out of school because they're typically mon-fri during the day for 6 or so weeks. In PA it didn't seem to matter, started and finished mine when i was 17 but i was also out of school.

franciscangypsy · Dec 14, 2010

It didn't matter in VA, either. I was also 17 when I completed my CNA and started working in a retirement home. The program was a couple times during a week, in the evenings, and mostly stretched over the summer. I started my senior year of high school after I finished the program and started working within the first couple weeks of the school year.

I would ask the place offering the course -- they probably would be best able to answer your questions. :)

classicdame, MSN, EdD · Dec 14, 2010

Who certifies the CNA? Probably the state dept of health so go on their website for minimum requirements for that type of certification. Good luck

franciscangypsy · Dec 14, 2010

CNA, at least in VA, is under the State Board of Nursing. If you do a Google search for New Jersey State Board of Nursing, you might get some answers too.