Accredit school VS Non Accredit school?

Kitsey · Jan 21, 2011

I thought the federal minimum of training for a CNA was 75 hours? I know here in Wisconsin we were required to do 120 hours.

tech1000 · Jan 23, 2011

DO NOT GO TO A NON ACCREDITED SCHOOL! My only words of advice. I don't care how far you need to drive, but if it's not accredited, it's basically useless if you ever want to pursue education anywhere else. Not sure how it goes for licensing, but seriously, it's a waste of money.

nurse2be0809 · Jan 23, 2011

I received my training/certification from a nursing home. Pretty sure it was not accredited. They did not charge any money, you just had to work for them for 90 days and they would pay to have you take the test to be certified by the state. A few months after, I left my job there. I did not have any trouble at all finding a job. Every employer I ever worked for only looked at the certificate and the job experience.

TheCommuter, BSN, RN · Jan 23, 2011

Personally, I would attend the training program with the cheapest tuition. When it comes to the employment of CNAs, nobody in the real working world really gives a crap where you attended school.

As far as transferability of credits is concerned, who cares if the credits do not transfer? In the OP's case, it is only a 40 hour training class.

mamayogibear · Jan 24, 2011

I am pretty sure OBRA requires 75 hours of training, either from a school or nursing home to sit for a CNA exam. I would not spend money of the 40 hour course, it probably says somewhere it is a refresher for people that need to take the States exams again. Check with your community colleges for opportunity grants or other grants specific for non academic programs, that's how I afforded the $1500 cost for the CNA program I am in right now. I think only ten of the forty students are actually paying for it themselves. Some of them are having DHS pay for it but I'm not sure how that works. Good luck