CNA certificate online vs actually going to school

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I am aware CNAs have a very hands on job, so I'm not sure if getting it online would be a good idea. The school I plan to attend offers both but I don't have a car yet. If I have to take a bus there I will though. Will my certificate tell whether or not I got it online? If I got it online it would easier for me to work while getting it. Online school 2 days a week, actual school is 3 days a week 8 hours a day. I want to be the best CNA I can be in the end so I will do what's best for my future career.

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How are you getting to the clinical site, everywhere you have to complete a certain number of training about 100 depending on the state. As far as the theory part I think it's good to have an instructor but I suppose it'd be ok to do online.

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I'm not so sure about online CNA courses. You need to log clinical hours. You'll need to make sure this place is accredited. I'm not sure what state you're in but I'm in CA. I just google searched and found a .gov site specific to CA with a list of accredited programs.

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I'm taking a CNA class right now in CA and we are required to have 101 clinical hours....can't do that online. Since they'll be showing us how to do everything in lab, hands-on with manikins and classmates, I think attending a class in person has its advantages. We'll be taking BPs and such and some things you just need to see and hear first-hand. I don't know that they could teach these topics (and correct mistakes) if learning online.

I've taken many online courses and strongly advocate for them, however, it depends on the subject matter and I just don't see how this class lends itself to online instruction.

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My husband and I own a CNA school in Texas and currently you are required to have 24 hours of clinicals and as of September goes up to 40 hours. I would check the accreditation of the school if they are not requiring that you do clinicals.

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Specializes in Short Term/Skilled.

You probably do have to do clinical s somewhere and they may have you find your own facility that would be willing to let you do it there. As far as everything else I found the "real world" to be nothing like school. I didn't really learn anything until I started working.

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I took my CNA class online. Clinical were established with local facilities who agreed to host them and I was able to get hired at the facility where I did my clinicals. The program was accredited by my state's department of aging and health and human services, and department of health and environment.

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