CNA CLASS IN PA??

[meghan91]

hey everyone! im currently 18 years old and i am going to a community college right now for nursing and then in a year or two i am going to switch to a 4 year school i right now did 2 semesters of pre reqs but i have been thinking about becoming a cna but have had a hard time finding classes in pa i really need a class close to the wilkes barre area in pa does anyone know of any????? and also will it benfit me going for my cna right now before nursing school? thank you:)

[Platypus]

There is a CNA program at Antonelli's Medical Professional Institute in Pottstown, PA.

http://www.papsa.org/antm.html

I went there and it was a good program that prepared me well for CNA work.

As of value for future nursing jobs, I think that if you are working as a CNA while you get your nursing degree, you will have a leg up in that facility when you get your RN. I was not working my last semester of school and it didn't seem to help when I was looking for jobs - however I think it made me more comfortable working with patients and when I became a nurse the CNAs respected me more knowing I had done the "grunt" work before becoming a nurse.