Cna Questions And Requirments

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Hello I am from Northwest Indiana and I am currently wanting to take a CNA program. I found one place that offers it. 3 week program for $425.00, $15 for the physical and $60 for the test. Does anyone know of a place that offers it for free? Also, if anyone has taken the State test can you tell me if it is hard and what the requirments are to becoming a CNA?? Thank you all for your response.

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

You may want to apply to an employer that will hire you and then pay for your training. Where I live there are tons long term care facilities that will hire you and put you through thier own training. As far as the exam goes I can't help you with that as I was grandmothered. I'm sure someone around here can help with that though. Goood Luck to you!!

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Look in your sunday paper. Like previous poster said, a lot of long term care facilities will offer it, train you, and then hire you on as regular employee. I've seen CNA programs at places like these advertised a lot every sunday in the job section.

Good luck!

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There is the choice of an employer training you or paying for it, but if you cant find that then go to your workforce training division in your county they have alot of options

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Like the WorkOne office?? I can pay for it, thats not a problem but I was just curios to see if any place offered it that I can work for as well.

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Hello I am from Northwest Indiana and I am currently wanting to take a CNA program. I found one place that offers it. 3 week program for $425.00, $15 for the physical and $60 for the test. Does anyone know of a place that offers it for free? Also, if anyone has taken the State test can you tell me if it is hard and what the requirments are to becoming a CNA?? Thank you all for your response.

Like the other posters suggested, it's usually easy enough to find the training for free. Get the phone book out and call the LTC facilities near you and ask if they offer the classes, most do. The test isn't difficult (I took it in PA). The written part was very easy. The clinical is nerve-wracking, but not hard.

Lorraine

CMA, CNA

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Congratulations SB, you're making a good choice getting your cna!

I think I got slightly better training doing it through the community college and paying, vs. the nursing home programs. That's based on my observation of how the inhouse trained cna's did their jobs vs. how we were trained which was much more thorough and careful. But that's just here, could be different where you live. I'm not for or against either way, and free is a very good price.

Here, if you are hired by a nursing home that accepts medicare, they are required to reimburse you over time, for the cost of your cna class. Might check with your state board of nursing and see if they do that in your state too. Also, fyi, some nursing homes offer scholarships for employees working on their nursing degrees.

Another factor to shop around for if cost is not a factor: a paid program might offer you clinical time in a real hospital, leading to a hospital cna job if that's something you're interested in. A lot of my classmates were hired by the units we did clinicals on. I didn't want a job at the time but it was almost a sure ticket in for those who did.

As for how hard it was, the written portion was easy and it's not like you have to get 100% to pass. The skills part can be intimidating, you had to perform 5 skills and you don't know in advance what they'll be. I had a nurse playing my patient, and a nurse evaluating me. They were very supportive, and if you forgot to do a step you could later say OH, and I would have set the brake on the wheelchair before I did this. And our state is all about barriers, putting paper towels down under all your supplies, as well as safety, using bed brakes and leaving the call light within reach. I would practice all the important steps for the skills over and over. But look at all the other people who pass it...you can totally do it too.

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Good luck, you're on a good track! Tofutti

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Specializes in med/surg, telemetry, IV therapy, mgmt.

the indiana state department of health maintains the nurses registry for your state. here is their address and phone number. contact them for information about testing and obtaining certification.

indiana state dept. of health

2 n meridian street

attn: nar 4th floor

indianapolis, in 46204

(317) 233-7639

this is a link to a list of the approved cna training programs in indiana. you should print this list out and contact the individual ones close to where you live to find out what the cost of the training is.

http://www.state.in.us/isdh/regsvcs/ltc/natdir/index.htm

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Hello I am from Northwest Indiana and I am currently wanting to take a CNA program. I found one place that offers it. 3 week program for $425.00, $15 for the physical and $60 for the test. Does anyone know of a place that offers it for free? Also, if anyone has taken the State test can you tell me if it is hard and what the requirments are to becoming a CNA?? Thank you all for your response.

That is VERY expensive for a CNA program....especially one that is only 3 weeks long. I'm sure you can find it much cheaper elsewhere. Have you checked with your local community colleges? Also, call the hospitals in your area. That's what I did. Our local community college and also a private company offered it the cheapest. I pain under $100 (books and all) for a 6 week program.

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Thank you all sooo much for your help! Ive been calling everywhere!! I thought that was a little high to but...im gonna have to do it if I cant find no other place

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