CNA Training Questions

[SingDanceRunLife]

One of the LTC facilities in my area is offering paid CNA training, and that sounds pretty good to me. I was planning on doing a CNA course next year in school, but would this be better since it's a) sooner and b) paid training? Also, I assume that after doing the training I would be certified, or would I have to take the exam or what? I'm in NY by the way.

Thanks!

[tryingtobeanurse]

Please check with the NY state registry to make sure that you would be certified after completing that facilities training. Most states require that you complete at least 75hours of class room training and 16 hours of clinical training at a state approved training program. Most states require that you take a state exam in order to be CNA 1 certified. Be aware that not every place that offers CNA training is approved by the state. The problem with this is if you try and change jobs, most facilities will check and see if you are on the registry and they will also check to see if you completed a state approved program.

[SingDanceRunLife]

The facility is listed on the NY Registry results for my county...Does that mean that it's state approved?

[tryingtobeanurse]

The facility is listed on the NY Registry results for my county...Does that mean that it's state approved?

I really don't know since I am not in your state. In my state, the approved training courses are listed under NC Health and Human services department. I don't know if NY state is the same. But one way to tell, is if the training doesn't atleast provide 75 hours of classroom and 16 hours of clinical it probably isn't. There is a federal law called OBRA of 1987 which regulates Nurse aide training. Remember, it is possible in most states to become certified without completing a course, you can test out, people tend to run into problems when they want to obtain a job at a facility that requires both certification and completion of a state approved course. Hopefully, someone from your state will read this post and give you some state specific advise.

[casi, ASN, RN]

If the course sets you up to take a test and pass it with the state then it should be okay.

[SingDanceRunLife]

I think it must be fine because I did some more searching and I found a list of pass rates for certain programs at NHs and this was on it. The list is from January this year. A 94% pass rate is.

[SingDanceRunLife]

Another question:

What is a Adult Home Aide/Resident Care Aide? I contacted one of the LTCFs in my area asking if they trained CNAs and they said that at this time they only train Adult Home Aides/Resident Care

Aides.

[SingDanceRunLife]

Anyone?

I went to the NH I posted about first, and they won't hire me because I'm not yet 18, and they don't hire people under 18.

I still have to find out about the other one.