Looking for free CNA courses

[Sophy123]

Hi everyone I am 22 years old and I went to school to be a RN but it was so hard that I dropped out. Now I want to be a CNA. I live in Newyork and in the bronx. Does anyone know of any schools that offer free CNA training please do tell. And does anyone know how much CNA makes?? and is it hard work. Please get back to me.. I can use all the help I can get.

Thank you

[CT Pixie, BSN, RN]

I don't know of any free CNA courses anymore. When I got my cert back in the mid 80's the LTC facility I got a job in trained me for free..and I got paid by them as I was training!

A couple of weeks ago someone was asking about CNA's pay scale and I did a search NYC CNA's make approx $28,2000 for the median range (24,900 on the low end and $31,800 on the high end) Got that info from salary.com

[Tweety, BSN, RN]

Good luck. Welcome to Allnurses!

[RNsRWe, ASN, RN]

Hi everyone I am 22 years old and I went to school to be a RN but it was so hard that I dropped out. Now I want to be a CNA. I live in Newyork and in the bronx. Does anyone know of any schools that offer free CNA training please do tell. And does anyone know how much CNA makes?? and is it hard work. Please get back to me.. I can use all the help I can get.

Thank you

I'm further upstate and you can't look through the classifieds without seeing FREE TRAINING at pretty much every nursing home out there. Six weeks and you have a cert. But I don't know if that's the case where you are; I'd start by looking through the want ads and seeing what jobs are out there...see if they offer the free training in exchange for an employment contract.

Don't do this if you aren't prepared for some really ugly, nasty dirty smelly HARD work. If you cringe at bodily fluids or prefer desk work to running after call lights, it isn't for you. If you can handle people diplomatically and don't get ruffled easily, it's a good match. If you genuinely like helping people, all the better.

A "nurse's aide" does not stand at the elbow of a nurse and hand her things while she works. A nurse's aide empties bed pans and changes bloody or poopy sheets, helps people to the bathroom, gives baths, takes routine vital signs and assists with whatever is needed, from getting something done the nurse needs to getting something done the patient wants/needs.

Pay will be different in your area than mine; again, look to the want ads, look through facility job lists.

Good luck!