Keep in mind that a good CNA training program should applaud your interests and enthusiasm and will work with you in terms of a payment plan to help you achieve your goals. A good CNA training program will also provide assistance in helping you find employment, either directly or via a "jobs listing board" that is maintained by the program. Many CNA training programs have arrangements with the LTCF so that the top graduates are hired almost immediately. Remember...in most states, a graduate of a CNA program can begin working as a nurse aide immediately as long as they take the State Exams within 120 days of accepting the job. During this interim period, they work as a "nurse aide" but can not call themselves a "Certified Nurse Aide" (CNA) until they take and pass the State Exams and the Board of Nursing grants their "certification".