What do you have to do to become a CNA?

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I am a pre-nursing student and I am thinking about becoming a CNA. What do I need to do?

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Find a school or facility that offers a CNA course. My school (a small private health sciences school) offers it so I took it there. Community colleges offer them, too.

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[COLOR=#003366]RunnerRN2b2014- Ok. Do you know how long it takes?

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Depends. Mine was once a week all day for 14 weeks (10 classes and 4 clinical days). Other classes met 2 evenings a week for 14 weeks while 1 class met M-Th all day and were done in a few weeks. I know there are "one day CNA" courses out there as well but my school doesn't accept those for their nursing school requirement. Does your nursing school require you to take a CNA course before you start classes? Some schools don't have any requirement, some require a certified course, while other schools just care if you're on the state registry.

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[COLOR=#003366]RunnerRN2b2014- No. My nursing school doesn't require you have a CNA course or be a CNA. I just need a job and figured why not try CNA since I am going to be a nurse in 4 years anyway.

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Specializes in Case mgmt., rehab, (CRRN), LTC & psych.
I am a pre-nursing student and I am thinking about becoming a CNA. What do I need to do?
Click on the website link below to read an article that I previously wrote about how to become a CNA. Good luck with your future endeavors!

https://allnurses.com/cna-ma-nursing/how-become-certified-748527.html

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my class was 6 weeks m-f 4p-9p the first three weeks was book work and the last three were clinicals but the class was so big that half went up stairs and the other half practice skills down stairs in the class room then it switched everyday.

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My class was 4 weeks. First two in class 7am-2:30pm, last two clinicals 6:30am-2pm. We started with 15 in the class, finished with 8.

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My class was 4 weeks. First two in class 7am-2:30pm, last two clinicals 6:30am-2pm. 8.

My CNA class was just like this.

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