Becoming a CNA.....?

Question

I would like to become a CNA. I just turned 16 and I would really like to work as a nurse when i'm older. My mom is a nurse now and she said that I could get a job where she works. How long does it usally take to become a CNA? Will the class be hard to do since i'm still in school?

Answer 1

Hi hi hi and hi. :D

I actually have my Certified Nursing Assistant's degree, and I am 18.

I am not planning to pursue a career in nursing OR the medical field, but it was a program in my high school that we had so i decided to get the degree simultaneously while going to high school. So this leads up to the answer(s) to your question:

1) Check with your counselor to see if you have any kind of CNA program inside of your high school or in a high school close to you. If they don't, they should still be able to refer you to wherever you need to go to get the degree.

2) Specialty schools, the kind where you can get specific degrees (Cna, Lvn, Rna, etc.)

The CNA course is not difficult what-so-ever. I was in a class with about 80 other people, and I finished with the highest grade. You will have a lot of training in the actual hospital(210 hours if i remember right) or vocational centers, and as long as you genuinely enjoy helping people, it will be a BREEZE. Heck, it was even fun!

And something slightly irrelevant, but something i still feel i should tell you: Be careful of the nursing field!!!!!

1)You will work as hard as a doctor does to get their degree (have to go through pre-med, etc.)

2) You will be looked at as less by the doctors, talked down to (You can even ask your mom if you don't believe me on this).

3) You will be doing 24 or even 36 hour shifts sometimes, depending on when they need you!

4) You won't get paid that much!

But nothing wrong with being a nurse, just forewarning you with the down sides of being a nurse to help you make a better pick of what to do with your career-life!

After all, we NEED nurses, so can't really tell everyone not to be one.

Anyway, I wish you nothing but the best financially and emotionally in your decision and in where you end up!

Good luck,

QuestionMark.

Answer 2

Education varied from on-the job training to state approved certification.

According to OBRA, every state must provide nursing assistant programs that contain at least 75 hours of instruction.

State are permitted to increase the number of hours. Today state minimum requirements for nursing assistant training vary between 75 and 150 hours. Some programs are much longer.