Career Pathway Certificate: Certified Nurse Aide (CNA) – Hybrid/Peosta – Starts February 25th

Job Overview

*Note:  CNA Classes are offered monthly.

Learn basic nursing, personal care and communication skills, and gain an understanding of patient rights with an emphasis in mental, physical and social health of geriatric and special populations. Online and classroom learning is supplemented with hands-on lab and off-site clinical experiences. Credits from this program could apply to the Northeast Iowa Community College Nursing program.

This State of Iowa approved class is the first step toward a career helping others in healthcare settings. It prepares students for employment as a nurse aide and may be a prerequisite for admission into nursing programs. The fast-paced combination of classroom, hands-on lab and off-site clinical experience addresses basic nursing and personal care skills, patient rights and communication. Special attention to mental, physical and social health of geriatric and special populations is included. Students must pass a background check that includes criminal, adult/child abuse and sex offender status prior to clinical experience. Documentation of the following must be submitted a minimum of one week prior to your clinical start date: Influenza (Flu) Vaccine, Baseline Tuberculosis (TB) Screening and a COVID-19 Vaccine or a student declination form for the Covid-19 vaccine.