Earn while You Pursue CNA Programs in Iowa

Aug. 18, 2011 - PRLog -- The nursing site will inform you that you will get early earning opportunities in Iowa, as state allows you pursuing CNA Programs even during your school days, when you are completing your high school diploma. The health care facilities in the state also do not require you to posses a high school diploma or GED for getting employed. But, it is also true that the rapid advancement in the health care field make it necessary for the hospitals, nursing homes and long term care facilities to seek nurse aides who are fully equipped to provide safe and competent direct patient cares, and they must be certified to offer such cares.

The state also follows the OBRA-87 requirement that require the nurse aides working in the health care facilities and as a home health aide must complete Iowa Nurse Aide Training and Competency Evaluation Programs (NATCEPs) or Competency Evaluation Programs (CEP). They must earn state CNA Certification before they are actually allowed to work in these facilities.  

http://www.allnursingprograms.org/cna-programs/cna-progra...  will also inform you that the CNA Programs in Iowa comprises of OBRA required total 75 hours of training, which is divided as 16 hours minimum classroom instruction before lab or clinical training. The clinical portion of the hands-on experience must continue for 30 hours and rest of the training hours are divided between the classroom and lab training. The clinical part of the training must be completed under the direct supervision of a RN/LPN on actual patients in the long term care facilities or certified facilities.

You will also come to know that the completion of the training will allow you to sit for the state Certification exam, consisting of two independent components of Written/Oral Test and Skill Test. The theoretical and skill test questions are based on the skills and courses offered during the nurse aide trainings.  

The passing of the both components of the competency evaluation test awards the CNA certification and listing with the Iowa Nurse Aide Registry, which also provide you the legal permission to work in various health care facilities.

The online nursing site not only guide you on the IA CNA program but also informs you on the Nurse Aide practice Test, CNA Jobs and salary, free classes, further career opportunities with continuing education and also about various graduate and undergraduate degree programs offered throughout the United states of America.