Palmdale is the largest “desert city” in California and one of the 25 fastest growing cities in the United States. The city holds a family-oriented community with a high quality of life, which necessitate quality nursing care to its fast growing population. Palmdale Regional Medical Center is a first class medical facility, which includes an emergency department, a helipad, medical office towers, and a senior housing complex.

CNAs in and aroundPalmdale CA  has numerous job opportunities in different health care facilities but the quality of the CNA training must be of high standard to  get recruited in these reputed facilities.

Palmdale also follows the provisions as required by California state and OBRA-87 to offer nurse aide training programs to aspiring nursing students. The training program must be approved by ATCS and consist of 50 hours classroom instructions and 100 hours of clinical hands-on training. The classroom and clinical component of training is based on competent nursing care necessities of everyday patients.

Training components must utilize basic and personal nursing skills, proper infection control standards, medical terminology, counting and measuring vital signs, preparing simple dressing, and overall patient hygiene and other patient related training. CNA program cost is approximately $600 to $1000, depending upon the training providing institute and includes costs of uniform, text books and so on.
The completion of trainings allows a student to sit for the state Certification test, regulated and managed by California Department of Public Health’s Aide and Technician Certification Section (ATCS), CNA/HHA/CHT Certification Unit. ATCS also has the responsibility to approve CNA programs offered through schools, community and vocational colleges, adult education programs, long term care units and technical institutes.
Therefore, it becomes necessary for the aspiring students to get enroll in programs, which are duly approved by ATCS. Obtaining certification by completing approved programs and passing competency evaluation test, allows them to get listed in state Nurse Aide Registry and legal working permission in different reputed facilities in and around Palmdale.