Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Social and Health Services has the responsibility to regulate and manage CNA training and the practice of Certified Nurse Assistants in Washington. Theses agencies oversee that listed and employed CNAs have successfully met the provisions of state and federal agencies to complete certified nurse aide training programs and passed the state approved Certification test. It is also their duty to regulate the working of certified nurse assistants and check that they follow the regulations set forth by these agencies in the facilities. DOH and DSHS have also set certain guidelines, provisions and conditions for Certified Nurse Aide programs offered by schools and colleges in Washington.

Different schools and colleges in WA have their own program and completion duration but all must state approved minimum training period of 80 hours, which consist of classroom instructions and clinical trainings.

The CNA Classes in Pasco County, which include both classroom and clinical hand-on training, consist of below given subjects, which are essential for competent nursing care to ailing bed side patients:

1. Basic nursing skills
2. Personal cares skills
3. General nursing skills
4. Basic Restorative Care
5. Safety techniques and Patients’ Rights
6. Mental health
7. Use of medical terminology
8. Communication and interpersonal skills
9. Patient care and Infection Control
10. Basic emergency care
11. Counting, recording and measuring of Vital signs
12. Nutrition Anatomy, and CPR
13. Additional skills

The clinical training can be obtained by working with patients in a long-term care facility or nursing home under the supervision of licensed educator.

The completion of a training program allows a student to sit for the state approved certification test of DSHS and administered by Pearson VUE in different locations. Pearson VUE also provides the scoring for the both written and skill demonstration test. The successful clearing of exam gets a student registered with state Nurse Aide Registry, once the Washington Department of Health (DOH) and the Department of Social and Health Services are satisfied with the qualities of CNA to serve the ailing patients in these health care facilities.

List of CNA Classes in Pasco County:

Pasco-Hernando Community College is serving students near Pasco city and Hernando County.

Nurse Aide Programs in Franklin County

Columbia Basin College CNA Training Course – Pasco
2600 North 20th Ave., Pasco, Washington 99301
Phone: (509) 544-8300

Avalon Health Care Inc. – Pasco
2004 North 22nd Street, Pasco, WA 98301
Phone: (509) 547-8811