by Lauren Kuczka
Marketing and Community Relations
Boundary Community Hospital
Boundary Community Hospital and North Idaho
College announced the graduation of the winter
semester Certified Nursing Assistant class.
In affiliation with North Idaho College,
Boundary Community Hospital provides classes to
earn a State of Idaho certification as a
Certified Nursing Assistant four times a year.
The course consists of 120 hours of instruction:
which includes 80 hours in the classroom and 40
hours of clinical experience. At the end of the
120 hours of training, the student will take a
certification examination at the North Idaho
Workforce Training Center in Post Falls, Idaho.
When certified, the Nursing Assistant can work
throughout the State of Idaho and
within those states that have a reciprocity
agreement with the State of Idaho.
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CNA training can begin as early as age 16 with
no maximum age limit. A high school or college
diploma is not a prerequisite for either the
training or the
certification. Graduates are work-ready.
Spring semester will start on March 27. For more
information about the Certified Nursing
Assistants Program at Boundary Community
Hospital, please contact Tracey Maas, R.N. at
tracey.m@bcch.org or call (208) 267-3141 ext
4312.
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