CNA Training in Colorado

While searching for the best schools offering certified nursing aides courses, the most common names which one would come across are Front Range Community College and Pueblo Community College. The Colorado’s board of nursing serves to regulate all the aspects regarding CNA such as trainings, exam, certification and licensure. People who wish to work for a short-term period go for certification and recertification. Those who wish to pursue nursing career for a long-term period go for licensure so that they get the recognition for working throughout the state. 

The state and federal law mandates an approved certified nursing aide program to be comprised of a total of 175 hours. The first 75 hours include in class sessions; while next 100 hours include practical sessions in clinical environment. The classroom session tends to cover all the technical or theoretical syllabus of the course and the practical session covers the practice of clinical tasks by the students. They involve basic safety and hygiene, infection control, patient care, feeding and medication, preparing simple dressing, relocation of patients, bed making, providing with bed pan, bathing and grooming the patients, taking vital signs, maintaining health charts, reporting patients’ health updates to the doctors and registered nurses, etc. The students also learn to communicate both orally and written. They have to later serve as communicators between the patients and doctors. They also need to keep health charts and reports in precisely written format.

These are the free of cost training programs for CNAs in Colorado, which are recognized by WIA:

• St. Vincent Hospital
  Address: – 822, West 4th Street, Leadville, CO-80461
  Contact Number: (719) 486-0230
  Official Website: svghd.org

• Front Range Community Boulder
  Contact Number: (303) 404-5000
  Address: – 3645, West 112th Avenue, Westminster, CO-80031
  Fax: (303) 466-1623
  Official Website: frontrange.edu

• Columbine Health Systems
  Contact Number: (970) 492-6238, (970) 494-6462
  Address: – 802, West Drake Road, Suite 145, Fort Collins, CO-80526
  Fax: (970) 492-6206
  Email ID: [email protected]
  Official Website: columbinehealth.com

• CNA Training Center, llc.
  Address: – 2845, North 15th street, Grand Junction, CO-81506
  Contact Number: – (970) 245-0022
  Fax: (970) 245-0044

• Front Range-Nurse Aide Training Program
  Contact Number: – (719) 227-7209
  Address: – 7870, North Academy Boulevard, Colorado Springs, CO-80920
  Official Website: nursenancy.org
  Email Id: [email protected]
  Here are some of the Nursing homes of Colorado that might provide you CNA training for free:

• Camellia Care Center
  Address: – 500, Geneva Street, Aurora, Colorado- 80010
  Contact Number: – (303) 364-9311
  Fax: (303) 367-4639

• Canon Lodge Care Center
  Contact Number: – (719) 275-4106
  Address: – 905, Harding Avenue, Canon City, Colorado- 81212
  Fax: (719) 275-2895

• Castle Rock Care Center
  Address: – 4001, Home Street, Castle Rock, Colorado- 80104
  Contact Number: – (303) 688-3174
  Fax: (303) 688-8051

• Cedardale Health Care Center
  Address: – 720, Clay Street, Wray, Colorado- 80758
  Contact Number: – (970) 332-5375
  Fax: (970) 332-4383, 001 (912) 871-7110

• Cedars Health Care Center
  Address: – 1599, Ingalls Street, Lakewood, Colorado- 80214
  Contact Number: – (303) 232-3551
  Fax: (303) 233-8992
  Official Website: cedarshealthcarecenter.com

• Cheyenne Manor
  Contact Number: – (719) 767-5602
  Address: – 561, West 1st North, PO Box Number-938, Cheyenne Wells, Colorado- 80810
  Fax:  (719) 767-5999 
  E-mail ID: [email protected] 

• Cheyenne Mountain Care Center
  Contact Number: – (719) 576-8380
  Address: – 835, Tenderfoot Hill Road, Colorado Springs, Colorado- 80906 

• Christian Living Campus-Johnson Center
  Contact Number: – (303) 779-5000
  Address: – 5000, East Arapahoe Road, Centennial, Colorado- 80122
  Fax: (303) 779-1570

• Christian Living Campus-University Hil
  Address: – 2480, South Clermont Street, Denver, Colorado- 80222
  Contact Number: – (303) 758-4528

• Four Corners Health Care Center
  Address: – 2911, Junction Street, Durango, Colorado- 81301
  Contact Number: – (970) 247 2215
  Fax: (970) 259-6534
  Official Website: fourcornershealth.com

• Fowler Health Care Center
  Contact Number: – (719) 263-4234
  Address: – 221, 2nd Street, P.O. Box No- 398, Fowler, Colorado-81039 

• Frasier Meadows Manor
  Contact Number: – (303) 499-8412
  Address: – 4950, Thunderbird Drive, Boulder, Colorado- 80303 

• Garden Of The Gods Care Center
  Contact Number: – 719-203-1528, (719) 635-2569
  Address: – 104, Lois Lane, Colorado Springs, Colorado- 80904
  Official Website: ggcarecenter.com 

• Garden Terrace Alzheimer’s Center Of E
  Contact Number: – (303) 750-8418
  Address: – 1600, South Potomac Street, Aurora, Colorado- 80012
  Fax: (303) 750-0021
  Official Website: gardenterraceaurora.com 

• Mountain Meadows Nursing Center
  Contact Number: – (719) 852-5138
  Address: – 2277, East Drive, Monte Vista, Colorado- 81144
  Fax: (719) 852-5333

• Mountain View Care Center
  Address: – 2612, West Cucharras Street, Colorado Springs, Colorado- 80904
  Contact Number: – (719) 632-7474, (719) 359-9384
  Fax: (505) 856-3548
  Official Website: mountainviewcarecenter.com

• Mountain Vista Health Center
  Contact Number: – (303) 421-4161
  Address: – 4800, Tabor Street, Wheat Ridge, Colorado- 80033
  Fax: (303) 424-6152

• Mullen Home/Little Sisters Of The Poor
  Address: – 3629, West 29th Avenue, Denver, Colorado- 80211
  Contact Number: – (303) 433-7221
  Fax: 303-455-9184
  Official Website: littlesistersofthepoordenver.org

• North Colorado Medical Center, T C U
  Contact Number: – (970) 350-6544
  Address: – 1801, 16th Street, Greeley, Colorado- 80631

• Sharmar Village Care Center
  Contact Number: – (719) 544-1173
  Address: – 1201, West Abriendo Avenue, Pueblo, Colorado- 81004
  Official Website: chateauatsharmar.com

•  Sierra Vista Healthcare Center
  Address: – 821, Duffield Court, Loveland, Colorado-80537
  Contact Number: – (970) 669-0345, (888) 429-2875
  Fax: (970) 667-4238

• Simla Good Samaritan Center
  Contact Number: – (719) 541-2269
  Address: – 320, Pueblo Avenue, Simla, Colorado- 80835
  Fax: (719) 541-2950

• Skyline Ridge
  Contact Number: – (719) 275-0665
  Address: – 515, Fairview Street, Canon City, Colorado- 81212
  Fax: 719-275-6225
  Official Website: skylineridgenursingandrehabilitation.com

The state exam for certified nursing assistant must be taken through Pearson Vue. This exam can be taken only after the completion of the certified nursing aide classes. The exam tests the candidates in 2 ways, to solve a specific number of multiple choice questions based upon theory or technical syllabus. The other part of the exam tests the practical talent of the candidates. It asks the students to perform any 5 random clinical tasks under the supervision of course instructors and registered nurses (RNs). Once the candidates get through this exam, they become eligible to get the certification for the same. After following the desired procedure, they can also get their license. However, the certificate and license of CNA have to be renewed and verified at every regular time interval in order to prevent its deactivation and expiry.

• High school diploma or GED (general educational development) test passing proof
• Completion of a certified nursing assistant course work
• The latest immunization proof
• Current background check proof
• Negative TB test proof
• General medical fitness proof by a doctor
• A photo-identification proof
• 2 fingerprint cards
• 2 passport size photographs

There is a high demand for nurses in the state. This is due to the constantly increasing need of medical care and attention. Hence in order to bridge the gap between the health care service providers and the available graduates, there are so many offline as well as online courses offered by this state. Like in-campus programs, CNA online programs also prepare highly skilled, competent and efficient nursing professionals through their quality syllabus and other amenities provided online. Almost all the CNA trainings in this state are considered to be of the best quality throughout the country.

The nurse aide registry of Colorado keeps record of the status and background check of all the registered nursing professionals in the state. The active or inactive status of a candidate signifies the working or non-working condition in the professional sense. This helps the employers while they are looking for qualified workers at their facilities.

Taking the training course in Colorado is one of the best decisions of the students who wish to pursue a long-term career in nursing, because the training programs are among the topmost programs in the country.