Certified Nursing Assistant
Compassion in Action, Skills in Care: Start Your Journey with AMG's Certified Nursing
Assistant Program!
Comprehensive Training
The Certified Nursing Assistant program is designed to prepare students to function in the traditional nursing assistant role in nursing centers, hospitals, and home care agencies. AMG believes that an ethical, legal, and imperative obligation exists to provide students with the necessary education and training for safe, effective, and sensitive functioning as nursing assistants. Focusing on the nursing assistant's skills and functions, safety, and the psychosocial approach to patient and resident care, the program emphasizes the needs of individuals across the lifespan, from infancy through old age. The Certified Nursing Assistant program offered by AMG aligns with its mission “to improve the quality of life of all students through education and occupational training in a community that fosters lifelong learning.”
About Our Certified Nursing Assistant Program
AMG believes that ethical, legal, and imperative obligations exist to provide students with the necessary education and training for safe, effective, and sensitive functioning as nursing assistants. Focusing on the nursing assistant's skills and functions, safety, and psycho-social approach to patient and resident care, the program emphasizes the needs of individuals across the life span, from old age.
The Certified Nursing Assistant program offered by AMG aligns with its mission “to improve the quality of life of all students through educational and occupational training in a community that fosters lifelong learning.”
Career Outlook
Overall employment of nursing assistants and orderlies is projected to grow 4 percent from 2022 to 2032, about as fast as the average for all occupations. The median annual wage for nursing assistants was $35,760 in May 2022. The median annual wage for orderlies was $34,520 in May 2022. Approximately 209,400 openings for nursing assistants and orderlies are projected annually over the decade. Many of those openings are expected to result from replacing workers who transfer to different occupations or exiting the labor force, such as to retire. Bureau
Program Length
The length of the program is 5-6 weeks, a total of 90 hours.
Classes are Monday to Thursday
9:00 am to 3:00 pm (morning)
5:00 pm to 10:00 pm (evening)
Office Hours
Monday to Friday
9:00 am to 5:00 pm
MINIMUM ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS
No High School diploma is necessary.