Certified Nursing Assistant Schools in West Palm Beach, Florida

Certified nursing assistants are known as CNAs. CNAs carry out basic nursing duties under the direction of doctors and nurses. Duties often include taking vital signs, handling telephone calls, cleaning up after patients and helping patients clean, eat and take medications. Common places of employment include nursing homes, home health agencies, physician offices and hospitals. In West Palm Beach, Florida, CNA programs are found at two-year colleges and technical/vocational schools. According to Indeed.com, the average yearly salary as of 2010 for CNAs in West Palm Beach, Florida is $26,000.
  1. Palm Beach State College

    • Palm Beach State College, Florida’s first public two-year college, is located just minutes south of West Palm Beach in Lake Worth, Florida. PBSC is accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools. PBSC's CNA program is formally named the Patient Care Assistant program and is designed to have multiple career options. Graduates will receive certificates in nursing assisting, home health aide and patient care assisting and will qualify to take the Florida Certification Exam for Nursing Assistants. Coursework includes health care concepts, nurse assisting, home health and patient care. This is a three-and-a-half month program available to students in daytime and evening hours and is accredited by the Florida Board of Nursing. For more information contact:

      Palm Beach State College

      4200 Congress Avenue

      Lake Worth, FL 33461

      561-868-3350

      palmbeachstate.edu

    Palm Beach Vocational Institute

    • Palm Beach Vocational Institute is an independent, private vocational school that specializes in health care job training. The school is located in Lantata, Florida, just minutes south of West Palm Beach and is licensed by the Commission For Independent Education. The CNA program at PBVI is a four-to-six-week program that is available in the daytime (four weeks) and evening (six weeks). The program includes 150 hours of coursework in laboratory and classroom settings in addition to clinical experience at an acute or long-term care facility. Graduates will be eligible to sit for the state Certified Nursing Assistant examination.

      Palm Beach Vocational Institute

      6152 South Congress Avenue

      Lantana, FL 33462-2320

      561-966-0551

      pbvinstitute.com

    Paramount Training Services

    • Paramount Training Services is an independent instructional school located in north West Palm Beach, Florida. PTS's CNA program prepares students to take the Florida State CNA certification test. In this 30-hour program, licensed instructors go over material that may be presented on the written portion of the CNA test. Students are also taught all 21 clinical skills required for licensed CNAs in Florida. Upon learning these skills, students are given documentation of completion at the end of the course and are prepared to take state examination to become a licensed CNA. The center is an approved on-site testing facility so students who complete this program will be able to take the CNA certification at the same place they trained.

      Paramount Training Services

      4152 Blue Heron Blvd W

      West Palm Beach, FL 33404-4811

      561-840-8804

      www.fastcna.com

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