CNA Schools in Mississippi

CNA Training Programs in Mississippi

When choosing a Certified Nursing Assistant Program to attend in Mississippi, you're going to want to carefully pick the one that works the best for you, as there are many, many options.

If you want the more standard academic environment, or if you're hoping to become an LPN or RN at some point, you should probably choose a program sponsored by a college, the American Red Cross, or an online CNA training program. If you're looking for more of an emphasis on work experience, or hoping to line up a job right away, you might consider finding a program offered by a nursing home or hospital, as they tend to try and retain the best and brightest students.

Regardless of where you eventually begin working, you should be aware that in Mississippi there are a lot of opportunities for CNA's to be reimbursed- for their education, for their training, for the exam they need to take, and for their continuing education. Government aid programs and grants, as well as initiatives sponsored by some employers, may allow you to defray, or wholly subside, a large part of the costs incurred by training to become a CNA.

When you enroll in a Mississippi CNA training program, you can expect the curriculum to more or less follow this pretty standard guideline:  About 40% of the time spent in class, learning about the legal issues that might come up, and how to care for and deal with patients in varying degrees of health- and about 60% of the time spent interning and working closely with experienced CNA's and Registered Nurses.

Continuing Education in Mississippi

In order to maintain your status as a CNA, you are required to complete 12 hours of continuing education every year. You'll need to maintain your own records of what you've completed, along with the names of your instructors or program facilitators.

What qualifies as continuing education is pretty expansive at the CNA level. While you'll want to check over the requirements yourself when you get to this point in your career, and make sure you get credit for everything, there are all sorts of activities you can do to earn you hours- self study, either online or out of a book, a class or short lesson put on by a governmental or recognized medical agency, even in some cases peer teaching supervision.

Through either online or campus based programs, aspiring C.N.A.s in Jackson, West Gulfport, Gulfport, Biloxi and Hattiesburg, Mississippi may be able to prepare themselves for the possibility of employment in some of the largest hospitals and healthcare facilities in the state including the Tupelo Hospital, North Mississippi Medical Center, Baptist Memorial Hospital and University of Mississippi Medical Center.