Nursing Aide Training Programs
The Nurse Aide Training Program is offered with two options, non-credit or credit. Both programs are state-approved 150-hour courses combining lecture, lab, and clinical experience to prepare entry-level students in learning basic nursing care for the elderly, the ill, and the disabled in long-term care, sub-acute, and home health settings. Students completing the training successfully will be eligible to sit for the certification exam to become certified nurse aides (CNAs).
All students will need to have current CPR and First Aid certifications and student liability insurance prior to enrollment. Other health documents and immunizations, COVID vaccinations, criminal background check, and other requirements will be requested prior to beginning their clinical experience.
Certified Nurse Aide Training Program
Non-Credit Program
- Hybrid (Online and in-person)
- No college credits are provided
- Taught by Prometric approved instructor in the continuing education department
Learn more about Health Education Non-Credit: Nurse Aide Training
Long-Term Nurse Aide Training Program
Credit Program
- 6 credit course
- In-person
- Must apply or be a continuing student of the UH-System
- Taught by Prometric approved instructor in the nursing department
Contact Information
For non-credit program
HENC Program Coordinator: Martin Chong, martincs@hawaii.edu
For credit program
Nursing Department: kapnurs@hawaii.edu,
(808) 734-9305
Similarities
Between non-credit vs credit nurse aide program
- Both programs are 150 hours of contact time
- Both programs mirror each other content wise
- Both programs are broken down into theory, lab, and clinical
- Both programs lead to a certificate of competency
- Both non-credit and credit students who successfully qualify for Good Jobs Hawai‘i will have their program fees subsidized
- Successful completion of either program qualifies a student to sit for the state certification test