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Explore a Career in Healthcare With a Nurse Aide Certificate

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In five to six weeks, you’ll gain the knowledge and hands-on skills you need to become a Certified Nurse Aide (CNA). 


Your instructors will work closely with you while sharing real-world insights into what to expect on the job. 


You'll gain hands-on nurse aide skills including:

  • Assisting patients with bathing, grooming and dressing
  • Taking vital signs like blood pressure, pulse, height and weight
  • Helping patients with eating and drinking needs

Upon completion, you’ll be ready to sit for the CNA certification exam and find employment with hospitals, home healthcare agencies, and long-term care facilities.

Prepare for certification in six weeks

This program readies you to take the NNAAP Nurse Aide Certification exam administered by the Colorado Board of Nursing.

Aims Nurse Aide students practicing patient care in a lab setting
The Allied Health Building on the Aims Greeley Campus
Aims Nurse Aide students wearings scrubs and practicing feeding techniques in a lab setting
An Aims Nurse Aide instructor helps a student position a patient in a lab setting.
Aims Acute Care Nurse Aide students practicing patient care in a lab

If you’d enjoy working in a fast-paced environment like an acute care hospital setting, after becoming a Certified Nurse Aide, you can go on to earn an Acute Care Nurse Aide Certificate at Aims.

Aims Acute Care Nurse Aide students practicing patient care in a lab

Advance your nurse aide career and fill an in-demand role in a fast-paced acute care hospital setting. Gain 90 additional hours of hands-on nurse aide training and learn acute care skills including sterile techniques, urinary care and cardiovascular monitoring.

An Aims nursing student wearing scrubs

Become a vital part of healthcare teams working with doctors and other staff in hospitals, clinics and long-term care settings. Earn an Associate Degree in Nursing and train to become a certified Registered Nurse (RN). 

Phlebotomy students practicing in a lab setting at Aims Community College

Work with patients or provide medical office support while earning certificates in different disciplines, including phlebotomy and sterile instrument processing. Your Nurse Aide course credits can apply toward this associate degree.