Yakima Home Care Aides can finish a 40-hour HCA to CNA bridge in one weekday week or about 2.5 weekends for $800 in Federal Way, then sit the $155 NA-C exam under route E6. Here is how the 145-mile trip fits.
Yakima nursing assistants work at the 238-bed MultiCare Yakima Memorial Hospital, six skilled nursing facilities in the city, Astria hospitals in Toppenish and Sunnyside, and adult family homes. Local pay averages about $20 per hour.
Yakima students have Yakima Valley College's 10-week nursing assistant certificate in town; the 4-week, $1,100 course in Federal Way is about 150 miles away and fits best as a stay-over weekday cohort or the 5-day HCA bridge.