An Edmonds Home Care Aide with an active credential can finish a 40-hour HCA to CNA bridge for $800 in one weekday week or about 2.5 weekends in Federal Way, then sit the same $155 two-part NA-C exam under DOH route E6.
Edmonds nursing assistant jobs center on Swedish Edmonds, a 217-bed Level IV trauma hospital, plus post-acute facilities near it, senior living, and adult family homes. Indeed lists about $23.57 per hour from a small sample, approximate.
Edmonds College runs an 8-credit, one-quarter nurse assistant certificate with a published cost near $1,670. The alternative is a 4-week, 108-hour, $1,100 course in Federal Way reached by Community Transit and one 1 Line ride.