Kirkland Home Care Aides with an active credential can skip the 108-hour course and finish a 40-hour HCA to CNA bridge in 5 weekdays or about 2.5 weekends for $800 tuition, then take the same $155 state exam.
Where nursing assistants work in Kirkland: the EvergreenHealth campus in Totem Lake, skilled nursing and assisted living around it, adult family homes, and Seattle hospitals by Metro 255. Kirkland postings average about $23.73 per hour.
Kirkland residents choosing a CNA class can compare a public technical college in Totem Lake, facility-based programs, and a 4-week, 108-hour course in Federal Way reached by Metro 255 and the 1 Line or by I-405 and I-5.