Bremerton Home Care Aides with an active credential can bridge to NA-C in 40 hours for $800 at Huduma CNA Programs in Federal Way, five weekdays or about 2.5 weekends, crossing the Narrows or the Sound about five times.
Bremerton nursing assistants work at St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale, the 240-resident Washington Veterans Home at Retsil, three skilled nursing facilities in town, or Seattle hospitals by ferry. Local pay averages about $21.53/hr.
Bremerton has Olympic College's one-quarter nursing assistant program on campus; the 4-week, $1,100 course in Federal Way is about 45 miles by SR 16 or a ferry plus the 1 Line. Compare calendar, total cost, and commute.