A Mount Vernon Home Care Aide can reach NA-C status through a 40-hour bridge in Federal Way for $800: 5 weekdays or about 2.5 weekends, about 83 miles down I-5, then the $155 two-part exam under DOH route E6.
Mount Vernon CNA jobs center on Skagit Valley Hospital (137 beds), two in-city skilled nursing facilities, senior living, and adult family homes, with Bellingham and Everett hospitals an hour away by bus. Indeed lists about $23.03/hr.
Skagit Valley College's one-quarter, 7-credit nursing assistant certificate is the local option in Mount Vernon. The 4-week, 108-hour course in Federal Way costs $1,100 and is about 83 miles south; here is how the two compare.