A Shoreline Home Care Aide with an active credential can finish a 40-hour, $800 HCA to CNA bridge in Federal Way in 5 weekdays or about 2.5 weekends, riding the 1 Line from Shoreline with no transfer, then take the $155 exam under route E6.
Shoreline nursing assistant jobs include a state-run 100-bed nursing facility at Fircrest, skilled nursing on NE 145th, the CRISTA campus, and UW Medical Center Northwest minutes south. Indeed lists about $23.93 per hour, approximate.
Shoreline has a WABON-approved nursing assistant certificate at Shoreline Community College and two 1 Line stations. Compare the college's quarter-based course with the 4-week, 108-hour, $1,100 course in Federal Way, one train ride south.