Start Your Career as a CNA in Arizona

Working as a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) is a rewarding career that lets you make a real difference in the lives of others. Lifework Education can help you get started in this important field with a program designed to teach you the essential skills to provide a full spectrum of patient care.

 

 

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Programs That Fit Your Schedule

2025 Course Costs

$200 registration fee (secures your seat in class by signing the enrollment agreement)
$50 Technology Fee 
$150 Supply Fee 
$1,400 Tuition ($1,600 with payment plan)

Total Course Cost: $1,800 ($2,000 with payment plan)

Payment plans are available, call us at 480-461-1806.

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Daytime, Evenings or Weekends 

Mesa

Daytime: 4 weeks 
Monday - Friday 8:00 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.

Evening: 6 weeks
Monday - Thursday 5:00 a.m. - 10:00 p.m.

Weekend: 8 weekends 
Saturday & Sunday 8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

 

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Prerequisites:

  • Must be at least 16 years old.
  • Proof of citizenship (Arizona Driver’s License or passport) or legal residency status
  • Pass the CNA Admission Test covering English proficiency, reading comprehension, and math necessary to comprehend the course materials and perform the required duties safely. Dobson, 1833 W. Main St. Suite 131 Mesa, AZ 85201 Mon-Fri 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Appointment only
     

Other requirements — due after class starts: (due in the first 1-2 weeks of class depending on schedule):

  • Release of Liability Form 
  • Negative Tuberculosis (TB) Skin Test, or provide prior TB results within the last 12 months 
  • Negative drug screen (5 panel) and Background check 
  • BLS CPR certification (not included in the course). Discount offered if taken at HeartSavers

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Mesa

1833 W Main St, STE 131

Daytime

2025
Registration now open!

1/6 - 1/31

2/3 - 2/28

3/3 - 3/28

3/31 - 4/25

4/28 - 5/23

6/2 - 6/27

7/7 - 8/1

8/4 - 8/29

9/1 - 9/26

9/29 - 10/24

10/27 - 11/20

11/24 - 12/22

Mesa

1833 W Main St, STE 131

Evening

2025
Registration now open!

1/6 - 2/12

2/17 - 3/26

3/31 - 5/7

5/12 - 6/18

6/23 - 7/30

8/4 - 9/10

9/15 - 10/22

10/27 -  12/11

Mesa

1833 W Main St, STE 131

Weekend

2025
Registration now open!

1/4 - 2/23

3/1 - 4/20

4/26 - 6/22

6/28 - 8/17

8/23 - 10/12

10/18 - 12/14

What Is CNA Training?

CNAs are responsible for basic patient care and nursing support. On a normal day, a CNA may be required to help patients bathe and move around, record vital signs, evaluate care needs, guide patients in daily exercises or schedules, and more. CNA training programs like those available at Lifework Education give students a comprehensive understanding of the roles they'll complete and teach them how to care for patients in a kind and sympathetic manner.

CNA Training Programs for Every Schedule

Plenty of people choose to become CNAs later in life, meaning they already have responsibilities like jobs and families. That's no problem for us — Lifework Education offers a range of CNA certification courses that incorporate in-person and online learning, as well as night and weekend classes so you can learn your way, on your schedule. Explore our current course openings below and find the times and learning modes that will work best for you. 

Why Become a CNA?

People choose Lifework Educations's affordable CNA training for many reasons, including:

  • Job stability: CNAs are in demand nearly everywhere. With your certification, you'll be able to find jobs in hospitals, private practices and nearly any healthcare center of your choosing. You can even become a traveling CNA and reach other goals like traveling and living in certain areas while you fund your life through meaningful work.
  • Career advancement: Even if you are already established in the healthcare field, online CNA classes can help you take your career to the next level. More certifications increase your eligibility for promotions and new roles and may allow you to specialize in the areas of medicine you find most interesting.
  • Personal fulfillment: Like many healthcare jobs, many people who become CNAs find it to be highly fulfilling. As a CNA, you'll get to work with people from all walks of life and help them when they are at their most vulnerable. Once you complete our CNA training program, you can do your part for your community every day and go home knowing you've made a difference in countless lives.

 

Questions to Ask About Your CNA Certification Course

Every CNA program is different, and applicants are encouraged to ask questions about courses to ensure they make the right choice. Some important questions to keep in mind include:

  • Is this program state-approved?
  • Do the program teachers have nursing degrees or other field experience?
  • How long will it take for me to get my CNA certification?
  • What is the average class size?
  • Will the course offer me networking opportunities? Job placement assistance? Testing support?

Want answers from Lifework Education? Call us at 480-461-1806, and our staff will be happy to help you decide on a course.

The Nursing Assistant Program,  approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing, is a 126-hour program comprised of 86 classroom/laboratory hours, and 40 clinical hours. This program will provide students with the theory and skills required to practice as a nursing assistant in long-term care, intermediate care, and acute care settings. 

The curriculum includes classroom/lab/clinical instruction in physiology, psychological, and basic nursing care needs when caring for clients across the lifespan with a primary focus on long-term care. Teaching methods encompass a variety of strategies including hands on practice, didactic, discussion, videos, computer-aided technology, as well as laboratory and clinic based work experience. 

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The Nursing Assistant Program, approved by the Arizona State Board of Nursing, is a 126-hour program comprised of 86 classroom/laboratory hours and 40 clinical hours. This program will provide students with the theory and skills required to practice as a nursing assistant in long-term care, intermediate care and acute care settings. 

The curriculum includes classroom/lab/clinical instruction in physiology, psychological, and basic nursing care needs when caring for clients across the life span with a primary focus on long-term care. Teaching methods encompass a variety of strategies, including hands-on practice, didactic, discussion, videos, computer-aided technology and laboratory and clinic-based work experience. 

Our CNA Programs provide all the core knowledge and skills you'll need, including:

  • Communication, interpersonal skills and documentation
  • Infection control
  • Safety and emergency procedures, including abdominal thrusts for foreign body airway obstruction and cardiopulmonary resuscitation
  • Patient or resident independence
  • Patient or resident rights
  • Recognizing and reporting abuse, mistreatment or neglect to a supervisor
  • Basic nursing assistant skills, including:
    • Taking vital signs, height, and weight using standing, wheelchair and bed scales
    • Maintaining a patient's or resident's environment
    • Observing and reporting pain
    • Assisting with diagnostic tests, including obtaining specimens
    • Providing care for patients or residents with drains and tubes, including catheters and feeding tubes
    • Recognizing and reporting abnormal patient or resident physical, psychological, or mental changes to a supervisor
    • Applying clean bandages
    • Providing peri-operative care
    • Assisting in admitting, transferring, or discharging patients or residents
  • Personal care skills, including: Bathing, skin care and dressing, Oral and denture care, Shampoo and hair care, fingernail care, toileting, perineal, and ostomy care, feeding and hydration, including proper feeding techniques and use of assistive devices in feeding
  • Age-specific, mental health and social service needs, including:
    • Modifying the nursing assistant's behavior in response to patient or resident behavior
    • Demonstrating an awareness of the developmental tasks and physiologic changes associated with the aging process
    • Responding to patient or resident behavior,
    • Allowing the resident or patient to make personal choices and providing and reinforcing other behavior consistent with the individual’s dignity
    • Providing culturally sensitive care
    • Caring for the dying patient or resident
    • Using the patient's or resident's family as a source of emotional support for the resident or patient
  • Care of the cognitively impaired patient or resident, including:
    • Understanding and addressing the unique needs and behaviors of patients or residents with dementia or other cognitive impairment. 
    • Communicating with cognitively impaired patients or residents. 
    • Reducing the effects of cognitive impairment. 
    • Appropriate responses to the behavior of cognitively impaired individuals.
  • Skills for basic restorative services, including: Body mechanics; resident self-care; assistive devices used in transferring, ambulating and dressing; range of motion exercises; bowel and bladder training; care and use of prosthetic and orthotic devices; and turning and positioning a resident in bed, transferring a resident between bed and chair and positioning a resident in a chair.

Learn more about being a CNA

The position of certified nursing assistant, commonly referred to with the acronym of CNA, assists patients with important healthcare needs. This individual serves as a liaison between patients and Licensed Practical Nurses or Registered Nurses. CNAs work in a wide variety of facilities, ranging from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities, home care settings, adult daycare centers, assisted living facilities, hospices and beyond.

If you are interested in becoming a CNA, Lifework can help you obtain a certification with our informative medical courses.  This line of work is perfect for those who are interested in helping others. CNAs do much more than provide care to patients. They also relay important information between patients and other nurses and vice versa. Become a CNA and you will dramatically improve patients’ quality of life, confidence, happiness, and well-being. You will enjoy daily contact with patients, help them with serious medical needs, and enjoy a lucrative and rewarding career.

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Approvals

Lifework Education is proud to offer our proprietary CPR and First Aid certification courses. We are also a national partner and Licensed Training Provider with the American Red Cross (ARC) and operate several American Heart Association (AHA) and Health and Safety Institute (HSI) Training Centers. All resuscitation courses follow the guidelines published by the International Liaison Committee on Resuscitation (ILCOR).

We offer several professional training programs, including EMT, CNA, Caregiver, and phlebotomy, all of which are approved by the relevant state agencies. Currently, only the paramedic program is included under the ABHES grant of accreditation.

Lifework Education’s paramedic program is accredited by CAAHEP under the recommendation of CoAEMSP and institutionally accredited in Peoria, Arizona, by the Accrediting Bureau of Health Education Schools (ABHES).

Find Affordable CNA Training at Lifework Education

The position of certified nursing assistant, commonly referred to with the acronym of CNA, assists patients with important healthcare needs. This individual serves as a liaison between patients and Licensed Practical Nurses or Registered Nurses. CNAs work in a wide variety of facilities, ranging from hospitals to skilled nursing facilities, home care settings, adult daycare centers, assisted living facilities, hospices and beyond.

If you are interested in becoming a CNA, Lifework Education can help you obtain a certification with our informative medical courses. This line of work is perfect for those who are interested in helping others. CNAs do much more than provide care to patients. They also relay important information between patients and other nurses and vice versa. Become a CNA, and you will dramatically improve patients’ quality of life, confidence, happiness and well-being. You will enjoy daily contact with patients, help them with serious medical needs and enjoy a lucrative and rewarding career.

Enroll in a course with Lifework Education today!