The most recent certified nursing assistant classes that you can enroll in within the city of Algona, Iowa are detailed on this page. Call the training facility phone number to get enrollment information, certification requirements, tuition fees, or classroom schedules.

Iowa Lakes Community College
2111 Highway 169 North,
Algona, IA 50511
(515) 295-9455
http://www.iowalakes.edu/

Before you are allowed to work in a healthcare facility as a nursing assistant, you must be able to comply with the requirements of the state. The most basic requirement that you must be able to meet is the completion of a CNA training program. It is very important that when you handle any patient, you should know what you are doing and training will provide you with hands-on skills practice. You can only finish the program if you have at least 30 hours of clinical experience and a total of 75 hours of instruction in nurse aide skills. If you enroll in a state-approved program and complete it, you will become eligible to apply for the license exams.

By passing the license exams, your name will automatically be entered in the state’s Nurse Aide Registry. The state does not allow any nursing assistant to practice in any healthcare facility if their name is not in the registry. To get your name entered, you have to pass both the written and the skills evaluation, which will be done in front of a nurse aide evaluator. Once your name is in the registry, you will need to maintain that status in order to be eligible to work in the state. It will only be removed there if you have failed to work for at least 8 hours with pay within 24 consecutive months.

Algona is the county seat of Kossuth County. It was founded back in 1854 by the brothers, Asa and Ambrose Call. The name of the city was taken from their word for “Algonquin waters”. According to the last census that was taken in the area, their total population was around 5,741 people. It had population density of 1,279.4/sq miles. The total area of this city is estimated to be around 4.5 sq miles, where all of it is land.

Examples of health care centers and providers that you can find serving this city include Kossuth Regional Health Center Clinics, Kossuth Regional Health Center, Richard Stephen D Doctor of Osteopathi, Venteicher Rachel DO, North Central IA Mental Health Center, Upper Des Moines Counseling Inc., Davis Mark Certified Physicians, and Girling Health Care. photo attribution: iubmedicalsciences