The state licensed nurse aide programs in Carbondale that are approved for enrollment in Colorado are shown to you on this page. If you have any questions about the certified nursing assistant classes that are being offered, class schedules, or tuition rates, please call the number provided.

Heritage Park Care Center
1200 Village Rd
Carbondale, CO 81623
(970)-963-1500

Your first task in becoming a nurse aide is choosing a training program that you will enroll in. The program should be approved by the state. You can find that the training programs in Colorado are being offered by community colleges, high schools, and other institutions like healthcare facilities. The state requires that the training programs should be composed of at least 80 hours in both classroom lectures and nursing skills training.

As a nursing assistant student, you will be trained in the different basic nursing skills like catheter care, proper hand washing, application of knee-high stockings, assisting with the use of bedpans, vital signs taking, dressing of a week arm, assisting patients who cannot feed themselves, bed making, and other skills that will be used in taking care of the patients. If you want a list of the nursing skills that will be covered in the NNAAP exams, you can visit the Pearson VUE website at www.pearsonvue.com.

This is a Home Rule Municipality that is in Garfield County. As of the 2000 census, their last known population was at 5,196. It has a total area of 2 sq miles with a population density of 2,598/sq mile. You can find this town located near the Roaring Fork River.

Examples of health care centers that you can find within the area include Aspen Home Health Care Inc., Mountain Family Health Center, Grand River Hospital District, The Insurance Office Of Carbondale, and Snowmass Clinic. photo attribution: departmentofed