The vocational nurse aide schools that are in La Salle, Illinois that are shown on this page are all the licensed classes that are currently open for you to enroll in. The programs listed on this page are all approved by the state of Illinois and allow you to be eligible to take the certification exams.

LaSalle-Peru Area Vocational Center
542 Chartres Street
LaSalle, IL 61301
(815) 223-2454

The first step in becoming a nursing assistant is to receive the proper skills and knowledge to take care of the residents. This means that you have to enroll first in a certified CNA program. The programs in the state are offered by different institutions; examples of such institutions include colleges, community training centers, nursing homes, and even high schools.

You can complete your training in an average of 2 to 6 months. By completing a training program, you will be able to send your applications for the competency exams. Aside from the appropriate application form, you also have to send in your fingerprint cards, ID photo, passport size pictures, as well as the payment for the exam fees. You are also required to undergo physical examinations to determine that you are physically capable of handling different patients or residents.

Passing the competency exams is a necessary step since you must get your name entered on the state’s online registry for nursing assistants to work in a healthcare facility. To get your name entered, you have to pass both the written and the skills evaluation exams. Every applicant is given three attempts to pass the exams. For more information, you can follow this link: http://www.idph.state.il.us/nar/cnafacts.htm. If you have finished a nursing assistant training program from outside the state of Illinois you can apply for reciprocity to be able to work in the state. You will need to provide some documents proving that you have finished a training program and had the met the required amount of hours.

This city is a part of La Salle County. It is include in the  Ottawa–Streator Micropolitan Statistical Area. You can find that this city is  bordered by the Illinois River, the City of Peru, Michigan Canal, North Utica, and Starved Rock. The name of the city was taken from Robert de LaSalle, who was a French explorer. According to the census of 2010, their total population was at 9,601 people. It has a total area of  6.4 sq miles, where all of it is land. Its population density is estimated to be around 1,500.15 / sq mile.

Examples of health care providers that are in the city are Judge Chiropractic Center, Hygienic Institute Community Health Center, LaSalle Clinic, Procare Home Health Services, St Margaret’s Community Health Clinics – LaSalle, Allied Counseling Group LLP, WIC State Agency, and many more. photo attribution: codnewsroom