Program Overview
The Desert Winds Training Institute's Certified Nursing
Assistant Program, is designed to prepare individuals for
all basic entry level medical programs. The program is
structured so that classes are small and devoted to
individualized instruction in order to most effectively
prepare students to pass both the written and skills
part of the Arizona State Board Certified Nursing Exam.
The course is designed to prepare qualified individuals to
be safe,caring and effective nursing assistants who work
under the supervision of qualified health care professionals.
Certified Nursing Assistants are trained to perform at a
minimum entry level in positions normally available in
long-term healthcare facilities, hospitals, home health and
health agencies. Our course is six weeks in length and
consists of 60 hours of classroom instruction, 40 hours
of skills lab instruction and practice and 48 hours of clinical instruction, totaling 148 hours of course work. The program
provides basic nursing assistant principals, as well as
providing opportunities for practice and demonstration
of skills related to patient care.

For Program Information and Registration,
Contact us at (602) 240-5900