Employment opportunities for Nurse Aides include nursing homes, hospices, public health and community nursing, medical offices and clinics, and acute and long-term care facilities.
The Career Studies Certificate program in Nurse Aide is only available to students taking Dual Enrollment classes.
The program will provide instruction to prepare qualified students to meet the health care needs of the community within the scope of practice of a CNA, as defined by the Virginia Board of Nursing. Graduates of this program earn a Career Studies Certificate in Nurse Aide and will be academically eligible to take the NNAAP Certification Examination.
healthprofessions@virginiawestern.edu
Fralin Center HP214A or HP339
New Students: Chapman Hall
540-857-6325 or 857-6644
Fax: 540-857-6640
Mailing address:
School of Health Professions
3091 Colonial Ave., SW
Roanoke, VA 24015
Lauren Hayward
Director of Nursing
A.A.S. in Nursing – Northern Virginia Community College, 1999
B.S. in Nursing – George Mason University, 2010
M.S. in Adult Learning & Human Development – Virginia Tech, 2012
M.S. in Nursing – Western Governor’s University, 2016
CNE, Certified Nurse Educator, National League for Nursing, June 2017
Martha Sullivan, Dean