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Thanks for stopping by Northern Colorado Training Institute’s series of blogs regarding basic medical training courses from Fort Collins down to Northglenn. NCTI is here to provide top-quality training courses for those who are interested in increasing the level of care they can provide for others.
In this series of blogs we’ll be discussing the wide range of courses we offer, including CNA training, first aid classes, CPR certification, BLS courses, Heartsaver CPR, bloodborne pathogen training, and many other types of healthcare certifications that people are looking for along the Front Range. Keep reading to find out more about all of these healthcare training programs!
You've probably heard about the crisis in healthcare workers nationwide. There was a shortage in healthcare workers before COVID-19. However, the pandemic caused many nurses to retire prematurely from burnout due to the overwhelming demands placed on them. Northern Colorado Training Institute offers…Read More
It’s hard to believe that we’re in the middle of the holiday season already and a new year is right around the corner. Does knowing that another year is about to end make you feel happy and content with what you’ve been able to accomplish, or does it make you feel anxious and disappointed that…Read More
You’ve decided that you want to pursue a rewarding career where you can help people and feel good about what you do. You also want to make sure that your new career will be in high demand, offering job security for years to come, no matter where you live. That’s how you came to the conclusion th…Read More
Choosing the right career can be one of the most difficult decisions you’ll ever have to make. How do you know if you’re going to like it day after day, for years to come? How important is it to choose something you like versus making a lot of money? Which jobs are in demand and will have stabil…Read More
The need for certified nursing assistants (CNAs) keeps going up and up. While that’s partially because some CNAs will move on to other jobs or move up into nursing positions, it’s primarily because the demand for nursing assistants keeps increasing. As we discuss in this blog, people who have CN…Read More
In our most recent blog, we detailed three real advantages that parents realize when they get their CNA certification. First of all, taking care of a child at home is one way to avoid having a nurse around at all times, and parents can also get paid by the state of Colorado to be their child’s car…Read More
Do you have a special needs child and would like to provide them with the same care as someone who has CNA certification? Or perhaps you are an adult child of an elderly parent and want to be their primary caregiver? If so, then our hybrid CNA program might be exactly what you’re looking for. What…Read More
In our most recent article, we discussed six of the most common myths about CNA certification and certified nursing assistants themselves. We discussed the myth about CNAs having no medical responsibility (which they do), the idea that getting CNA certification is a dead end (certainly not true), th…Read More
As we discussed in our most recent blog, more and more people are choosing to get their CNA certification and get into the medical field as certified nursing assistants. Colorado’s population is growing quickly, and it’s not just drawing young people — people love the state and are retiring he…Read More
_ Here’s the good thing about CNA training: The basics are the same no matter where you go. While you’d have to get re-certified if you moved to a different state, it wouldn’t take too much training to do so. So if you work in Colorado for a while and then move to another state, the training y…Read More