Nursing Assistant Training Programs in Maryland

CNA training in Maryland is offered through high schools, colleges, nursing homes and some freestanding organizations like the American Red Cross. The length of the CNA program varies by facility, but generally they have similar clock hour requirements. The programs incorporate classroom learning as well as hands-on clinical experience. Ultimately, an approved CNA training prepares the student with the knowledge and nursing skills necessary to perform as a CNA in Maryland. Approved CNA program contact information can be found below.

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Complete a Maryland Board of Nursing Approved CNA Training Program

No matter what the position title, anyone performing basic nursing tasks under the supervision of a registered nurse or licensed practical nurse and is being paid for this work must have nurse aide certification in the state of Maryland.* Facilities, by law, are not allowed to let non-certified nursing assistants work in their facility. What all this means is that if you are interested in becoming a CNA in Maryland, your first step will be to select an approved nursing assistant training program. Verify that the nursing assistant program you are selecting is approved by the Maryland Board of Nursing prior to enrolling.

The CNA position is one of the fastest growing jobs in Maryland. As the population continues to age, more and more health care professionals will be needed to meet the health care demands of this aging population. Earnings are higher than the natioanl average for those who choose the CNA career path in Maryland. According to the Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation – Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning, CNAs in the state make a median hourly wage of $13.40 and a median annual salary of $27,900. The Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning, also predict 29% job growth for nursing assistants and related positions, which is much higher than the predictions for the nation as a whole. This means it is an opportune time to start researching careers and training in the field of health care, such as becoming a CNA in Maryland.

You may also be interested in a medical assistant career path in Maryland. Check out the Medical Assistant programs in Maryland to learn more about the career, schools and salary information for this rapidly growing field.

Certified Nursing Assistant Training in Maryland

Allegany College
Special Health Initiatives
12401 Willowbrook Rd, SE
Cumberland, MD 21502
301-784-5000
Anne Arundel Community College
Nursing Assistant Training Program
101 College Parkway
Arnold, Maryland 21012
410-777-2560
Baltimore City Community College
GNA Program
710 E. Lombard Street
Baltimore, MD 21202-4047
410-986-3200
Carroll Community College
Nursing and Allied Health
1601 Washington Road
Westminster, MD 21157
410-386-8025
Cecil Community College
CNA Program
One Seahawk Drive
North East, MD 21901
410-287-6060
Chesapeake College
Allied Health
P.O. Box 8
Wye Mills, MD 21679
410-822-5400
College of Southern Maryland
Nursing Assistant Training Program
8730 Mitchell Road
LaPlata, MD 20646
301-934-2251
Community College of Baltimore County
Health and Allied Health, Nursing Asst
Program
7200 Sollers Point Road
Baltimore, MD 21222
443-840-3700
Frederick Community College
7932 Opossumtown Pike
Nursing Assistant Training Program
Frederick, MD 21702
301-846-2400
Garrett College
687 Mosser Road
Nursing Assistant Training Program
McHenry, MD 21541
301-387-3069
Hagerstown Community College
GNA Program
11400 Robinwood Drive
Hagerstown, MD 21742-6590
301-790-2800
Harford Community College
401 Thomas Run Road
Belair, MD 21015
443-412-2000
Howard Community College
Division of Continuing Education
10901 Little Patuxent Pkwy
Columbia, MD 21044
410-772-4967
Laurel College Center
312 Marshall Avenue
2nd to 4th Floor
Laurel, Maryland 20707
410-772-4162
Montgomery College
7600 Takoma Avenue
Takoma Park, MD 20912
240-567-5508
Prince George’s Community College
CNA Program
301 Largo Road
Largo, MD 20774
301-336-6000
Sojourner-Douglass College
200 N. Central Avenue
Nursing Assistant Training Program
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
410-276-0306
Wor-Wic Community College
Allied Health
32000 Campus Drive
Salisbury, MD 21804
410-334-2800
Baltimore City Public Schools
Edmondson/Westside
501 Athol Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21229
410-396-0685
Bladensburg High School
4200 57th Avenue
Bladensburg, MD 20710
301-887-6700
Calvert Career Center
330 Dorsey Road
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
410-535-7450
Caroline Career and Tech Center
Nursing Assistant Program
10855 Central Avenue
Ridgely, MD 21660
410-479-0100
Carroll County Career & Tech Center
1229 Washington Road
Westminster, MD 21157
410-751-3669
Cecil County School of Technology
900 North East Road
North East, MD 21901
410-996-6250
Center for Career & Tech Ed
14211 McMullen Highway
Cresaptown, MD 21502
301-729-6486
Center of Applied Technology-North
800 Stevenson Road
Severn, MD 21144
410-969-3100
Crossland High School
6901 Temple Hills Road
Temple Hills, MD 20748
301-449-4800
Dorchester County School of Tech
2465 Cambridge Bypass
Cambridge, MD 21613
410-228-3457
Thomas Edison High School
12501 Dalewood Drive
Silver Spring, Maryland 20906
301-929-2175
Dr. James A. Forrest Career & Tech
St. Mary’s County Tech School
24005 Point Lookout Road
Leonardtown, MD 20650
301-475-0242
Frederick County Career & Tech Center
7922 O’Possumtown Pike
Frederick, MD 21702
240-236-8500
Harford Technical High
200 Thomas Run Road
Belair, Maryland 21015
410-638-3804
John F. Kennedy High School
1901 Randolph Road
Silver Spring, MD 20902
301-929-2100
Kent County High School
25301 Lambs Meadow Road
Worton, MD 21678
410-778-4540
Laurel High School
8000 Cherry Lane
Laurel, MD 20707
301-497-2050
Milford Mill Academy
3800 Washington Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21244
410-887-0660
North Point High School for Science, Technology
and Industry
2500 Davis Road
Waldorf, Maryland 20603
301-753-1759
Northern High School
86 Pride Parkway
Accident, MD 21520
301-746-8668
Paint Branch High School
Medical Careers Program
14121 Old Columbia Pike
Burtonsville, MD 20866
301-989-5600
Parkside HS Wicomico Applied Technology
1015 Beaglin Park Drive
Salisbury, MD 21804
410-677-5143
Queen Anne’s County Sr High
125 Ruthsburg Road
Centreville, MD 21617
410-758-0500
REACH! Partnership Middle-High School
(Former site of Southeast Middle School)
6820 Fait Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21224
443-642-2297
Sherwood High School
300 Olney-Sandy Spring Road
Sandy Spring, MD 20860
301-924-3200
Sollers Point/SE Tech HS
325 Sollers Point Road
Baltimore, MD 21222
410-887-7075
Southern High School
345 Oakland Drive
Oakland, MD 21550
301-334-9447
Suitland High School
5200 Silver Hill Road
Forestville, MD 20747
301-817-0521
J.M. Tawes Tech & Career Center
Somerset County Technical Center
7982 Crisfield Highway
Westover, MD 21871
410-651-2285
Washington County Technical High School
Nursing Assistant Training Program
50 West Oak Ridge Drive
Hagerstown, Maryland 21740
301-766-8050
Watkins Mill High School
Medical Careers Program
10301 Apple Ridge Road
Gaithersburg, MD 20879
301-840-3959
Worcester Technical High School
6268 Worcester Highway
Newark, MD 21841
410-632-5050
American Red Cross
4700 Mt. Hope Drive
Baltimore MD 21215-3231
410-624-2000
Baltimore Academy of Nursing
Assistants
617 Stemmers Run Road, Suite J
Essex, Maryland 21221
410-391-6668
Baltimore City Housing and Community Development
Northwest Community Action Center
3314 Arydale Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21215
443-984-1384
Bethel Healthcare Institute
5617 Ager Road
Hyattsville, MD 20782
301-559-0200
Cambridge Nursing Assistant Training Academy
3311 Toledo Terrace Unit C-202
Hyattsville, MD 20782
301-853-9100
Care ‘Xpert Academy
13321 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 205
Silver Spring, MD 20904
301-384-6011
Caroline Center
900 Somerset Street
Baltimore, Maryland 21202
410-563-1303
Dominion Academy, Inc.
2806 Foxglove Way
Lanham, Maryland 20706
240-770-7774
Gandhi’s Institute of Health Foundation
6666 Security Blvd, Suites 1&2
Baltimore, MD 21207
410-281-1845
Goldenstar Education Center
6201 Riverdale Rd #301
Riverdale, MD 20737
301-277-4402
It Works Learning Center, Inc.
1419 Forest Drive, Suite 205
Annapolis, Maryland 21403
410-626-0200
Knowledge First Institute
11510 Georgia Avenue, #180
Silver Spring, MD 20902
301-933-7474
MISS Health Care Training Institute
5000 Sunnyside Avenue, Suite 203
Beltsville, MD 20705
301-931-3235
Montgomery County Northwood Refugee Training Center
919 University Blvd West
Silver Spring, MD 20901
240-567-1404
Nurse One, Inc.
9470 Annapolis Rd, Suite 220
Lanham, MD 20706
301-459-8899
Quality First Career Center, Inc
6475 New Hampshire Avenue, Suite 501
Hyattsville, Maryland 20783
301-270-5105
Stein Academy
600 Reisterstown Road, Suite 416
Baltimore, MD 21208
410-602-0666
Shore Up
520 Snow Hill Road
Salisbury, MD 21803
410-749-1142
St. Ambrose Outreach Center
Nursing Assistant Training Program
3445 Park Heights Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21215
410-225-0870
TLC Nurse Aide Program
4010 Bladensburg Road
Brentwood, MD 20722
301-675-3480
Vision Allied Health Institute
1055 Taylor Avenue, #106
Towson, MD 21286
443-520-0801
Alice Byrd Tawes Nursing Home
201 Hall Highway
Crisfield, MD 21817
410-968-1200
Arcola Health and Rehab Center
901 Arcola Avenue
Silver Spring, Maryland 2090
301-649-2400
Bel Air Health & Rehab Center
410 E. MacPhail Road
Bel Air, Maryland 21014
410-879-1120
Calvert County Nursing Center, Inc.
85 Hospital Road
Prince Frederick, MD 20678
410-535-2300
Carroll Lutheran Village
300 St. Luke Circle
Westminster, MD 21157
410-848-0090
Charles County Nursing & Rehab Center
10200 LaPlata Road
LaPlata, MD 20646
301-934-1900
Charlotte Hall Veterans Home
29449 Charlotte Hall Road
Charlotte Hall, MD 20622
301-884-8171
Citizens Care Center
415 S. Market Street
Havre de Grace, MD 21078
410-939-5500
Commuincare Health of Bel Pre
2601 Bel Pre Road
Silver Spring, MD 20906
301-292-0300
Communicare Health of Ellicott City
3000 Northridge Road
Ellicott City, MD 21043
301-292-0300
Communicare Health of Forestville
7420 Marlboro Pike
Forestville, MD 20747
301-292-0300
Communicare Health of
Ft Washington
12021 Livingston Road
Ft. Washington, MD 20744
301-292-0300
Communicare Health of Franklin
Square
1217 W. Fayette Street
Baltimore, MD 21223
301-292-0300
Communicare Health of Liberty Heights
4017 Liberty Heights Avenue
Nursing Assistant Program
Baltimore, MD 21207
301-292-0300
Communicare Health of Marley Neck
Nursing Assistant Program
7575 East Howard Road
Glen Burnie, MD 21060
301-292-0300
Communicare Health of Northwest
4601 Pall Mall Road
Baltimore, MD 21215
301-292-0300
Communicare Health South River
144 Washington Road
Edgewater, MD 21037
301-292-0300
Crofton Convalescent & Rehab Center
2131 Davidsonville Road
Crofton, MD 21114
410-793-0123
Egle Nursing Home
57 Jackson Street
Lonaconing, Maryland 21539
301-463-5451
Fahrney Keedy Home & Village
8507 Mapleville Road
Boonsboro, Maryland 21713
301-733-6284
Forest Hill Health and Rehabilitation
Center
109 Forest Valley Drive
Forest Hill, Maryland 21050
410-838-0101
Genesis Eldercare-Chesapeake Woods
Nursing Assistant Program
525 Glenburn Avenue
Cambridge, MD 21613
410-221-1400
Genesis Eldercare-College View
700 Tollhouse Avenue
Frederick, MD 21701
301-663-5181
Genesis Eldercare-Corsica Hills
205 Armstrong Avenue
Centreville MD 21617
410-758-2323
Genesis Eldercare-Crescent City
4409 East West Highway
Riverdale, MD 20737
301-699-2000
Genesis Eldercare-Cromwell Center
8710 Emge Road
Baltimore, MD 21234
410-661-5955
Genesis Eldercare Franklin Woods
9200 Franklin Square Drive
Baltimore, MD 21237
410-391-2600
Genesis Eldercare-Hammonds Lane
613 Hammonds Lane
Brooklyn Park, MD 21225
410-636-3400
Genesis Eldercare-Heritage Center
7232 German Hill Road
Dundalk, MD 21222
410-282-6310
Genesis Eldercare-La Plata
One Magnolia Drive
LaPlata, MD 20646
301-934-4001
Genesis Eldercare-Layhill
3227 Bel Pre Road
Silver Spring, MD 20906
301-871-2000
Genesis Eldercare-Peninsula Regional-
TCU
100 E. Carroll Street
Salisbury, MD 21801
410-546-6400
Genesis Eldercare-Randallstown
9109 Liberty Road
Randallstown, Maryland 21133
410-655-7373
Genesis Eldercare-Salisbury Center
200 Civic Avenue
Salisbury, MD 21802
410-749-1466
Genesis Eldercare-Severna Park
24 Truckhouse Road
Severna Park, MD 21146
410-544-4220
Genesis Eldercare-Spa Creek
35 Milkshake Lane
Annapolis, MD 21403
410-269-5100
Genesis Eldercare-The Pines
610 Dutchmans Lane
Easton, MD 21601
410-822-4000
Genesis Eldercare-Woodside
9101 Second Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-588-5544
Glen Burnie Health and Rehab Center
7355 Furnace Branch Road East
Glen Burnie, MD 21060
410-766-3460
Goodwill Retirement Community
891 Dorsey Hotel Road
Grantsville, Maryland 21536
301-644-5600
Homewood at Crumland Farms,
Frederick
7407 Willow Road
Frederick, MD 21702
301-644-5600
Johns Hopkins Bayview Geriatric Center
5500 Hopkins Bayview Circle
Baltimore, MD 21224
410-550-0756
Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center
2434 W. Belvedere Avenue
Baltimore, MD 21215
410-601-6740
Lions Center Nursing & Rehab Center
901 Seton Drive Ext
Cumberland, MD 2102
301-722-6272
Long View Nursing Home
3322 Main Street
Manchester, MD 21102
410-239-7139
Moran Manor Health Care Center
25701 Shady Lane
Westernport, MD 21562
301-359-3000
Oakland Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
706 E. Alder Street
Oakland, Maryland 21550
301-334-2319
Randolph Hills Nursing Center
4011 Randolph Road
Wheaton, MD 20902
301-933-2500
Seton Nursing Center
St. Catherine/St.Vincent Care Center
335 S. Seton Avenue
Emmitsburg Maryland 21727
301-447-6026
Solomon’s Nursing Center
PO Box 1509
Solomons, MD 20688
410-326-0077
St. Elizabeth Rehabilitation and Nursing
Center
3320 Benson Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland 21227
410-646-6556
St. Joseph’s Nursing Home
1222 Tugwell Drive
Catonsville, Maryland 21228
410-747-0026
St. Mary’s Nursing Center
21585 Peabody Street
Leonardtown, MD 20650
301-475-8000
St. Thomas More Nursing & Rehabilitation Center
4922 LaSalle Road
Hyattsville, Maryland 20782
301-864-2333
Stella Maris Hospice
2300 Dulaney Valley Road
Towson, MD 21204
410-252-4500
SunBridge Care & Rehab for Elkton
One Price Drive
Elkton, MD 21921
410-398-6474

(Sources: *Health Occupations Article Title 8-6A-01 et. seq., Maryland Department of Labor, Licensing and Regulation – Division of Workforce Development and Adult Learning)

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