Nurse Aide Training (STNA)
State-Approved
Ohio NATCEP Program
Hands-On
Skills Lab Training
Supervised
Clinical Practicum
Registry-Eligible
Ohio Nurse Aide Registry
Patient Care Skills You Can Put to Work Right Away
HPI’s Nurse Aide Training Program teaches those skills in the same skills lab used across our programs - real hospital beds, real equipment, real practice - before you move into a supervised clinical setting and work with actual patients under an instructor’s guidance.
Once you complete training and pass Ohio’s Nurse Aide Competency Exam, your name is added to the Ohio Nurse Aide Registry, and you’re eligible to work in nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living communities, and home health.
Several people on HPI’s own team hold STNA credentials themselves - it’s a program the school believes in enough to have lived it.
Program Snapshot
The Skills That Make Up
the Job
Three Kinds of People Start
Here
First-Time Career Starters
Career Changers
Future Nurses
From Enrollment to the Ohio Registry
About the STNA Program
An STNA (State Tested Nurse Aide) provides basic daily-living support under the direction of nurses. An LPN (Licensed Practical Nurse) has broader clinical training and can perform tasks like medication administration. HPI’s Practical Nursing program is a separate, longer diploma program - see the PN program page for details.
Exact length depends on HPI’s current schedule - contact Admissions for the current class calendar and time commitment.
Clinical training involves direct patient contact, so a background check is part of the admissions process. Your admissions advisor will walk you through the specific requirements.
Not as direct academic credit - HPI’s transfer credit policy only applies to Anatomy & Physiology I & II and Nutrition. That said, the hands-on patient care experience is genuinely useful background for anyone planning to apply to the Practical Nursing program later.
Once you’re on the Ohio Nurse Aide Registry, you’re eligible to work in nursing homes, hospitals, assisted living communities, and home health agencies.