BRUNSWICK — Merrymeeting Adult Education’s next Certified Nursing Assistant course starts Sept. 10 at Maine Vocational Region Ten.

Classroom sessions are Mondays and Wednesdays from 4 to 9 p.m., and clinical sessions run from 4 to 10 p.m., also on Mondays and Wednesdays. Clinical sessions are held at Parkview Hospital and Hawthorne House.

The CNA program consists of 180 hours of health-care training and successful students receive a CNA certificate from the state of Maine. Graduates of the program are eligible to work at nursing homes, hospitals and home health-care agencies, where they can assist patients with daily living activities and provide bedside care under the supervision of a register nurse.

The cost of the CNA course is $825 for residents of Brunswick, Bowdoin, Bowdoinham, Harpswell and Topsham, and $850 for non-residents.

For more information or an application, call 729-7323, ext. 1 or go to www.merrymeeting.org.



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