Where can I find free/inexpensive CNA training at a nursing home or hospital in St. Louis or Chicago?

you are probably looking for tuition reimbursement policies which will be for full time employees only and frequently after 1/2 to 1 year's service.

what job can you fill for them now that might get you that?

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btw, the ones with the chronic employee shortages are the ones most likely to have such policies -- as you'd guess, those are the ones in the least desirable areas in which to work.

In Missouri, even if you were to start a CNA program in a skilled nursing facility, they still have you working full time (you know that saying about nothing free). Delmar Gardens facilities in St. Louis have CNA training, but again....just remember that you would be a nursing home employee and working full time because you have to have so many on the job clinical hours to get your CNA. Some nursing homes are not schedule friendly, meaning.....if you are the new person on the block, you probably won't have a lot of say in what you think your schedule should be. Some nursing homes may have you work as a NA (nurse aide) for a couple of months before you could get into their CNA class.

Hospitals in Missouri typically do not have CNA training....most hospitals refer to their direct care staff as Patient Care Technicians because they do more than CNA's do in nursing homes.

There is no comparison though of being a CNA and being a PA, as you probably know!