The latest class of CNA students got their certificates during a ceremony at Avera Sacred Heart Hospital Thursday.

Gwen Maag, nurse – instructor says starting as a CNA gives a student a good foundation in health care..

Maag says some of the students, which ranged in age from 15 to 18, have some health care education ahead of them…

Another class, which covers about seventy hours of instruction, starts again on Monday…

The students also heard from former Lieutenant Governor Matt Michels, who was a registered nurse earlier in his career.