Final feeding assistants rule may give workforce shortage relief.(Policy Watch)(long-term care facilities can use paid feeding assistants to supplement the services provided by certified nurse aides under certain conditions)(Brief Article) Healthcare Financial Management (11/1/2003)
...services provided by certified nurse aides under certain conditions...hour state-approved training program that meets minimum...or licensed practical nurse. CMS has not established...are to approve these training programs, thereby giving...

ST. PATRICK'S RESIDENCE BEGINS NURSES AIDE TRAINING PROGRAM Sun Publications (IL) (9/26/1997)
...develop a program for keeping staff, specifically certified nurses aides, within its employ. St. Patrick's has initiated...of high standing within the facility to undergo a training program which titles them as "CNA Trainer." They...

A Partnership for CNA Training.(certified nurse assistant) Nursing Homes (3/1/2000)
...found her break at a free certified nurse assistant training program at Seabury Retirement...go through school to be certified as a nurse's aide. The program gave me the...affordable Connecticut state-certified nurse assistant training...

Nursing homes struggle to keep nurse aides on staff.(Brief Article)(Statistical Data Included) McKnight's Long-Term Care News (9/15/1999)
...Certified nurse aides have an average...enough nurse aides to care for the...highest cumulative certified nurse aide turnover rates...Press reported. Aides testified that...giving them proper training, offering bonuses...Turnover Average Certified ...

Healthcare program helps nurses from Latin America get certified in Texas. San Antonio Express-News (San Antonio, TX) (1/8/2005)
...the skills and training to work as registered nurses but who are working...nursing-home aides. At least 150...skilled, bilingual nurses at its three...Internationally Educated Nurse Retraining Program...registered-nurse shortage at Christus...shortfalls in staff as nurses ...

State stands by nurse's aide test; High failure rate raised the possibility of rescoring the certification exam.(Main)(Correction notice) Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) (8/29/2006)
...statewide test for certified nurse's aides has turned...results. The nurse's aide exam is both...which offer training for their...practical nurses or registered...once they are certified, so they...month ago. Aides are considered...

Funding bill cuts certified nurse provision Palatine Countryside (IL) (12/11/1997)
...nurse, or health aide, in each school...certified school nurses, who are paid on...20 noncertified nurses. But the district...from the school nurse law in May before...Association of School Nurses, stressed that...place for nurses. Certified and ...

Certified medication assistants.(Legislative Updates) Nevada RNformation (8/1/2007)
...for additional training of certified nurses aides to...education. Medication aides in Iowa may perform...Oklahoma is that certified medication technicians...generally restricted to nurses in most states...the absence of a nurse and if requested...proposed AB 187 ...

STUDENTS EAGER TO FILL NURSING VACANCIES ASSABET COURSE HELPS AIDES GET LPN SKILLS The Boston Globe (3/24/2002)
...can change the [nurse-patient] ratio...licensed practical nurses in the past, many nurse managers have reversed...a preference for nurses with advanced degrees...hospitals over academic training as leading advantages...32-year-old certified nurses aide who works in a ...