Report: states lacking on aide checks.(NEWS)(hiring nurse aides)(Brief Article) McKnight's Long-Term Care News (9/1/2005)
...federal requirements when hiring nurse aides, the Office of Inspector General...check only their state's nurse aide registries prior to hiring...regarding the hiring of nurse aides to providers. They also said...resources (such as state nurse aide registries and ...

Austria nurse aides on trial in deaths of 42 patients Chicago Sun-Times (3/1/1991)
VIENNA Four nurse's aides accused of killing at least...where he said the four nurse's aides often performed...have been done by qualified nurses. The prosecutor said Wagner...in 1983 after watching a nurse inject a sedative into a...

Caregiver group opens new classroom facility: Center aims to boost ranks, improve training of nurses aides. AZ Daily Star (Tucson, AZ) (8/28/2006)
...said. The demand for nursing aides is great. One subcategory, home health aides, is projected to be the fastest...Problems driving the nursing-aide shortage include: --Plenty...10 per hour range. Nursing aides in Tucson are paid about the...Vacancies and the shortage of nurses means extra ...

Ex-D.C. Nurse Aide Charged in Death, Beating The Washington Post (3/22/2002)
A former nursing home aide was arraigned in D.C. Superior...name was placed on a list of nurse aides who have abused or neglected...in the beating. The nurse aide, Keisha Holmes, 24, pleaded...maintain registries of nurse aides -- the primary caregivers at...

Former D.C. Nurse Aide Is Charged In Death; Incident Spotlights Concerns About Abuse The Washington Post (3/22/2002)
A former nursing home aide was arraigned in D.C. Superior...name was placed on a list of nurse aides who have abused or neglected...in the beating. The nurse aide, Keisha Holmes, 24, pleaded...maintain registries of nurse aides -- the primary caregivers at...

State nurse aide registries found lacking.(NEWS notes) Nursing Homes (4/1/2005)
...Relying exclusively on state nurse aide registries to make hiring decisions...registries with the names of aides with substantiated findings...to remove records of inactive nurse aides from their registries...periodically check and report their nurse aides' status. To read ...

Nurse, 3 aides face charges Post-Tribune (IN) (8/21/2002)
...former employees, including a licensed practical nurse and three nurse aides, the probable cause affidavit states. LPN Mildred...Scott. Yarbough told the supervisors "she knew the nurse aides were sleeping and that she allowed it. "Yarbough...

Nurse, three aides face criminal charges of abuse Post-Tribune (IN) (8/21/2002)
...former employees, including a licensed practical nurse and three nurse aides, the probable cause affidavit states. LPN Mildred Yarbough, 71, and the aides --Valerie Coffee, 30, Janice Kirk, 47, and Patricia...

Half of nurse aides like jobs, survey finds.(NEWS: Nursing) McKnight's Long-Term Care News (8/1/2007)
...half of nursing assistants and nurses gave positive marks for job satisfaction...good," researchers said. Nurse aides and nurses had the lowest satisfaction marks...job categories. Managers and nurses in administration registered the...