CMS urged to reissue blanket waiver for temporary nurse aides. A significant number of temporary nurse aides (TNAs) may lose their jobs Friday if the Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) ...

The blanket waiver expired on October 6 while there was still a backlog for CNA training and testing in numerous states, creating a barrier for temporary nurse aides to become certified. Temporary ...

Premier at Perry Village in New Bloomfield has launched its own nurse aide training program, a move leaders say is aimed at ...

Skilled nursing facilities in states where there aren’t any training delays should be actively working to transition all of their temporary nurse aides to certified status “as soon as possible,” say ...

Increased CNA staff levels were linked to a reduction in injurious falls at nursing homes, while low-staffed facilities were ...