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 ...

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 ...

The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services has revised guidance for a temporary nurse aide training program whose pending Oct. 7 end date has threatened many individuals’ ability to comply with ...

I love what I do as a certified nursing assistant in Richland for the past eight years. I know I’m making a positive ...

Premier at Perry Village in New Bloomfield has launched its own nurse aide training program, a move leaders say is aimed at rebuilding a caregiver pipeline that has not rebounded since the COVID-19 ...

Jeff Tompkins is a writer and teacher of English as a Second Language living in New York City. He was born in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1967 and was educated at Brown University and University College ...