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Certified Nursing Assistant

Latest Update: May 30, 2023
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Training Information

Responsible Party

Who Must Complete Training?
Any person, except a nursing assistant trainee, who practices or offers to practice as a nursing assistant in this State shall submit evidence that he or she is qualified so to practice and must be certified. The certified nurse assistant (CNA) must receive a performance review and 12 hours of training from the facility at least annually.

Deadlines

When Do I Need to Complete?
Employees must apply for a license or certificate prior to or upon hire. When a nurse/CNA endorses to Nevada from another state, and meets the requirements of licensure/certification, they are issued a temporary license/certificate usually within a week of submitting their application. That temporary license/certification is only valid for 6 months. There are no extensions. A requirement for licensure/certification is a background check (fingerprints). The standard wait time for results is about 2-4 months. A performance review must be completed for each nursing assistant employed by a facility for skilled nursing at least annually. Based on the results of the review, a facility shall provide training to a nursing assistant to ensure his or her competency.

The training must:

     (a) Comply with any requirements for training adopted by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to chapter 632 of NRS;

     (b) Be at least 12 hours per year;

     (c) Address any areas of weakness indicated in the review and may address the special needs of the patients in the facility as determined by the personnel of the facility; and

     (d) If the nursing assistant provides services to patients with cognitive impairments, address the care of such patients.

Contact Information

Nevada State Board of Nursing 5011 Meadowood Mall Way, Suite 300, Reno, NV 89502-6547 Fax: (775) 687-7707 or (702) 486-4803 Email: nursingboard@nsbn.state.nv.us Website: www.nevadanursingboard.org Toll Free (888) 590-6726

Benefit/Penalty

Why Should I be Trained?
Penalties include possible citations, administrative penalties and poor patient care.

Authority

The legal mandate requiring reporting

NAC 449.74519  Nursing assistants and nursing assistant trainees. (NRS 449.0302)

     1.  A facility for skilled nursing shall not employ a person as a nursing assistant trainee, full-time, temporarily or under contract:

     (a) Until the facility obtains from the training program required for certification as a nursing assistant in which the person is enrolled, verification that the person has completed 16 hours of instruction in the classroom or is awaiting the results of a certification examination.

     (b) For more than 4 months.

     2.  A facility for skilled nursing shall ensure that each nursing assistant employed by the facility is able to demonstrate competency in skills and techniques that are necessary to care for the patients in the facility in accordance with each patient’s plan of care.

     3.  A performance review must be completed for each nursing assistant employed by a facility for skilled nursing at least annually. Based on the results of the review, a facility shall provide training to a nursing assistant to ensure his or her competency. The training must:

     (a) Comply with any requirements for training adopted by the State Board of Nursing pursuant to chapter 632 of NRS;

     (b) Be at least 12 hours per year;

     (c) Address any areas of weakness indicated in the review and may address the special needs of the patients in the facility as determined by the personnel of the facility; and

     (d) If the nursing assistant provides services to patients with cognitive impairments, address the care of such patients.

     4.  A facility for skilled nursing shall not employ a nursing assistant if, for a period of 24 consecutive months after his or her completion of the training program required for certification as a nursing assistant, the nursing assistant has not provided nursing services or services related to nursing for monetary compensation.

     5.  As used in this section:

     (a) “Nursing assistant” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 632.0166.

     (b) “Nursing assistant trainee” has the meaning ascribed to it in NRS 632.0168.

     (Added to NAC by Bd. of Health by R051-99, eff. 9-27-99)

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DISCLAIMER
Although many of these requirements apply to individual medical professionals and other types of hospitals and health care facilities, the information is presented solely to support Critical Access Hospitals. The reporting requirements and legal mandates on this site are not an exhaustive list and Nevada Rural Hospital Partners, Inc. bears no responsibility or liability for any hospitals' or providers' failure to comply with Federal or State laws or regulations.