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Training Program & Test Site Calls
Minnesota Department of Health's (MDH) Nursing Assistant Registry (NAR) staff will be offering a series of informational calls for nursing assistant training programs and test sites approved by MDH.
If you require an accommodation for disability to participate in the meeting, such as captions or other services, please contact the Nurse Aide Registry at least five days in advance of the training session.
- Phone: 651-215-8705 or toll-free within Minnesota at 1-800-397-6124
- Email: health.fpc-nar@state.mn.us
Schedule
All calls will be held from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. Central Time on the scheduled day. Agendas are posted on this page closer to the date of the call. A link to a recording of the call will be made available in the call documents section for a period of 60 days after the call.
- May 13
- June 10
Call documents
April 8, 2024
Agenda
- Skills update
- Modified bed bath — face and one arm, hand and underarm
- Feeding a dependent resident
- Skills to be performed on live person
- Top five missed knowledge and skills test questions
- TMU — TestMaster Universe
- Two server system
- Instructor and student clarification
- Minnesota State Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide curriculum
- Discontinued 7/1/24
- Questions from March call
- Test site map
- First quarter testing data
- Nurse aide modernization updates and clarifications
- Resources
Presentation Slides: 2024-04-08 NAR Informational Call Presentation (PDF)
March 11, 2024
Agenda:
- Knowledge Exam
- Time Frame
- Skills Update
- Modified Bed Bath — face and one arm, hand, and underarm
- TMU
- RN instructor requirements
- Duplicate accounts
- Running reports if candidates testing in both servers
- Questions from February call
- Test site map
- Quarterly testing data (skills and knowledge)
- In-facility sites testing options
- NAR modernization
- Resources
March 11 presentation (PDF)
Nurse aide training program and test site informational call (March 11, 2024) (YouTube): This video will be available until June 2024.
Feb. 12, 2024
Agenda:
- Knowledge Exam
- Time frame
- Skills Update
- Modified bed bath — face and one arm, hand, and underarm
- Candidate handbook/mock skill update
- Questions from January call
- Survey findings
- Supervised Practical Training (SPT) documentation
- Tuberculosis (TB) testing for SPT
- Curriculum completion hours documentation
- Skills Exam reminders
- Candidate exit survey
- Test site map
- Quarterly testing data (skills and knowledge)
- NAR modernization
- Search for nurse aides
- Update registry status
- Printing of Nurse Aide Certificate
- Adding new provider users
- MN State curriculum transfer
- 1/22/2024: Minnesota State Nurse Aide Curriculum information session recording available
- Resources
Feb. 12 presentation (PDF)
Nurse aide training program and test site informational call (February 12, 2024) (YouTube): This video will be available until May 2024.
Jan. 8, 2024
Agenda:
- Skills Update
- Feeding a dependent resident (on hold)
- Modified bed bath — face and one arm, hand and underarm
- Mouth Care — brushing resident teeth
- Questions from November call
- Headmaster staff
- Survey findings
- Supervised practical training
- Test site map
- Quarterly testing data (skills and knowledge)
- NAR modernization
- MN State curriculum transfer, effective Jan. 1, 2024
- Resources
January 8 presentation (PDF)
Nurse aide training program and test site informational call (January 8, 2024) (YouTube): This video will be available until May 2024.
Nov. 13, 2023
Agenda:
- Updated candidate handbook
- Updates to skill tasks
- Update in-facility and MN State-specific language
- Candidate disputes
- Questions from October call
- Headmaster staff
- Survey findings
- Incorrect training program codes
- Knowledge test time frame
- In-facility testing update
- Quarterly testing data
- NAR Modernization
- Resources
Nov. 13 presentation (PDF)
Nurse aide training program and test site informational call (November 13, 2023) (YouTube): This video will be available until May 2024.
Oct. 9, 2023
Agenda:
- Updated candidate handbook
- Updates to skill tasks
- Update in-facility- and MN State-specific language
- Candidate disputes
- Survey findings
- Four month rule, F728
- Knowledge Test time frame, October 2023
- In-facility testing update
- Quarterly testing data
- Resources
Sept. 11, 2023
Agenda:
- Nurse Aide Testing final date, 1135 waiver
- Survey findings
- Results of Test Advisory Panel
- Updated candidate handbook
- Curriculum and supervised practical training hours in TMU
- In-facility testing site update
- Follow-up questions from August NAR call
- Resources
September 11 presentation (PDF)
Aug. 14, 2023
Agenda:
- Nurse Aide Testing final dates, 1135 waiver
- Test Advisory Panel (TAP) Skills Test update
- Implementation of skills
- Mouth care — brushing a resident’s teeth
- Feeding a dependent resident
- Modified bed bath — Face and one arm, hand and underarm
- 2023 2nd quarter test data available
- Training program responsibilities
- Testing programs, skill order
- Follow-up questions from June NAR call
- In-facility testing update
- Nurse Aide Registry modernization, anticipated Fall 2023
July 13, 2023
In-facility testing information call
This presentation is part of an informational call offered for training programs who are interested in becoming an in-facility test site for nurse aide candidates. More information and a link to join the July 27 session can be found on the In-Facility Testing page.
2023-07-13 In-facility testing informational call presentation (PDF)
June 12, 2023
Agenda:
- CMS 1135 waiver ended May 11, 2023
- Upcoming test advisory panel (TAP) for skills test
- Implementation of skills
- Mouth care — brushing a Resident’s Teeth
- Feeding a dependent resident
- Modified bed bath — face and one arm, hand and underarm
- Nurse aide registry modernization project update
- DHS nurse aide scholarship program
May 8, 2023
Agenda:
- CMS 1135 Waiver ending
- Mock skills
- Oral care
- Feeding
- Fourth Knowledge Test update
- Nurse aide testing data
- Nurse aide retesting
- In-facility Testing Pilot update
- Quarterly testing data (Q1 2023)
- Resources
May 8 presentation (PDF)
Minnesota DHS Nursing Facility Employee Scholarship Program (PDF)
April 10, 2023
Agenda:
- CMS 1135 Waiver update and website updates
- Fourth Knowledge Test update
- Top areas missed for Knowledge Test and Skills Test
- Skills review
- Training program and test site survey findings and feedback
- In-facility Testing Pilot update
- Quarterly testing data (Q1 2023)
Feb. 13, 2023
Agenda:
- Test data update
- Public health emergency ending May 11, 2023
- Candidate handbook updates
- RN instructor responsibilities
- RN test observer training
- Program coordinator changes
- Handwashing skill review
- Training program survey results
- In-facility testing
- Resources available
February 13 presentation (PDF)
Jan. 9, 2023
Agenda:
- Test Advisory Panel (TAP) and Knowledge Test update
- Skills focused training update
- Different roles in TMU
- Program coordinator changes process
- Quarterly testing data
- Fourth quarter
- Training program and test site surveys
- Training program feedback
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