Nurse Aide Registry

Minnesota-Approved Nurse Aide Training Curricula

The MDH Nursing Assistant Registry has approved the following curriculums as meeting federal and state requirements for training nurse aides.

1. Minnesota State-Long Term Care Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide Curriculum. This curriculum must be at least 75 hours in length. At least 16 of the 75 hours are supervised practical training with a live person in a lab or other setting.
   • Instructor must complete Train the Trainer if using the Minnesota State Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide Curriculum and the training program is nursing home based or independent. Submit copy of Minneapolis College Train the Trainer certificate if required.
   • Train the Trainer is offered through Minneapolis College. Please call 612-659-6500 for dates of training and registration.
2. American Red Cross Nurse Assistant Training Fourth Edition. This curriculum must be at least 75 hours in length. At least 16 of the 75 hours are supervised practical training with a live person in a lab or other setting.
   • Instructor must complete Red Cross FIT training.
   • Contact  information: Kristen.threinen@redcross.org or 612-239-7921.
3. Minnesota State Health Care Core Curriculum/Nursing Assistant (HCCC/NA). This curriculum must be at least 128 hours in length. 64 hours completing the 7 modules of Health Care Core, 40 hours of lab instruction and 24 hours of supervised practical training with a live person in a lab or other setting. See: Getting Started Using the HCCC.
   • Instructors must complete the Educate the Educator.
   • The link on the HealthForce Minnesota Educate the Educator page will bring you to the registration page at Anoka Ramsey: Getting Started Using the HCCC.
4. 8th Edition of the American Health Care Association’s (AHCA) “HOW TO BE A NURSE ASSISTANT” curriculum. This curriculum must be at least 75 hours in length. At least 16 of the 75 hours are supervised practical training with a live person in a lab or other setting.
   • This curriculum contains a Train the Trainer component for the online curriculum only.
5. OnTrack Nursing Assistant Training, developed by Minnesota’s LeadingAge Foundation, powered by EduCare. This curriculum must be at least 75 hours in length. At least 16 of the 75 hours are supervised practical training with a live person in a lab or other setting.
   • This curriculum contains a Train the Trainer component. Please call 651-425-1110 for the online RN instructor Train the Trainer for the OnTrack curriculum.
6. Hartman’s Nursing Assistant Care Long Term Care and Home Care, Third and Fourth Edition curriculum and Hartman’s Nursing Assistant Care: Long Term Care, Fifth Edition. At least 16 of the 75 hours are supervised practical training with a live person in a lab or other setting.
   • No Train the Trainer component required.
   • Contact information: 800-999-9534 or Hartman website.
7. Sanford Health Nursing Assistant Training Program curriculum. At least 16 of the 75 hours are supervised practical training with a live person in a lab or other setting.
   • No Train the Trainer component required.
   • Contact information: NAProgram@sanfordhealth.org