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National Network of Career Nursing Assistants
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- Dom’s Resources
Helpful and Important resources for Nursing Assistants
- Center for Medicare and Medicaid (formerly HCFA)
Federal agency that oversees Medicare, Medicaid and requirements for long term care services
- www.ExceptionalNurse.com
is a nonprofit resource network for nurses and nursing students with disabilities. It provides links to disability-related organizations, technology, equipment, mentors, employment opportunities, financial aid, related articles, and research.
- Center for Disease Control
Federal agency that sets standards and oversees all health related issues and concerns
- Reliable Training Network
Video training network
- ASI Testing for NAs
Provides info and practice tests for required testing of NAs in some states
- D&S Testing for NAs
Provides info and practice tests for required testing of NAs in some states
- Bells Select
Official provider for Nursing Assistants Week Award products and commemorative items.
- American College of Health Care Administrators (ACHCA)
National Office
- American Medical Directors Association (AMDA)
National organization for Medical Directors working in long term care services.
- Hartman Publishing Inc.
Publisher for Best of Tips by NAs for NAs - Provides a variety of educational materials for nursing assistants and other health care workers
- National Citizen’s Coalition for Nursing Home
Provides advocacy for elders. Annual conferences and workshops
- American Society on Aging
Provides a variety of services and educational programs for elders and those who work with elders.
- SeniorACT
Provides on line activities for a Geriatric Setting
- Frontline Publishing Corp
Provides monthly training materials for nursing assistants.
- American College of Health Care Administrators
National association for Health Care Administrators
- Nurses World
Designed to be a portal to the world of information that will help make you a better nurse.
- NADONA
National organization for Directors of Nursing Administration
- Nutrition Screening Initiative HCFA Nutrition and Hydration Project
- Write Your Representative
Homepage
- Communication Connection
Kathy Kilpatrick - Providing seminars, consulting and products for senior facilities, nurses, social workers, discharge planners and nursing assistants. Our focus is to create environments that enhance the quality of life of the older adult and support their friends, family and caregivers.
- American Association of Homes and Services for the Aging
- The National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce
The National Clearinghouse on the Direct Care Workforce collects, analyzes, and disseminates information concerning the health care paraprofessional workforce. The Clearinghouse provides both practice and policy-related resources necessary to enhancing the quality of jobs for direct-care workers in long-term care.
- Direct Care Alliance
A coalition of long-term care consumers, providers, and workers, who seek to improve the quality of long-term care through a focus on improving the quality of jobs for frontline caregivers.
- MedicalDegreeHunter
Health care jobs for alumni with professional degrees from the top medical schools..
- In the Know, Inc.
National provider of newsletter-style CNA inservices. Offers a free sample inservice and catalog from the web site.
- State Survey Agencies
List of State Addresses for Filing A Complaint about a nursing home
- American Assisted Living Nurses Association
The American Assisted Living Nurses Association, a not for profit corporation, works to enhance the quality of life and nursing care for all resident through education, support and professional development of nurses who care for or cordinate in Assisted Living facilities.
- Nursing.About.com
Read Kathy Quan’s articles about Certified Nursing Assistants
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