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Nurse Aide Registry
The Nurse Aide Registry lists nurse aides who have met Minnesota training and/or testing standards to work in nursing homes and certified boarding care homes. The registry also has information about nurse aides who have substantiated findings of abuse, neglect, and theft.
This is an online registry. Nurse aides, employers, and others can check the registry by using MDH's online system and the nurse aide's certificate number.
Announcements
During the public health emergency, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) suspended some portions of the Nurse Aide Skills Test to reduce the risk of COVID-19. Beginning Monday, August 5 nurse aide candidates will resume testing on the Feeding a Dependent Resident task, and should be prepared for it to be included as a required task on the Nurse Aide Skills Test.
Information about the task and the steps required to perform the task successfully are listed on page 43 of the Minnesota Nurse Aide Candidate Handbook. The handbook will be updated to reflect that this skill is part of the exam.
Test sites should also review the instructions for sanitizing cups after the Feeding a Dependent Resident skill task that have be posted on the Nurse Aide Registry Testing Information page of the MDH website.
Please review the Candidate Handbook on the MN Headmaster website for additional information. The website will identify that these documents were updated. These changes will also be denoted on the first page of the handbook and will be highlighted in the text for easy identification.
On July 1, the Minnesota State Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide Curriculum will be discontinued and will no longer be approved for use in Minnesota nurse aide training programs. Nurse aide training programs using the Minnesota State Long-Term Care Nursing Assistant and Home Health Aide Curriculum must transition to a new curriculum by June 30.
What Do I Need to Do?
Before June 30, you must do one of the following:
- Transition to the Minnesota State Nurse Aide Curriculum 2024 edition, using the Minnesota State website. You can purchase the revised curriculum directly from the Minnesota State Nurse Aide Curriculum page.
- Note: You may not combine portions of the old curriculum with the 2024 edition.
- Declare an alternative curriculum. A list of approved curricula is available on the Minnesota-Approved Training Curricula page of the Nurse Aide Registry website. Training programs who decide to use a different curriculum must notify MDH which curriculum they intend to use by emailing health.nar.coord@state.mn.us.
Exciting news! The new and improved Nurse Aide Registry system is available this week. This new system transitions MDH and the nurse aides to a fully digital experience, which streamlines and improves updates and renewals.
Active nurse aides and those endorsing from another state will be able to create an account, upload supporting documents, and submit their application online.
Nurse aides whose certificates are expiring soon must register an account in the new system and apply for a renewal.
Nursing Home and Certified Boarding Care Home facilities’ administrators must register an account to update staff reports real-time (no more semi-annual updates)!
Next Steps
Currently, MDH is no longer accepting paper applications via mail or email. Nurse aides and administrators can register for accounts here: Minnesota Nurse Aide Registry. Tutorials for creating your account are available below.
- Nurse Aide Registry Tutorial: Creating Your Account (PDF)
- Nurse Aide Registry Tutorial: Searching the Registry (PDF)
- Nurse Aide Registry Tutorial: Submitting Your Renewal Application (PDF)
- Nurse Aide Registry Tutorial: Facility Renewal for Staff Reporting (PDF)
- Nurse Aide Registry Tutorial: Submitting Your Interstate Endorsement Application (PDF)
Attached is a flyer providers can display at their facilities to help MDH raise awareness among the nurse aides on your staff: New and Improved Nurse Aide Registry Coming Soon! We appreciate your ongoing support.
For Nurse Aides
- Minnesota Nurse Aide Registry
- Nurse Aide Registry Tutorial: Creating Your Account (PDF)
- Nurse Aide Registry Tutorial: Searching the Registry (PDF)
- Nurse Aide Registry Tutorial: Submitting Your Renewal Application (PDF)
- Nurse Aide Registry Tutorial: Submitting Your Interstate Endorsement Application (PDF)
- Training and Testing
For Employers
- Who can work as a nurse aide?
- Searching the Registry
- Nurse Aide Registry Tutorial: Facility Renewal for Staff Reporting (PDF)