Nurses's Assistant, Certified (CNA)
- Exam
- Third-party exam
- Education
- Specific course
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Required
Applicants must work at least 8 hours in approved settings: nursing home, hospital, hospice, home health, personal care attendant (PCA), assisted living, rehabilitation or intensive care (ICF) or developmentally disabled (DD) facility. Duties must be verified as nursing or nurse related. If you have been certified in the past, contact Shirley Smith, Program Manager, DHH- Health Standards at (225) 342-5779. If you have never been certified, go to http://www.labenfa.com/ -go to “long term care” -go to “nurse aide training packet”.
Requirements reported by the state
- Licence type
- Stand-alone license
- Exam
- Third-party exam required
- Education
- Specific course required
- Continuing education
- Continuing education required
- Experience
- Experience
- Background check
- Background check required
- Physical requirement
- No physical requirements
Issuing body
- Department
- Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals
- Board
- Bureau of Health Standards
- Address
- 628 N 4th St Baton Rouge, LA 70802
- Phone
- (225) 295-8575
- Agency website
- www.dhh.louisiana.gov
- Last updated
- September 6, 2024
Occupations (O*NET)
- Nurse Aide 31-1131.00
Source and verification
This record is Louisiana's report to the Analyst Resource Center, published by CareerOneStop (October 2024 export). Everything shown comes only from that report.
Before you apply, confirm every detail with Bureau of Health Standards — see the issuing body section above.
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