Meeting Nursing Home Staffing Mandates: How ReadyCNA Can Help

The White House recently finalized a new rule setting minimum staffing requirements for nurse aides and registered nurses (RNs). This means facilities nationwide must ensure they have enough qualified staff to deliver high-quality care to residents.

Overview of the Mandate

The Nursing Home Minimum Staffing Rule requires all nursing homes receiving Medicare and Medicaid funds to deliver 3.48 hours per resident of total staffing per day. Registered nurses must provide 0.55 hours per resident per day, and nurse aides must deliver 2.45 hours per resident per day. This means a facility serving 100 residents must have at least ten nurse aides per shift to comply with the requirement. Of course, acuity and other resident needs could increase this minimum required number of nurse aides even higher. 

Skilled Nursing News reports that this final rule comes from a nursing home reform package released by the White House in 2022. The intent of the final rule is to increase safety and quality care outcomes for residents of long-term care facilities. 

ReadyCNA is the Solution

If complying with the nurse aide staffing mandate sounds daunting, you’re not alone. Facilities from coast to coast are leaning into the plan of training their own nurse aides to help increase the pipeline of workers needed. To make this an easy transition, there’s a simple and effective solution available that can help your facility meet the mandate – ReadyCNA.

Here's how ReadyCNA can be your game-changer:

• Train Faster, Comply Sooner: ReadyCNA's online platform offers flexible training solutions for aspiring nurse aides. Learners can access coursework anytime, anywhere, fitting their studies around busy schedules. This is perfect for staff already in the healthcare field or those with busy lives who want to break into the industry.
  
  
• Become a Training Powerhouse: ReadyCNA boasts a massive content library covering everything from basic patient care to advanced infection control. Our curriculum meets all state and federal requirements and is anchored by a full-length motion picture broken into episodes that show caregiving through real-life stories so your future CNAs understand the challenges and benefits of the role. 
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• Free Up Your RNs: Let's face it, RNs are busy, and the mandate means you need even more of them for direct patient care! ReadyCNA can handle a chunk of the training burden, freeing up your RNs to focus on what they do best: providing exceptional care to residents. Your staff only needs to provide support during the didactic portion of the training program and direct education during lab and clinical hours. This hybrid approach translates to better patient outcomes all around.
  
  
• Compliance Made Easy: With clear guidelines on staffing ratios, you can use ReadyCNA to ensure your team is up to snuff. No more scrambling to meet requirements – ReadyCNA will help you stay on top of things. And our Client Success Team will help you every step of the way from applying to the state to running cohorts.
  
  

The new staffing rules are here to stay. ReadyCNA can be your secret weapon for compliance and quality care. Don't wait – embrace innovative solutions and ensure the well-being of your residents and the success of your facility.

Ready to take the next step? Check out ReadyCNA today and see how it can revolutionize your nurse aide training program!