How to Become a Nurse Aide in Nebraska

The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services oversees training and testing for Nurse Aides. CNA programs in Nebraska must include at least 75 hours of instruction, or a 21-hour basic resident care course for intermediate care facilities for the developmentally disabled. Registered Nurses (RNs) must supervise CNA training. As part of the curriculum, CNA students must complete 1 hour of Nebraska-specific abuse/neglect/misappropriation training. Additionally, Nurse Aides must be at least 16 years old and not be convicted of a crime that violates “moral standards” or the intent to defraud. They must be at least 18 years of age to use a lift on their own. A Nurse Aide who is 16 to 17 years old may assist in the use of a lift. 

Nurse Aide schools in Nebraska must include at least 16 hours of practical, or clinical, training in the following subjects:

1. Basic Nursing Skills

2. Personal Care Skills

3. Mental Health and Social Service Needs

4. Care of Cognitively Impaired Residents

5. Basic Restorative Services

6. Residents’ Rights

You can find a CNA school near you in Nebraska by using our Free CNA School Finder on this page. Just enter your zip code. There are many flexible program options for local, hybrid, or online Nursing Assistant classes in Nebraska.

A Closer Look at Nurse Aide Training in Nebraska

A typical Nurse Aide program in Nebraska will include all the knowledge and skills you must perform for the Nursing Assistant Exam. You can expect to learn CNA skills such as:

• Measuring and recording height and weight

• Safety/emergency procedures, including the Heimlich maneuver

• Grooming, including mouth care

• Using the resident's family as a source of emotional support

• Communicating with patients with dementia (Alzheimer's and others)

• Proper turning and positioning in bed and chair

Nurse Assistant schools in Nebraska vary in price, and can be as low as a few hundred dollars or as high as a few thousand dollars. But you can always ask for financial aid or see if you qualify for scholarships. When comparing the cost of CNA schools, find out if the cost is all-inclusive or if you have to pay extra for textbooks, lab fees, uniforms, etc.

You can find a CNA school near you in Nebraska using our free location tool. Just enter your zip code to find online and local CNA schools.

The Nurse Aide Test in Nebraska

The Nebraska Nurse Aide Exam consists of 2 sections: a written/oral test and a practical skills portion. The written/oral exam consists of 50 multiple-choice questions. You may opt to request the written portion as an oral exam. The skills exam requires a demonstration of 6 skills. Examples of these skills include proper hand washing, safely moving a patient, changing bed linens in an occupied bed, partial bed bath, etc. You will perform the skills on a medical mannequin. Both sections require a passing grade of 70% or higher and students have 3 attempts to pass the exam.

If English is your second language, you can take CNA classes en Español as well. But be aware that you’ll need to take the CNA exam in English. To help prepare yourself for the exam, read through our Free CNA Practice Test.

Once you have graduated from a CNA school and successfully passed the CNA exam in Nebraska, you can then be officially added to the Nebraska Nurse Aide Registry and be eligible to start working as a Nursing Assistant. Congratulations!