Introduction to CNA History

The CNA history starts with the World War I because duties of the nurses were increased up to large extent during the World War I and there were unbearable burden on the nurses and nobody was present for the assistance of the nurses because non-professionals were not able to deal with and looked after the injured and patients. In this situation, American Red Cross started the Volunteer Nurses Aid Service to assist the nurses and individuals had to get the training for the assistance of the nurses under this program but this service did not improve the level of quality care and safety of patients in the nursing homes; therefore, OBRA Act was approved in 1987 by Congress to improve the level of personal care and safety concern in the nursing homes of the state.

According to the OBRA Act of 1987, the staff of the nursing homes should be well-trained and expert because it is the only way to improve the level of personal care of patients in the nursing homes. The trained staff will maintain the level of cleanliness of the patients that will be beneficial for the instant recovery of the patients and this factor will also be beneficial to increase the level of the popularity of the nursing home. Initially, non-professional nursing assistants were hired to look after the patients but now only trained and professional nursing assistants are hired for the personal care of patients.

The CNA history shows that training programs of the nursing assistants were started by the state authorities; therefore, now all types of training programs of the nursing assistants are under the control of federal government. The Boards of Nursing is controlled by the state government that is responsible to control and define all the activities of the training programs of the nursing assistant in the state and if you want to get job in the big nursing homes of state then you should pass the exam of nursing assistant training program of state.

Federal Boards of Nursing will take CNA Exam  

The CNA certification is given by the Federal Board of Nursing and you can get this certification by passing the CNA certification exam and this exam will be taken by the state authorities and you cannot get the job of certified nursing assistant in any nursing home without passing this exam. The CNA history shows that American Red Cross was the first organization to start the training programs of the certified nursing assistant; therefore, CNA training programs of the American Red Cross are popular in all over the world.

The CNA history shows that training programs of the nursing assistant were started to keep away the patients from any harm or mishap because non-professional nursing assistant cannot perform the duties of certified nursing assistant in the professional manner. Therefore, you should join any online or campus training program of the CNA training because now the CNA training has become compulsory to get job of nursing assistant in nursing homes and other medical facilities.