To allow nurse aide training to occur outside of a nursing home facility focusing on geriatric care. 

We struggle to place nurse aide students in a nursing home facility only, given the restrictions that have been in place. We agree and support the proposed change that should include assisted living as a clinical site. This is much less disruptive to a nursing student and nursing program.

To update requirements of the coordinator and instructional staff.

We are in agreement that the RN/LPN instructor may have 1 year of experience vs. 2 years of experience outside of the geriatric setting.

Only the Program Coordinator or the Primary instructor is required to hold a license as a registered nurse.

We agree this eases the financial burden for any nursing assistant school. With the involvement of the RN coordinator, perhaps it is possible to have additional oversite responsibilities of the RN coordinator to ensure the non-RN instructor is successful in meeting all requirements of the program.