Becoming a Staff-Development Leader in New Hampshire
Every skilled nursing facility needs a nurse to lead its orientation and in-service education, and the core skills are the same across the country. We help you build them — with professional, certificate-bearing online courses available to nurses and care staff in all 50 states. In California the role is called Director of Staff Development; elsewhere it’s a Staff Development Coordinator, In-Service Coordinator or Nurse Educator.
Looking for the in-service training requirements rather than the role? See our nursing-home in-service requirements by state.
New Hampshire
In New Hampshire, the nurse who leads staff education and training is commonly known as a LNA Education Program Coordinator. It’s a valued, higher-responsibility role — and we can help you prepare for it and grow your long-term-care career.
New Hampshire has no California-style DSD credential, but it regulates the training role more tightly than most states because its nurse aides are LICENSED (LNAs). To coordinate/teach an LNA program you must be an unencumbered NH (or compact) RN with two years' experience with the elderly or chronically ill (one year in long-term care) plus a bachelor's degree or a Board-approved Train-the-Trainer course, per Nur 704.04; the program (not the individual) is approved by the Board of Nursing. Inside a nursing home, He-P 803.18 requires annual in-service education on set topics, coordinated by facility nursing leadership, with the federal 12-hour-per-year floor applying since NH sets no separate number.
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Through our sister platform Draco Learning, you can build practical skills and earn a professional certificate of completion from New Hampshire — our online courses are open to nurses and care staff in all 50 states:
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The in-service topics a surveyor expects are set by federal law, so they are the same in New Hampshire as everywhere else. Our in-service library covers all of them — 186 ready-to-teach lessons, each with a lesson plan, handout, quiz, speaker notes and slides — for $99.
How the role works in New Hampshire — official details
General information to help you plan — not legal advice. Requirements can change, so
confirm the specifics with your state’s licensing agency.
Sources: N.H. Code Admin. R. Nur 704.04 · N.H. Code Admin. R. Nur 700, Part 704 · N.H. Code Admin. R. He-P 803.18.
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