Once your name is placed on the Nebraska Nurse Aide Registry, your status remains active for twenty-four months since your last reported work day. If you fail to work as a nurse aide, for pay, for more that two years, then your registry status changes from active to lapsed. Nursing facilities which are Medicare and Medicaid certified can only employ active status nursing assistants. Completing in-service or continuing education hours is not a requirement to maintain active status on the Nebraska Nurse Aide Registry.