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State and provincial competency evaluations for nurse aides and nursing assistants.
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Arkansas Nurse Aide Competency ExamArkansas CNA · Arkansas DHS
75 multiple-choice questions (knowledge exam) plus 3 or 4 randomly assigned manual skill tasksKnowledge exam: maximum 60 minutes; Skill test: maximum 30 minutesCalifornia Nurse Aide Competency ExaminationCalifornia CNA · CDPH
75 multiple-choice Knowledge Test questions (D&SDT-HEADMASTER form; the Credentia NNAAP form has 70 written questions, or 60 questions plus 10 reading-comprehension questions in the oral version — see notes)60 minutes for the 75-question Knowledge Test; 30 minutes for the Skill TestFlorida Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA) ExamFlorida CNA Exam · FL BON
Written test: 60 multiple-choice questions; Clinical Skills test: performance of 5 scored skills (3 assigned skills plus Handwashing and Indirect Care)Written test 90 minutes; Clinical Skills test 31–40 minutes depending on the assigned skillsIndiana Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation (CNA Written and Skills Exams)Indiana CNA Exam · IDOH
100 multiple-choice questions on the written portion, plus a separately administered skills evaluation90 minutes allowed for the written exam; the skills exam is untimedKentucky Medicaid Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation (State Registered Nurse Aide test)Kentucky SRNA exam · KCTCS
75 multiple-choice written test items (task-list based); an oral/audio read-aloud version may be substituted for candidates with documented literacy limitationsWritten test: 2-hour time limit; the separately administered skills test is untimed (the full appointment "may take several hours")Maryland Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation — National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) Examination required for Geriatric Nursing Assistant (GNA) / CNA-I registrationMaryland NNAAP (GNA/CNA-I) Exam · MBON
Written Examination: 70 multiple-choice questions (or Oral Examination: 60 multiple-choice plus 10 reading-comprehension questions, on request); Skills Evaluation: 5 randomly selected nurse aide skills (handwashing is always one of them)Written Examination: 2 hours; Skills Evaluation: 30 minutes to perform all five skillsMassachusetts Nurse Aide Competency EvaluationMA Nurse Aide Exam · MA DPH
60 multiple-choice questions on the Knowledge Exam (an Audio version of the Knowledge Exam is available for an additional fee)60 minutes for the Knowledge Exam; 40 minutes for the Skill Test (three or four assigned tasks)Michigan Nurse Aide Competency ExamMichigan Nurse Aide Exam · LARA
65 multiple-choice questions on the knowledge exam; the skill test consists of three (3) or four (4) randomly selected tasksKnowledge exam: maximum of 60 minutes; Skill test: 30 minutesMinnesota Nurse Aide Competency Exam (CNA)Minnesota CNA · Minnesota MDH
Knowledge test: 70 multiple-choice questions (selected from subject areas per the MDH-approved Minnesota test plan, with an audio/read-aloud version available). Skill test: three or four randomly selected demonstration tasksKnowledge exam: two hours; Skill test: 30 minutes (per part; candidates taking both components on-site should plan for up to five hours worst-case)Missouri Nurse Aide Competency Examination (CNA)Missouri CNA Exam · Missouri DHSS
Knowledge test: 75 multiple-choice questions (subject-area counts summing to 75: Safety 9, Basic Nursing Skills 8, Infection Control 8, Personal Care 8, Communication 6, Disease Process 6, Mental Health 6, Aging Process and Restorative Care 5, Care Impaired 5, Resident Rights 5, Role and Responsibility 5, Data Collection 4). Skill test: three or four randomly assigned demonstration tasksKnowledge exam: 60 minutes; Skill test: 30 minutes (per part, when both taken)Nebraska Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation (Written/Oral Exam and Skills Exam)Nebraska Nurse Aide Exams · Nebraska DHHS
Written/oral exam: 50 multiple-choice questions. Skills exam: demonstration of six skills.Written exam: one hour (a one-hour block of time; read-aloud accommodation is a separate one-hour one-on-one block). Skills exam: one hour, after a five-minute packet review. (Published by the state's primary approved testing provider, NHCLC, not by DHHS.)Nevada Nursing Assistant Competency ExaminationNevada CNA Exam · NSBN
Two-part exam: a knowledge test of 75 multiple-choice questions (four options A–D; the 12 subject-area question counts sum to 75, with no separate unscored/pretest pool mentioned) plus a skill test of three or four randomly assigned demonstrated tasksKnowledge test: maximum 60 minutes for the 75 questions; Skill test: 30 minutes to complete the three or four tasks (with a 5-minute grace extension on a started final task)New Jersey Nurse Aide in Long Term Care Facilities Competency EvaluationNJ Nurse Aide Exam · NJ DOH
Written/oral knowledge examination: 60 items (same count for Written-English, Oral-English, and Oral-Spanish forms; PSI marks pretest items N/A); the separate clinical skills evaluation is a performance test with no items90 minutes for the written or oral knowledge examination; the clinical skills evaluation is timed separately at the test site and no official total testing time is published for itNew York State Nursing Home Nurse Aide Competency ExaminationNYS Nurse Aide Exam · NYSDOH
Written exam: 60 multiple-choice questions (single correct answer). Oral option: the same exam heard from a prerecorded CD, plus a separate 16-question Reading Comprehension sectionWritten exam: 90 minutes (oral candidates get an additional 30 minutes for the Reading Comprehension section). Clinical Skills exam: timed, with duration varying by the skills assignedNorth Carolina Nurse Aide I Examination (NNAAP®)NC Nurse Aide I Exam · NCDHSR
Written examination: 70 multiple-choice questions (60 scored, 10 unscored pretest). Oral substitute examination: Part 1 has 60 multiple-choice questions plus Part 2 has 10 word-recognition questions.Written (or Oral) Examination: 2 hours; Skills Evaluation: 5 skills assessed in 30 minutesNursing Assistant Certification (NAC) ExamNAC Exam · WABON
Knowledge test: 70 multiple-choice items on the Written Examination (60 scored, 10 unscored pretest); the Oral Examination in place of the written has 60 multiple-choice items plus 10 reading-comprehension (word recognition) items2 hours for the Written Examination; no time limit published for the Oral Examination or the Skills TestOhio Nurse Aide Competency ExamOhio Nurse Aide Exam · ODH
Knowledge test: 79 multiple-choice questions drawn from 12 subject areas on the ODH-approved Ohio test plan (Basic Nursing Skills 9, Personal Care 9, Safety 8, Infection Control 7, Mental Health 7, Role and Responsibility 7, Care Impaired 6, Communication 6, Data Collection 5, Disease Process 5, Older Growth & Development 5, Resident Rights 5 — sums to 79); Skill test: three or four randomly assigned ODH-approved nurse aide skill tasks90 minutes for the 79-question knowledge exam (a 15-minute warning is given); 35 minutes for the three or four skill tasks; knowledge and skill portions may be taken on-site the same dayOregon Nurse Aide Competency ExaminationOregon CNA Exam · OSBN
Knowledge test: 80 multiple-choice questions across 11 federal subject areas; Skill test: performance of 3-4 nurse aide tasks (one mandatory task with embedded hand washing plus 2-3 randomly selected tasks)Knowledge test: 90 minutes; Skill test: 35 minutes (three or four tasks)Texas Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation Program (CNA)Texas CNA Exam · Texas HHSC
Written Test: 60 multiple-choice questions. Oral test: the same multiple-choice knowledge questions plus a Reading Comprehension section of approximately 15 questions. Clinical Skills Test: three assigned skills, scored together with Handwashing and Indirect Care (five skills scored)Written Test: 90 minutes. Clinical Skills Test: timed per test form; time limit given on the candidate's instruction card (varies by skill combination)Wisconsin Nurse Aide Competency ExamWisconsin Nurse Aide Exam · Wisconsin DHS
Knowledge Exam: 75 multiple-choice questions (an audio version is available to anyone, with the first 67 questions read aloud); Skills Test: 3 or 4 randomly assigned skill tasks (one mandatory task plus two or three randomly selected tasks)Knowledge Exam: 60 minutes for the 75 questions; Skills Test: no more than 30 minutes for the three or four tasks; plan to be at the test site up to 4 hours if taking both components on-siteWhat you'll find
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