In Mississippi, any CNA student willing to appear for the NNAAP Examination, must complete state and OBRA/87 approved, The Mississippi State Department of Health, Bureau of Health Facilities Licensure and Certification, Nurse Assistant Training Program. The student should pass the certification test within two years of completion of training program. If CNA student is unable to pass the exam, within this period then, he/she will have to get re- training to take the exam again.

The Mississippi State Department of Health, Bureau of Health Facilities Licensure and Certification, has contracted with Pearson VUE to develop, assess, and inform the results of the NNAAP Examination. The Nurse Aide Competency Evaluation Service (NACES) jointly works with Pearson VUE to schedule and mange the examination. To meet the nurse aide evaluation requirement of federal and state laws and regulations, the NNAAP was developed by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, Inc., (NCSBN).

A candidate willing to take NNAAP Exam, should complete an  Application for Registration by Competency Examination form with completed application, test fees, social security card, a photo ID and nursing training completion certificate should be submitted to NACES. The Application Form can be obtained by contacting NACES or downloaded from the official Pearson VUE website: www.pearsonvue.com

ADA accommodation is also available with prior information. Telecommunication Devices for the Deaf (TDD) is also provided to assist deaf and hearing-impaired candidates.

The candidate looking for any test application assistance can enquire at:

NACES Customer Service Representative at (800) 579-3321 or visit, Pearson VU website at:

www.pearsonvue.com

Applications should be sent to NACES 12 business days before the examination along with a copy of your Certificate of Completion, and appropriate fee together in one envelope to NACES Plus Foundation, Inc.,

Alabama NNAAP, 7600 Burnet Road, Suite 440, Austin, TX 78757-1292

NNAAP Examination consists of two parts, written/oral test and clinical or skill evaluation test. The reason for the NNAAP exam is to evaluate the learning of the CNA students in taking effective, competent and safety care of the residents. The passing of test also provides them certification and listing with Mississipi Board of Nursing, which makes them eligible to work as CNA in hospitals, long term care units and health centers.

During exam day the candidate should bring following necessities:

• 2 nos. Signature Identification Form, one of which must be photo identification (driver’s license, government-issued photo identification, photo credit card, passport, or alien registration card)
• 2 sharpened pencils
• Eraser
• Your Social Security number
• Watch with a second hand

Written/Oral Examination (70 questions)

• 60 multiple choice questions
• 10 reading comprehension questions
• Questions are provided on a cassette tape for listening
• For oral test, request must be made along with the application
• Time limit 2 hours

Oral test is based on Physical Care Skills, Psychosocial Care Skills and Role of the Nurse Aide along with other learning.

Skill Test

• 5 randomly selected skills performance
• Time limit is 25 minutes
• Nursing Assistant Evaluator assess the skill performance of the candidate and rate accordingly
• Successful demonstration of skills passes candidate’s skill evaluation

Skill test are performed on other student known as client and following skills are to be performed:

Hand Washing is one skill out of 5 skills, that has to be performed and Measurement Recording is one skill from rest 4 skills will have to be performed by the candidate.

Blood Pressure Measurement, Hand Washing, Counts and Recording of Radial Pulse, Respiration Recording, Feeding and Bed Bath to the client, Bed Making, Movement of the patient, Denture, Mouth and Perennial care to patient, proper use of Bed Pan, Donning and Removing PPE (Gown and Gloves), Client Dressing and so on.

The candidate can ask for rescheduling of the exam for following reasons, which are permissible:

• Ailment/Illness of candidate or his/her family member

• Death in the family

• Disabling traffic accident

• Court appearance or jury duty

• Military duty

• Weather emergency

Any candidate getting employment within 12 months, as a nurse aide by a Medicaid Nursing Facility or Medicare is eligible for the reimbursement of the training and competency evaluation fees through the facility.