In Georgia, any CNA student willing to appear for the National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) Examination, must complete federal and state approved and OBRA’87 requirements of 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 Georgia Medical Care Foundation has contracted with Pearson VUE to manage and regulate NNAAP exam in Georgia. It is the responsibility of Pearson VUE to develop, assess, and inform the results of the NNAAP Examination on behalf of the Georgia Nurse Aide Registry.

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. These requirements are applicable to New Nurse Aide Candidates, LPN/RN Candidates, Out of State Trained Nurse, Out of State Trained Nurse Lapsed, Reciprocity Candidates, and Georgia Lapsed or Expired Registration.

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 test also provides them listing with Georgia Nurse Aide Registry and certification, which makes them eligible to work as CNA in hospitals, long term care units and health centers.

Written/Oral Examination (70 questions)

• 60 multiple choice questions
• 10 multiple choice reading comprehension
• 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:

Measurement Recording, 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, hand, feet 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.

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