Nurse Aide Certification Pass Rates
Academic
Year
Number of Candidates Who
Attempted the National Nurse
Aide Assessment Program
(NNAP) Examination
WRITTEN TEST
Number and Percentage of
Candidates Who Passed the
Examination
Percentage of Candidates Who
Passed the Examination
2021/22
70
69
99%
2020/21
45**
42
93%
2019/20
71*
67
94%
2018/19
101
97
96%
2017/18
88
85
97%
2016/17
135
131
97%
2015/16
87
77
89%
2014/15
127
110
87%
2013/14
146
121
83%
Academic
Year
Number of Candidates Who
Attempted the National Nurse
Aide Assessment Program
(NNAP) Examination
SKILLS TEST
Number of Candidates Who
Passed the Examination
Percentage of Candidates Who
Passed the Examination
2021/22
60
55
92%
2020/21
45**
41
91%
2019/20
71*
67
94%
2018/19
101
93
92%
2017/18
88
83
94%
2016/17
135
123
89%
2015/16
84
80
95%
2014/15
127
116
91%
2013/14
141
126
89%
*Due to the pandemic, classes were suspended as was NNAAP testing for a duration of 2020
** Lower number of completers/test candidates are related to pandemic induced class suspensions & lack of available test dates
The National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP) Examination will allow students to enroll in the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry. There is a
fee for the examination.
The National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP®) is an examination program designed to determine minimal competency to become a
certified nurse aide and enroll in the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry. The NNAAP was developed by the National Council of State Boards of
Nursing, Inc., (NCSBN) to meet the nurse aide evaluation requirement of federal and state laws and regulations. The NNAAP Examination is an
evaluation of nurse aide-related knowledge, skills, and abilities. The NNAAP Examination is made up of both a Written (and Oral) Examination and a
Skills Evaluation. The purpose of the NNAAP Examination is to test that students understand and can safely perform the job of an entry-level nurse
aide.
The two parts of the NNAAP Examination, the Written (or Oral) Examination and the Skills Evaluation, will be administered on the same day.
Students must pass both parts in order to be listed on the Pennsylvania Nurse Aide Registry.
