Certified Nurses Aid Program

The National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP)

The Nursing Home Reform Act, adopted by Congress as part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987 (OBRA '87), was designed to improve the quality of care in long-term health care facilities and to define training and evaluation standards for nurse aides who work in such facilities.  Each state is responsible for following the terms of this federal law.

National Nurse Aide Assessment Progran (NNAAP) is an evaluation of nurse aide-related knowledge, skills, and abilities.  The NNAAP Examination is made up of both a Written (or Oral) Examination and a Skills Evaluation.  The prupose of the NNAAP Examination is to make sure that you uynderstand and can safely perform the job of an entyr-level nurse aide.

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Please see our information page that contains information for CNA Training, Examination, and past certification. 

If you are employed in a nursing home, or care facility, please contact your employer and ask them about their involvement with this program.

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Program Eligibility

Please note that in order to be eligible for employment as a nurese aide in Pennsylvania, you MUST be sixteen (16) years of age or older. You MUST also submit to a criminal background check through the Department of Education and you MUST NOT have any exclusionary convictions on record or have any substantiated findings on any other state registry or licensing board.

You are eligible for testing if :

You have completed a nurse aide training program, approved by the PA Department of Education, within the last twenty-four (24) months.

You are a student nurse with an approved application of eligibility from the PA Department of Education, or

You were trained out of state and have received approval to test from the PA Department of Education,

Your PA nurse aide registration has lapsed because you have not worked providing nursing-related services for twenty-four (24) months or more, you must re-test.

You are a certified nurse aide on another state's nurse aide registry but your certification has lapsed because you have not worked providing nursing-related services for twenty-four (24) months oir more, you must re-test.

If you would like to register for testing, please call the Susquehanna Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross at 1-800-795-2350

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RN’s Earn Extra Money

Put your knowledge and expertise to good use!  Train as an American Red Cross Certified Nursing Assistant Evaluator. Requirements include a current Pennsylvania RN license and one year long term care experience.  For more information please call Susan at 275-1441.