Exam Day Test Center

District of Columbia - National Nurse Aide Assessment Program (NNAAP)

Taking Your Skills Exam in Person at a Test Center

Checking In

You must arrive 30 minutes before your scheduled time for both the written examination (if offered at a test center) and for the skills evaluation. If you are late, you will not be allowed to test, and your fees will not be refunded.
Skills Evaluation test times are approximate.

Note: You will need to check in for both the written examination and the skills evaluation if both are scheduled for the same day. You will need to present proper identification.

Requirements for Skill Exam

You should have the following list of items below for the skill exam.

Two (2) forms of official (current, not expired), legible, signature-bearing identification, one of which must be photo identification.
Three (3) No. 2 pencils (sharpened).
Eraser.
Analog watch with a sweeping seconds hand (not a digital or Smartwatch). No other materials will be allowed.

ID Card Requirements

You are required to bring two (2) forms of legal photo identification that include your signature when reporting to take the examination.

You are required to have two (2) forms of official ID with a signature (one must be a photo identification).

Note: Photocopies of identification will not be accepted.

You can use any from the list of identification below:

Driver’s license
Social Security card
Clinic card
Credit card
Library card
State-issued identification card
Passport
Alien registration card

Note: The name on your identification must be the same as the name you used on the application to register for the examination. If you do not bring proper identification, you will not be allowed to test, and your examination fee will not be refunded. This absence will count as one of your three opportunities to test because you were not prepared with the correct forms of identification.

Security and Cheating

If you help or receive help from anyone during the NNAAP® Examination, the examination will be stopped. The incident will be reported to the state Board of Nursing for review and your examination will not be scored (see Testing Policies).

Note: All examination questions, each form of the examination, and all other examination materials are copyrighted by, the property of or licensed to Credentia. Consequently, any distribution of the examination content or materials through any form of reproduction or through oral or written communication, is strictly prohibited and punishable by law. Anyone who removes or tries to remove examination material or information from the test center will be prosecuted.