Exam Results

You will receive a notification email from Credentia when a new exam score has been posted to your online account. To access your score report, please log in to your Credentia account by clicking the “Login” button on the top of the Alabama nurse aide website page at www.credentia.com/test-takers/al. Score reports are generally available within 24 hours after a skill testing event is completed, written and oral results are available immediately. If it has been more than 24 hours and you are unable to view your score report in the Credentia Platform, please contact customer service at 888-204-6249.

Score Reporting

Credentia will provide you with your official examination results. Score reports are provided online and are available for you to print or download. Examinations results will not be given over the telephone, nor can they be sent by Credentia to your employer.

Failing

If you fail the Written (or Oral) Examination or the Skills Evaluation, you will need to repeat the part of the examination that you failed, also called a re-take. The Score Report given to you at the test center will provide you with complete information on how to re-take the portion that you failed. Read the next section, Exam Re-take Policy for more information.

By state and federal regulations, you are permitted three (3) attempts in the two (2) years after completing the nurse aide training program to pass both parts of the NNAAP Examination. If you fail either part or both parts three (3) times, you will be required to re-train by successfully completing a state-approved training program, after which you must re-take both parts of the examination.

How To Read a Failing Score Report

If you do not pass the Skills Evaluation, you will receive a Failing Score Report. The score report will list the five (5) skills that you performed and a score of Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory for each skill. Any skill with an Unsatisfactory result is considered a failed skill. You must receive a Satisfactory result on all five (5) skills in order to pass the Skills Evaluation.

Use your Failing Score Report as an aid in studying to re-take the Skills Evaluation. A failed skill will show the reason for the failure. You may not have performed the steps of a skill correctly, or you may have forgotten a step, especially a Critical Element Step.

The Failing Score Report will list steps that were missed or incorrect—look for numbers printed directly under a skill marked Unsatisfactory. A list of all the skills and the steps needed for each skill can be found in this handbook. Find the skill you failed, and study the steps, especially steps listed as Unsatisfactory on the score report.

In the example below, a candidate received a result of Unsatisfactory on the skill Hand Hygiene. The numbers 1, 5, and 10 printed below the skill refer to steps that were missed or performed incorrectly. To study for re-taking the Skills Evaluation, this candidate should turn to the Skills Listing in this handbook, look for the Hand Hygiene skill, and review all the steps, especially steps 1, 5, and 10.

Passing

Once you have passed both the Written (or English or Spanish Oral) Examination and the Skills Evaluation, your name will be submitted to the Alabama Department of Health for placement on the Alabama Nursing Assistant Registry. You must take and pass both the Written (or English or Spanish Oral) Examination and the Skills Evaluation within two (2) years of completing the nurse aide training program to be eligible for placement on the Alabama Nurse Aide Registry.

Alabama does NOT issue certificates or licenses to nurse aides. The only official document you will receive is the Score Report given to you at the test center.