This free NNAAP cheat sheet boils Credentia's nurse aide written test and five-skill evaluation down to the facts examiners reward most. It's a premium cheat sheet built by Capital Prep — the one premium prep we trust — and it's yours free. Reinforce it with the rest of your free NNAAP toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
NNAAP exam at a glance
- Written test: 70 multiple-choice questions (60 scored + 10 unscored pretest); oral option available
- Skills evaluation: 5 skills in ~30 minutes; must pass 5 of 5
- Time (written): 2 hours (120 minutes)
- Passing standard: Scaled cut score (~70-80% reported); must pass BOTH parts independently
- Cost: ≈ $45 written + ≈ $95 skills (≈ $140 combined); varies by state
- Administered by: Credentia (NNAAP) — most states; some use Prometric or another vendor
What’s on the NNAAP cheat sheet
- Physical Care Skills (64%) — the biggest written category — Basic Nursing Skills (35%), Activities of Daily Living (22%), and Self Care/Independence (7%).
- Role of the Nurse Aide (26%) — Communication (7%), Client Rights (8%), Legal & Ethical Behavior (5%), and Member of the Health Care Team (7%).
- Psychosocial Care Skills (10%) — Emotional & Mental Health Needs (8%) plus Spiritual & Cultural Needs (2%).
- The five-skill evaluation — hand hygiene always first, one measurement skill, three random — with the Critical Element Step for each common skill.
- The indirect-care frame — introduce and name the client, explain, privacy, perform, call light in reach, bed low — scored inside every single skill.
How to use it in your final week
- Print it and pair each pass with practice — review one content area, then immediately drill that area so Basic Nursing Skills and ADLs (the two heaviest, 57% combined) actually stick.
- Rehearse the five-skill frame out loud from the sheet: introduce and name the client, explain, give privacy and wash hands, perform, then call light in reach and bed in the lowest position.
- Skim the measurement-tolerance and Critical Element reminders the night before — an out-of-range vital or one skipped bolded step fails an entire skill no matter how clean the rest was.
- Read the numbers block the morning of the exam: 70 questions in 2 hours, five skills in ~30 minutes, and the scaled cut score you need to clear on the written half.
The cheat sheet is your review layer — your NNAAP practice test drives the exam-readiness ring at the top of this page. Download it, review, then take a full practice exam (or drill with the study guide and flashcards) to see where you stand.
NNAAP cheat sheet FAQ
Yes — the NNAAP cheat sheet is 100% free to download as a PDF, with no sign-up required. It sits alongside the rest of Career Employer's free nurse aide toolkit: the practice test, study guide, and flashcards.
It condenses both halves of the exam into a quick reference: the written test's nine content areas with their weightings, the anatomy of the five-skill evaluation (hand hygiene first, one measurement skill, three random), the indirect-care frame scored on every skill, and the numbers to memorize — 70 questions, 2 hours, ~$45/$95 fees, and the scaled cut score.
Yes. The sheet flags the make-or-break Critical Element Step for the most commonly assigned skills and the introduce-privacy-perform-call-light-bed-low frame scored inside every one. Read it, but still rehearse each skill out loud step by step, because a single missed critical step fails that whole skill.
No — you have to pass a written (or oral) knowledge test AND a hands-on skills evaluation, both independently. Use the cheat sheet to lock in the high-yield facts and weightings, then drill realistic written questions and rehearse the five skills so nothing surprises you on test day.
Click the download button or the preview card at the top of this page and the PDF opens instantly. Bookmark this page so you can pull it back up for a final review the morning of your exam.
References
- 1.Credentia (NNAAP administrator). “NNAAP — Nurse Aide Certification.” credentia.com, 2026. ↑
- 2.Credentia (NNAAP administrator). “The NNAAP Written (or Oral) Examination.” Credentia Knowledge Base, 2026. ↑
- 3.Credentia (NNAAP administrator). “2024 NNAAP Written (Oral) Examination Content Outline.” Credentia Knowledge Base, 2024. ↑
- 4.Credentia (NNAAP administrator). “NNAAP Exam Fees.” Credentia Knowledge Base, 2026. ↑
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