How the plan sets your priorities
Rate how each content area went on your last attempt. If your score report shows results by content area, use them; the planner doesn't need exact scores. So the planner asks you instead: the content areas you mark as hard start your plan, mixed ones are strengthened, and confident ones get lighter review. Your answers are a self-assessment, not an official result.
Each content area starts from its share of the exam in the official outline, multiplied by its priority: 3× to start, 2× to strengthen, 1.5× if you leave it blank, and 1× to maintain. A quarter of your time is mixed practice across all content areas. This is Passy’s planning method; it doesn’t estimate a score or a chance of passing.
Retake rules for the CNA
Federal rules give you at least three chances to pass the competency evaluation; your state sets the actual limit and time window. In Pennsylvania's NNAAP, failing either part three times means retraining and retaking both parts, and you have two years after training to test.
- 42 CFR 483.154(f): a candidate who fails must be told the areas not passed and that they have at least three opportunities; a state maximum can be no lower than three.
- Pennsylvania (Credentia): E3/E4 (lapsed-registry) candidates get one attempt; being scheduled three times without becoming registered (fails or absences) also requires retraining; after retraining there are three more opportunities.
- Other Credentia states differ: Washington allows four written attempts; Alabama states three attempts within two years of training; DC and Alaska require a remedial course or new program after three failures and a retake of only the failed part.
- No waiting period between attempts is stated on the Pennsylvania pages.
- Exam Results (Pennsylvania Nurse Aide, NNAAP) (Credentia)
Checked against official sources on October 24, 2026.
Next steps
Check your weakest content area with the free CNA practice set, or use the CNA study planner for a first attempt.
Passy is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or approved by Credentia, NCSBN, Prometric, D&S Diversified Technologies (Headmaster), CMS, or any state nurse aide registry or agency. NNAAP® is named only to identify the exam. Passy practice is original study material and contains no Credentia, Prometric, Headmaster, or state exam items and no skills-checklist text.