Guides

Three practical guides for the questions people most often bring to this site. They are frameworks for thinking, not official instructions.

How the CNA exam works

The two parts, how each is scored, what passing means — and which half fails people.

Arrival, check-in, the room, the evaluator, the order of things — and what a stumble does and does not mean.

Whether you retake one part or both, and how to find the rules your state actually sets.