Delaware CNA

It has two parts. The knowledge test is multiple choice and is also offered in an oral version for candidates who need it. The second part is a hands-on skills demonstration, where you perform selected nursing assistant procedures while an evaluator observes and scores each required step.

The question count and time limit are not published on the DHSS CNA Registry pages reviewed here, so your training program and the testing vendor are the reliable source. Ask your coordinator for the current format before scheduling, and practise answering multiple-choice items at a steady pace so a shorter-than-expected limit does not surprise you.

The passing standard is set by DHSS and its testing vendor, not by your training program, and the current figure is not published on the pages reviewed here. Confirm the required score, and whether the knowledge and skills parts are scored separately, when you schedule. Study every domain as pass-or-fail material rather than aiming for a bare minimum.

Retake rules, waiting periods and any added fees are set by the state and its vendor, and those details were not available on the pages reviewed here. Call DHSS general information at 302-255-9040 or email [email protected], or ask your program, before assuming you can re-test immediately.

Expect fundamental nursing assistant procedures such as hygiene and perineal care, mobility and transfers, positioning, feeding and infection control, each scored on required steps. Get the official skills checklist from your training program and rehearse each skill in the exact order you would perform it on a resident, saying safety checks aloud.

Learn the skills first, because they take the most repetition and are scored step by step. Then work through knowledge content one domain at a time, doing practice questions only after you have reviewed that material. Finish with timed mixed sets so you practise switching domains, and review every wrong answer until you can explain why the right choice is safer for the resident.

Most lost points are procedural: skipping hand hygiene, forgetting to identify the resident and explain the task, failing to provide privacy, leaving the bed at the wrong height, or omitting a safety check before moving someone. Slow down, narrate each step out loud, and treat the evaluator's checklist as the script you are following.

No. This is an independent study resource and is not affiliated with or endorsed by DHSS. The DHSS Certified Nurse Assistance (CNA) Registry page is the authoritative source for eligibility, scheduling, fees, scoring and registry status, so confirm details there before you pay for anything or book a test date.

Use the Certified Nurse Assistance (CNA) Registry page published by DHSS, which sits under the Division of Health Care Quality. For questions the page does not answer, DHSS lists general information at 302-255-9040 and constituent relations at [email protected].