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Pass Your CNA Exam on the First Try

A structured, step-by-step review of every written knowledge domain and NNAAP clinical skill — so you walk into exam day knowing exactly what to do, in exactly the right order.

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CNA Exam Prep

"Knowing the material and knowing how to show the examiner you know it are two different skills — this course teaches you both."

Alecia Christensen

What you'll learn

What you'll be able to do

  • Pass the written/written-simulation portion of the CNA licensing exam on the first attempt
  • Demonstrate all NNAAP core skills — including handwashing, vital signs, and transfers — step-by-step to evaluator standards
  • Explain patients' rights, confidentiality rules, and the CNA's legal scope of practice with confidence
  • Accurately measure and record vital signs, intake/output, height, and weight within clinical tolerances
  • Communicate professionally with patients, families, and the nursing team using proper medical terminology
  • Manage exam-day stress and time pressure using proven test-taking strategies and timed practice simulations

How it works

A school that adapts to you

This isn't a set of static videos. Every lesson is generated live and tuned to where you actually are.

We learn your level

A quick placement check tailors your starting point so you're never bored or lost.

Lessons adapt as you go

Each lesson is written for your pace and your goal, adjusting as your skills grow.

Your AI coach keeps you moving

Checkpoints, feedback, and gentle nudges turn progress into a real result.

The curriculum

What's inside your school

6 modules · 27 lessons

1

CNA Role, Legal Foundations & Patient Rights

Establishes the CNA's scope of practice, legal responsibilities, ethical duties, and patients' rights as tested on the written exam.

  • 1.1Scope of Practice & the Healthcare TeamIncluded
  • 1.2Patients' Rights & the Resident Bill of RightsIncluded
  • 1.3Confidentiality, HIPAA & Mandatory ReportingIncluded
  • 1.4Legal & Ethical ResponsibilitiesIncluded
2

Communication, Medical Terminology & Documentation

Builds professional communication skills and the medical vocabulary and charting knowledge tested in the written exam's communication domain.

  • 2.1Medical Terminology for CNAsIncluded
  • 2.2Therapeutic Communication with Patients & FamiliesIncluded
  • 2.3Reporting & Documentation StandardsIncluded
  • 2.4Communication Across the Care TeamIncluded
3

Infection Control & Safety

Covers the infection control principles and safety procedures that are among the most heavily tested topics on both the written and skills evaluations.

  • 3.1Standard & Transmission-Based PrecautionsIncluded
  • 3.2Handwashing — The NNAAP Skills ProcedureIncluded
  • 3.3Donning & Doffing PPEIncluded
  • 3.4Resident & Workplace SafetyIncluded
4

Vital Signs, Measurements & Clinical Observations

Develops the clinical accuracy needed to measure and record vital signs, intake/output, height, and weight within the tolerances required by state evaluators.

  • 4.1Temperature, Pulse & RespirationIncluded
  • 4.2Blood Pressure MeasurementIncluded
  • 4.3Height, Weight & BMI BasicsIncluded
  • 4.4Intake, Output & Fluid BalanceIncluded
  • 4.5Recognizing & Reporting Changes in ConditionIncluded
5

Core NNAAP Clinical Skills

Guides students through every major hands-on skill category tested in the state skills competency evaluation, step-by-step to evaluator standards.

  • 5.1Personal Care & Activities of Daily LivingIncluded
  • 5.2Positioning, Transfers & MobilityIncluded
  • 5.3Nutrition, Feeding Assistance & Aspiration PreventionIncluded
  • 5.4Elimination, Catheter Care & Specimen CollectionIncluded
  • 5.5Restorative Care & Range-of-Motion ExercisesIncluded
6

Exam Readiness: Test-Taking Strategies & Timed Practice

Consolidates all knowledge domains into timed simulations and proven test-taking strategies so students walk into exam day confident and prepared.

  • 6.1Understanding the CNA Exam FormatIncluded
  • 6.2Test-Taking Strategies for the Written ExamIncluded
  • 6.3Timed Written Practice SimulationIncluded
  • 6.4Skills Evaluation Rehearsal & Common MistakesIncluded
  • 6.5Stress Management & Exam-Day PreparationIncluded

Who it's for

Is this you?

Recent training graduates

She just completed her state-approved program and needs a structured, exam-focused review to turn classroom learning into a first-attempt pass.

Career changers entering healthcare

He's leaving another field for a hands-on healthcare career and wants a clear, step-by-step guide to mastering both the written exam and the clinical skills evaluation.

Repeat exam takers

She's sat for the CNA exam before and didn't pass — she needs to identify the gaps, nail the NNAAP procedures in sequence, and go back with a strategy.

Currently enrolled trainees

She's still in her training program and using this course in parallel to reinforce what she's learning in the lab and get a head start on exam preparation.

Anxious test-takers

Exams make her nervous, and she needs more than content review — she needs timed practice, test-taking strategy, and stress management tools built into the curriculum.

Returning healthcare workers

She worked as a home health aide or in an informal care role and is now formalizing her credential — this course fills in the clinical and legal knowledge the exam requires.

Questions

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Your teacher

A note from your teacher

Alecia Christensen

Alecia Christensen

If you're reading this, you're probably closer to becoming a Certified Nursing Assistant than you realize — and also, maybe, a little nervous about the exam standing between you and that credential. I get it. You've worked hard in your training program. You've practiced the skills. You know more than you think you do. But the licensing exam has its own logic, its own format, and its own pressure — and "I've been through training" doesn't automatically mean "I'm ready to pass."

That's exactly why this course exists. I built it to be the bridge between your training experience and a confident, first-attempt pass. Not a general healthcare overview. Not a watered-down review of terms you already know. A focused, exam-mapped curriculum that covers every written knowledge domain the test draws from and every NNAAP clinical skill your proctor will evaluate — in the precise, step-by-step way evaluators expect to see them performed.

What I've learned from working with CNA candidates is this: most people who struggle on the exam don't fail because they're bad at patient care. They fail because they didn't know what the exam was really asking, or they blanked on the exact sequence of a skill under pressure, or they ran out of time on the written section. This course addresses all three of those problems directly. The timed practice simulations, the skills rehearsal with common-mistake analysis, the test-taking strategy section — those aren't filler. They're the difference between almost passing and actually passing.

Every lesson in this course is written in plain language. If there's medical terminology you need to know, I'll explain what it means and why it matters — not just expect you to memorize it. Procedures are laid out in numbered steps so you can visualize exactly what correct technique looks like. And throughout, I use real patient-care scenarios to make the concepts stick, because nursing care is about real people, and you'll retain it better when it feels that way.

You chose a meaningful career. Let's make sure a licensing exam doesn't stand in the way of it. Start with the first module, take the content one section at a time, and trust the process. By the time you reach the final exam-readiness section, you'll have built something more valuable than memorized answers — you'll have genuine competency and the confidence to prove it.

Alecia Christensen

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  • 6 modules, 27 lessons
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