COVID-19 (Coronavirus) situation:

Testing candidates: Check our COVID-19 Update Page to review the health and safety measures in place for testing and find out about any country-specific testing policies.

Appointment availability is limited due to social distancing precautions and varies by location. Please note that our customer service wait-times are also longer than usual right now. For information on rescheduling, refunds, and more, please check out our FAQs.

    Washington Nurse Aides

    Washington Nurse Aides

    Learn more about testing for Essential Services in the U.S. and Canada during COVID-19. See FAQs »

    Learn more about Pearson VUE test delivery during COVID-19.

    CANDIDATES REQUIRED TO BRING AND WEAR A FACE MASK

    See "Test Taker Services" for specific requirements.

    Announcements

    Skills testing will resume in WA beginning this August. Additionally, Pearson VUE will be migrating the written portion of the Washington Nurse Aide exam to computer based testing (CBT) at Pearson VUE 3rd party test centers. Candidates will no longer be required to take their first attempt at written and skills together.

    To make this change we will be immediately suspending all WA nurse aide scheduling and cancel all exams that were scheduled through December. Once the migration is complete, candidates will be able to schedule their skills exam, and within a few weeks, will be able to schedule their written exam. This page will be updated once candidates are able schedule their written exam.

    Steps to enroll on the Washington Nurse Aides

    The following are the steps in the process of enrollment onto the Washington Nurse Aides Registry. Steps that require action by you are indicated by a symbol.

    1

    Complete training program

    Student must complete the state approved training program.

    If you did not complete a Washington state-approved training but wish to test, Please review the Washington Nurse Aide candidate handbook or visit the Washington website.

    2

    Roster uploaded

    Your training provider will upload a roster of students who have successfully completed the training program. Ask your training provider when this will be uploaded.

    3

    Email received

    You will receive account activation instructions at the address you provided your training provider. If you do not receive an email, please check your spam or bulk email folder.

    If your notification is not in your junk or spam folder or you have not accessed your account within the alloted time period, please review "Account Recovery" process in the Step by Step Candidate Guide (PDF)

     

    The link provided in the activation email can only be clicked once. You must activate your account before the expiration date listed in the email.

    4

    Activate your account and schedule your test

    Use the link in your activation email to start this process. (Referenced in step 3, above.)

    We recommend you read the Step by step Candidate Guide (PDF) before you begin this process. If you have already activated your account, log in to schedule a test or change your testing appointment.

    After your test

    Information you may need after taking your test.

    Find test information and download handbooks/applications/forms from this page.

    More information

    Click on the sections below for more information.

    Last updated 2020-07-23