Maryland CNA Vocabulary Game

Yes. The game is free to play with no sign-up. Signing in adds AI explanations for any term.

There are 4 games built on 44 Maryland CNA terms. In Guess the Term, a clue describes one term and you have six tries to spell it, with green, yellow and gray letters showing how close you are. In Term Match, six terms appear as colored tiles; swap neighbors to line up three or more of the same term, and each match shows what the term means. In Term Pairs, twelve face-down cards hide six pairs of terms; flip two at a time to find each pair, and every pair you find shows what the term means. In Term Search, five terms hide in a grid of letters, reading across, down or diagonally; drag across a term to circle it, and each term you find shows what it means.

OpenExamPrep researched each term from the Credentia or D&SDT-Headmaster / Maryland Board of Nursing (MBON) content outline and primary sources, listed under Sources on this page. The game is independent study material, not an official exam resource.

Maryland approves two testing vendors: Credentia (NNAAP format, at credentia.com/test-takers/maryland) and D&SDT-Headmaster, which the Board approved on October 23, 2024 and which is now fully operational for CNA-I candidates. Ask your training program which vendor it uses. The exam is overseen by the Maryland Board of Nursing (MBON).

It is a federal rule (42 CFR 483.35(d)): a nursing facility may not use anyone as a nurse aide for more than 4 months on a full-time basis unless that person has completed a State-approved training and competency evaluation program. The Maryland Board of Nursing asked CMS about a waiver, and CMS answered that no waiver exists that would let a nurse aide work beyond 4 months without taking the competency evaluation.