CNA I Student Clinicals-question

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Hey guys. I am about to start my CNA I class I HAVE to take to get into the nursing program for my school. My question is, what are clinicals like? Did you get to choose the date/times you did rotations/hours? Did you have to do 12 hr clinicals or less? I just want to get a feel for what I am in for. I am a mom of 2 kids who go to preschool, with a husband whose work hours are constantly changing since hes a cop, and I am nervous about having time for clinicals and if this is even a realistic career choice for me and my situation. Thanks in advance!

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For me, we had set days and times each week we did our clinicals they never varied. So, I knew exactly what I was doing, where, and when. They were for 6 hours each. Your school should have this info in the syllabus if not definitely call/email the teacher!

Are you curious what to expect in clinicals in terms of direct patient care as well?

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Same here, we have set days and times. I am in a class of 30 and it is a CNA/HHA course from August 26 - November 27. She divided our class into two groups and group A is Monday/Tuesday 7-3 and group B is Wednesday/Thursday 7-3. We are only actually doing clinical from 7 to about 11 am and then we have lunch. After lunch we meet for more theory and she teaches us the skills the way they want it at state test. I am in California so they just changed some things. I have noticed that some of the CNA's that we work with do things a little differently than in the book so it is good to practice how they will want it at state test. Best of luck to you!

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Thank you so much for your input! This makes it a lot easier to get an idea of what its like!

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Specializes in CNA, HHA, RNA,.

My program was theory up front, then clinical and the clinical's were on set days, mostly weekends to accommodate everyone. Morning to 2 and if you missed a day, she was willing to make it up with you but she was pretty tough.

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I'm in GA. We haven't done clinicals yet but it's 3 days, 8 hour shifts, at the end of November. I'm a little nervous but also excited.

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Your instructor will let you know of the days and times of classes.

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My CNA class has set clinical hours for Saturdays 7am-3pm for 6 weeks. It's a class of 40 divided into two classes, then it will be further subdivided into four groups at two clinical locations.

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Mine was an "evening class". We had 3 hours of clinicals in the evening. It really depends on your school.

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