CNA Exam -- Anyone have trouble finding the pulse?

I know in Ohio when you take the State exam you are allowed to start over, but you have a total of 35 minutes to complete all skills. some times finding a pulse can be a little tricky just always go down on the left side of the person thumb not using your thumb as there is a pulse in your thumb.. Use three fingers and your friend should find it..

Also from Ohio, so I got to start over on skills too...pulse wasn't one of mine, but I did occasionally have trouble finding it in clinicals; I've found that the key is adding the right amount of pressure. Too little or too much and you won't feel it; don't be afraid to press a little bit, but don't go too, TOO rough either. By the way, I also had trouble finding it if there were too many distractions in the room-- even though you're not "listening" for anything, it's really easy to lose it if you're in a noisy room.

Put your fingers on the wrist bone and then move it inwards until you're in that "trough" between the bone and the tendon. It sometimes helps to tilt the hand backwards a little.

In the real world if someone's got a faint pulse I take a brachial or apical one, but for your test they might want you to do a radial.

I'm in FL and they don't allow you to restart. I finished my course and haven't tested yet, but when I've practiced I have had trouble finding it in some people. I also have a pretty cheap stethoscope so that doesn't help. If I can hear it faintly, I just place the diaphragm there and once I start pumping I don't have a problem. It really just takes practice.

In Michigan you can start over.
I drew vitals as one of my skills and could not here her pulse, some are just harder to hear. I was allowed to retry, but failed anyway, I should have tried again because it was a semi guess.

I think that is very silly that you can not retry because in a real situation you can not feel it right away sometimes and you would just try again.

what were the 3 skills they tested you on? i'm getting ready to take mine now and while i'm not worried about the written portion, i am concerned about forgetting something on the skills portion. we were told they would give us one easy, one medium and one hard skill to perform ..... any help would be VERY much appreciated