What skills did YOU get at the CNA state exam?

Here for me in CT, I had ambulation, dental care, handwashing, partial vitals... (Respiratory and pulse) and then I did the written, which really is on the computer. The nurse tester was nice to warn NOT to read into it and also to remember I was the nurses' aide not the nurse. She told me she had a few nursing students fail because they took on the nurse role instead of the CNA role. She was right, there were a few questions worded just like in the nursing classes I had this semester and had to catch myself to answer in the right personage. She told me they put those there on purpose worded just that way. Anyway I PASSED!!!

I have to confess, I am nervous about actually doing CNA work. I mean in clinical I have ONE patient all day. As a CNA, I will have over 10 people!!! I am not confident in my time management skills or even if I can do ADLs that fast.

Okay, I am off the ledge...

Regi

I reside in Greensboro but took my test in Eden (Rockingham county). You'll do fine. Good luck!!

In my state we have 5 skills.

1. Hand washing(this is always the first skill and the rest are random picks)
2. Measuring urinary output.
3. Ted hose
4. Catheter Care
5. Occupied bed

The worse was occupied bed. We have about 25 minutes in NC to complete the skills. If you run out of time you fail. My instructor taught us to make sure to get the occupied bed completed in 4 minutes or less. It's a good thing too, because I almost ran out of time.

1. Handwashing
2. Indirect Care
3. Peri-care
4. Change position
5. Unoccupied Bed

I was so nervous on peri-care but it seemed easy after I started doing it. I passed!!!!!

I too am in Illinois-exam only-in 1996. However, I'm recertifying so I can work while going to school for my BSN.
I had to pay for my background check, contact a qualified manual skills evaluator, & I'll have to re-take my written. I was told the evaluator will test me on 6 manual skills this time.
Guess I should've kept up my certification.
Oh well, live & learn.

I took my test today in Oklahoma. We have to do 8 skills for HHLTC. I got...

1) Handwashing *
2) Vitals signs (temperature, pulse, and respirations) *
3) Blood pressure (it's seperate from vitals for some reason) *
4) Assisting with Ambulation (w/ transfer belt) *
5) Transfer from bed to wheelchair (also w/ transfer belt) *
6) Denture care
7) Assist w/ Undressing and Dressing Patient
8) Partial Bed Bath (from the waist up which we combined w/ undressing and dressing)

** These I knew I had going into the test, the other ones where picked at random right before I arrived

and then I took an 80 question test.


I hope that helps someone!! =)


--Rachel

1. Handwashing
2. Blood Pressure
3. Feeding the client
4. Fingernail care
5. ROM for a knee and ankle.

I did it in NC.

Hi Everyone,

Just passed my CNA written and Skills in One Try, thank goodness, I currently reside in South Carolina and moving to Oklahoma next week, and I will be able to do the repricocity thing, not sure what things are needed to do that, maybe someone will read this and let me know before Tuesday, leaving Wednesday>>> Also I just wanted to have the experience of starting from the bottom, my eventual goal is to be a Nurse Practitioner plus I want to have a job that is pretty flexible while going for my BSN, Does anybody know how to go about getting a job as a CNA once your certified?? I heard something about a floater pool, but not entirely sure how that works, anyway this is the skills I had, I was soooo nervous

1) Wash Hands

2) Take a Radial Pulse, the person playing the client had a 93 bpm, which I thought definitely couldn't be accurate, also in clinicals for the CNA course my radial's weren't accurate/too high whenever the instructor was also doing it, so I was very nervous that I didn't pass this one....

3) Feed a client-Thought I did okay here, wasn't sure though, teacher had to actually stop because the eating part of this skill was taking too long

4) Perform ROM for One shoulder-This one I was confident about

5) Give a Modified Bed Bath, I got all the way done with this skill, and thought I had done great, and teacher lifted bed sheet and I had forgotten to redress the client, and later I realized I had also forgotten to wash face first...

All in all, it was difficult for me, only because I don't think I studied as well as I should have, along with being nervous. I was also concerned about the written portion, the questions were tricky in my opionion since alot of them could have two possible answers, but I'm super happy it's over with

oh I felt bad for my partner because he ended up failing the skills, he got

1) Hand Washing

2) Give Foot Care on One foot ( He was taught to do in w/c and instructor told him to perfom in bed, so he was halfway through the washing portion, and he forgot to put on gloves first, not really sure about the rest I know he forgot to put on lotion and wipe excess, but I think everything else was fine

3) Ambulate Patient from bed to w/c, he did this skill great

4) Donn Gear gown and gloves (I think he did okay here)

5) Measure Urinary Output I think he did okay, but forgot to rinse out the measuring containing and step 6 but I don't recall what that is at the moment, but it caused him to fail this particular skill.

Also thanks for any guidance anyone can give me on Repricoity and on finding a floater pool or maybe 20 hours per week in Oklahoma, if it helps I will be in Lawton,

Hello,
I had written exam and skills....
The skills I had was... bed to wheelchair, use of bed pan, oral temp, and cleans and stores dentures.

So I was thinking about this - I took my exam in Aug 08 and I can't remember what skills I had LOL That's kinda sad!

1. hand washing
2. oral care
3. hair care
4. bedpan
5. hmmmm.....I want to say it was a positioning one, but I really can't remember!

All I know is that I passed