NH state exam

Nursing Students CNA/MA

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Hello. I'm new to the board.

I was wondering if there is anyone in NH who has taken the exam. Did you find either the written or clinical portions to be difficult? If so, what was hard about them?

How long did it take to complete the whole test?

How many tasks did you have to complete during the clinical portion?

Where did you go for classes?

What advice would you give someone?

I'm a bit worried about both the written and skills. Thank you to anyone who answers.

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Hi! I didn't take the test in NH but I can give you my experience from CT. I just took it last month.

-For the written portion it took me about 35 minutes, I am a really quick test taker though. I thought most of the questions are self explanatory. I took a couple of practice quizzes online beforehand and they were all very similar to the test.

-The clinical portion I had 32 minutes but I only used 20 of them. CT you are tested on 5 skills two of them always being hand washing and indirect care. Then you had a measurement skill, mine was feeding and writing down how much. Then I had to do ROM of the shoulder and put my patient on a bedpan. I definitely lucked out with my skills.

-For school I was actually in a nursing school program but I ended up failing out so I checked and I had enough hours to get my CNA. So I just used youtube videos to help me learn specific parts of the skills I would need.

-Advice I would give you is to go in that day as confident as you can. I went in knowing I could pass the written, and very scared if I got one of the skills I struggled with I'd be taking it again. Skills I feel like is where most people struggled, I watched them on repeat for weeks. I also advise you to look at company runs your tests website and familiarize yourself with the test setup. It helped ease my nerves knowing what I was getting into.

I hope this helps, I tried to answer the best I could, states are only a little bit different. GOOD LUCK! :)

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Hi! I didn't take the test in NH but I can give you my experience from CT. I just took it last month.

-For the written portion it took me about 35 minutes, I am a really quick test taker though. I thought most of the questions are self explanatory. I took a couple of practice quizzes online beforehand and they were all very similar to the test.

-The clinical portion I had 32 minutes but I only used 20 of them. CT you are tested on 5 skills two of them always being hand washing and indirect care. Then you had a measurement skill, mine was feeding and writing down how much. Then I had to do ROM of the shoulder and put my patient on a bedpan. I definitely lucked out with my skills.

-For school I was actually in a nursing school program but I ended up failing out so I checked and I had enough hours to get my CNA. So I just used youtube videos to help me learn specific parts of the skills I would need.

-Advice I would give you is to go in that day as confident as you can. I went in knowing I could pass the written, and very scared if I got one of the skills I struggled with I'd be taking it again. Skills I feel like is where most people struggled, I watched them on repeat for weeks. I also advise you to look at company runs your tests website and familiarize yourself with the test setup. It helped ease my nerves knowing what I was getting into.

I hope this helps, I tried to answer the best I could, states are only a little bit different. GOOD LUCK! :)

Thank you so much for such a detailed answer. Where did you do your training? I'm going through the Red Cross.

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I actually didn't have to do any training, I had over 100 clinical hours through my nursing program which allowed me to take the test.

Thank you so much for such a detailed answer. Where did you do your training? I'm going through the Red Cross.
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