CNA Skills!

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Hi! I really need anyones help! I have been a CMA (certified medical assistant) for roughly 6 years now and was just accepted into nursing school. I have to be a CNA by June 15 so no time to take the class. I feel fine about the written exam but it's the skills that I am nervous about. Any suggestions? I've been studying hard though!

THANKS! :uhoh3:

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

Wow...tough timing..the written exam is certainly doable with your current licensure....the skills part, depending on where you are is pretty specific...not that you'll always do things exactly in order in the real world. I'd ask the school giving the exam for the procedure list for each possible skill and then if you have any friends that are cna's...ask them to go over them with you. If you don't know any personally...just go to a nursing care center and ask the staff is anyone has some time you could buy for their help...if not for free out of the goodness of thier heart! I'd help you for free...I'm in Minnesota ...St. Bonifacius specifically if i can help?!! It's not that the skills are hard...just that the examiners can be picky about order. Good luck...email if I can help.

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I have the list of all the EXACT skills they want and I even have the textbook! I work in a PCP office and have asked the NP to help so hopefully I can get by!

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Specializes in Geriatrics.

Well there you go...you already knew what to do...I'm sure you'll do just fine. We always tend to worry unnecessarily when we have an exam in front of us...i'm sure your skills are excellent...trust in them. Good luck...keep us posted as to how you did.

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I second the advice to seek out a recently certified CNA to help you know what to expect in the skills tests. Maybe post a note with a local CNA/nursing program offering a little extra money to help you prepare for the skills portion of the test. A CNA program might have some kind of specific test-prep workshop separate from the CNA program itself.

The reason I emphasize this is that I, too, have heard they can be very particular about how skills are performed and how quickly they are performed. Points might be dinged for introducing oneself AFTER washing one's hands instead of before. So if you can work with someone who has recently taken the test, they might be able to make sure that you're practicing in just the right way.

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