Well, I failed the skills portion. Passed the written with flying colors and it went downhill from there. I did the ROM on the wrong side, of all things! I was sooo nervous. The guy in the room with us had to do foot care on me beforehand and that just made me more nervous!
She also marked me off for handwashing and just about everything on indirect care, which I was sure that I did correctly. I made sure to keep the patient covered and ask about comfort, provide the call light, made conversation, introduced myself, explained the procedure, etc. etc..she marked that I did none of those things.
Draining a catheter bag..she marked that I didn't practice infection control when I did it, but I'm not sure what I did wrong. Catheter care..she said that I did not change spots on the washcloth when cleaning, which I'm POSITIVE I did because I exaggerated it so that she would see.
What's funny is that the guy who was in there with me and had to do his skills with me acting as resident also failed, and I have no idea why. She marked him down for things that I know for sure that he did, because I was there. He had to ambulate me, and she marked that he did not ask me about dizziness, which I remember clearly that he did. She also marked him off on indirect care and handwashing and I didn't see a problem with either. She said that he didn't protect my foot from the floor when he indeed placed a towel on the floor under my foot. ??
A girl who came out before us said that she was sure she had failed because she forgot to put on gloves before mouth care and the proctor had to tell her to do it (I didn't think they could do that) and she forgot to put water in the basin for the dentures. She passed.
Also I'm not sure I washed and sanitized the bedpan correctly..any tips?
I'm kind of depressed and not sure if I am going to try again, it's really discouraging because I practiced my butt off. I passed the Phlebotomy/EKG test last week but I can't get a job because I have no experience and I really thought getting the CNA would help.
I failed it my first time as well. I live in NC and we have 24 skills that have to be performed and we are given 5 at the time of the test site. I failed because I forgot to put her shoes on. The instructor took her shoes and put them UNDER then bed and I forgot all about them. I knew that was what I was supposed to do, I blanked out, forgot, its normal!
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The instructor took her shoes and put them UNDER then bed and I forgot all about them. I knew that was what I was supposed to do, I blanked out, forgot, its normal!
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i knew you could do it
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