Florida CNA test advice/help

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Hi everyone. I'm going to take the Florida CNA exam soon (hopefully). I have let my license lapse (six years). It's been ten years since I last took the exam and I'm nervous about doing the skills part. I get nervous taking tests regardless, not to mention having someone looking over your shoulder! I almost ran out of time the first time I took it but passed (yay!). I didn't take a real class. I took a elective in high school called Health Sciences that gave me the bare minimum knowledge of skills. I was the first graduating class of that new school so we were the experiment students and didn't learn a lot of skills.

Anyway, sorry for the ramble... I was just wondering, since it's been so long since I've taken the test and don't have the money to go to a real class, what the skills test is like now. What kind of skills did you have to perform?

When I applied for the test ten years ago I received a brochure with all the skills but they shadowed out what skills that wouldn't be on the test. Basically, they made it real simple on which ones to study for. There were only a certain set of skills tested on. Handwashing, record one vital sign/weight, transfer/walk with gait belt, oral care, nail care, partial bed bath, change of garments on resident with an affected/injured side, and maybe a few more. We didn't know which one was on the card.

Any input is appreciated!

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Go to Florida's Prometric CNA web site. They administer the test for your state (I am in NY and Prometric does mine as well). On there you will see a list of the skills you are tested on, and a checklist of what they examiner is grading you on for each skill. Print the list out and have the person you are practicing on grade you as you go. I am sure you will do fine since you passed the first time around. It's nerve racking to have someone watch you, but you only have to do it once (hopefully!) and then you have your certification :) I tried to pretend the RN wasn't even there and concentrated on my "patient." Best of luck :)

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Go to Florida's Prometric CNA web site. They administer the test for your state (I am in NY and Prometric does mine as well). On there you will see a list of the skills you are tested on, and a checklist of what they examiner is grading you on for each skill. Print the list out and have the person you are practicing on grade you as you go. I am sure you will do fine since you passed the first time around. It's nerve racking to have someone watch you, but you only have to do it once (hopefully!) and then you have your certification :) I tried to pretend the RN wasn't even there and concentrated on my "patient." Best of luck :)

Don't worry yourself about the exam. I recently took it and I pass the clinical and written portion. Just take your time and don't say 'I'm done' without first reviewing everything on the clinical portion. The written was not bad at all. Just remember Greet (IC), Wash hands, check ID, Provide privacy, Explain, gather materials and end with IC. If you raise the bed in the beginning, make sure you lower it back. Best of Luck...

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Don't worry yourself about the exam. I recently took it and I pass the clinical and written portion. Just take your time and don't say 'I'm done' without first reviewing everything on the clinical portion. The written was not bad at all. Just remember Greet (IC), Wash hands, check ID, Provide privacy, Explain, gather materials and end with IC. If you raise the bed in the beginning, make sure you lower it back. Best of Luck...
I recently passed my exam and it was no where near as bad as I thought it would be. As long as people study and practice, they should be fine :)
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Specializes in ER, Med-surg.

I heard that the Florida exam recently removed blood pressure, and I just checked and it's not on the prometric list, so that's one less thing you have to worry about! The written test was easier than my driver's license exam. Just remember to wash your hands for at least 20 seconds (I sing the ABC's at least 2 times), make sure the patient is always safe, and just go over the prometric list. Test with a friend or family member if you can, and test perineal care on yourself in the bath. http://www.prometric.com/NR/rdonlyres/ekphpmqzpvqkyljnhja5j57bb32xy5k3eifrhnyz35asdpyeyoqzhfmboglnqzh3d4nmvajcwe4gow53qytnb2sbp5b/NAClinicalSkillsChecklist20110729Final.pdf here's the clinical skills checklist.

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Thanks everyone!

I have that list of skills already bookmarked and have been looking over it, but thank you again for posting that link! :redbeathe

I guess what's freaked me out more than my usual super testing anxiety/panic is that I've read in another forum that someone failed their skills portion because she used too many washcloths (?) for a partial bedbath. She said she used six as instructed in her course. I think it's the little things like that that might do me in! I was a CNA for six years so I have to undo all my shortcuts that I've learned.

Also, I've been thinking of using my RN textbook to go over my skills to be doubly sure I know what I'm doing. I'm taking my CNA test again because I failed the NCLEX. I was pressured in taking it when I wasn't really ready, plus I was five months pregnant when I took it and my concentration was nil. That test is $500 each time you take it. :( I need a way to pay for that!

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