Grievance

[inprocess]

I failed my CNA skills test. My teacher thought I had a good reason to appeal, so I filed a grievance, but NACES denied the grievance. Will this hurt me in the future? Now I'm worried that this will stay in my file forever and the examiner and NACES will fail me no matter what I do.

[mvm2]

I do not think that they would do that. We do not know why you failed, and you don't have to say. But I think that if you do the skills correctly they will pass you. They can not discriminate against you just because you lost a geivance.

I say just study well, learn from the mistakes that happeed the first time and just go for it and pass. Many people do not pass the first time. Good luck hope you pass the next time you test.

Another thing that might help you if you feel uncomfortable about it is find a differant testing site that does not know you

[SeattleJess]

No way. Your examiners don't have a clue as to how many times you've tested before, unless you're testing with the same examiner. And NACES does not supply them with a list of people to mess with.

mvm2 gave you good counsel about studying and learning from your mistakes. It's hard to make any more specific comments without knowing the reason you didn't pass. You should have received a print out listing the critical step(s) you didn't perform properly that are the reason you failed the test. (Remember, every skill has one or more critical steps which if not done perfectly will cause you to fail.) You can also fail if you make many, many noncritical mistakes, of course, but I bet you probably missed one of the criticals. Easypeasy to do.

Next time you test, describe your actions out loud. "Rinsing the soapy wash off the catheter." The examiner will hear you if for some reason he's distracted and looks away from you.

Best wishes! You can do it. As a classmate said, "It's not rocket science."