How much homework for CNA class?

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How many hours of homework are typical in a CNA class? The class I'm starting tonight is 120 hours/5 weeks long. I work part-time 20 to 25 hours a week and the school is 25 hours a week too. I'm concerned that I might be taking on too much if they assign several hours of homework a day. The textbook is a thousand pages long but I can't imagine we would have to read every page?! I've read other posts that a lot of the CNA class is common sense, but this is a totally new field for me. Any answers greatly appreciated :confused:

Before each class, I have about 150 pages, three to five sets of questions at the end of the chapter, and two or three worksheets. I spend three or four hours before each class. I'll spend another 10 or so writing two speeches and memorizing a page of abbreviations.

I could pass the class by simply showing up (plus a hour or two for the speeches). It is mostly common sense and the class time goes over the info anyway.

I am not interested in just passing the class. I want to lessen the learning curve as much as I can before I have someone's life (and quality of life) in my hands. Also, some of what makes this "mostly" common sense instead of just common sense can make a really lot of difference; it is much easier to find and internalize those differences if I've read the material before attempting to do the procedures.

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:DI got my CNA class done in one weekend not homework.. Passed with flying colors. Don't over stress it, it's all common sense.. Good luck

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My CNA class was four weeks, 19.5 hours in class per week for three weeks, 30 hours online, and one week of clinicals. We had reading, homework, and online tests and quizzes every night. I felt really bad because one of my classmates tried so hard...she would be up all night studying but she wound up flunking the class. She spent the last two days of class in tears and never made it to clinicals. I think she had a learning disability. Meanwhile a friend of mine partied all the time, never did his homework, and sailed through the whole four weeks. Life is unfair.

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My CNA class was four weeks, 19.5 hours in class per week for three weeks, 30 hours online, and one week of clinicals. We had reading, homework, and online tests and quizzes every night. I felt really bad because one of my classmates tried so hard...she would be up all night studying but she wound up flunking the class. She spent the last two days of class in tears and never made it to clinicals. I think she had a learning disability. Meanwhile a friend of mine partied all the time, never did his homework, and sailed through the whole four weeks. Life is unfair.

Poor thing. Maybe English is not her native tongue? I noticed some of the people in my class that spoke a different language seemed to struggle quite a bit with the class.

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Stefunnyroses, what did you have, 24 hour long classes back to back over a three day week-end? How else did your program fit the federal minimum of 75 hours of class time into one weekend?

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Poor thing. Maybe English is not her native tongue? I noticed some of the people in my class that spoke a different language seemed to struggle quite a bit with the class.

She's a native English speaker. I didn't know her situation that well but from overhearing some of her conversations she really seemed to study hard and do her homework. During tests she always asked to go into a room by herself and she was always the last one finished which is why I assume she just had some kind of a learning disability or maybe ADD. I just felt really bad for her because you could tell the class was important to her and she was devastated when she wasn't allowed to go to clinicals with the rest of us.

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hmm.. I recall my CNA class.. 2 1/2 to 3 weeks of doing a whole lot of nothing.. clinicals of one patient.. classroom reading aloud.. this was 10 years ago in NY. Common sense passed the course with no studying and no homework.. though we had a workbook.

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Saysfaa.. 75 hrs class requirement? Perhaps it's state by state.. did you know you can check out a CNA book in the library study on your own and dispute the test? Classes are not required, however, they are helpful.

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I see. I had heard of that option but I didn't realize you were talking about that. Taking the test without taking the course is not an option in my state, we can't register for the test unless we have taken a course within the previous year.

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I just had my orientation today and got a Nursing Assistant Care book and then a one inch binder full of worksheets! UGH! I hope I can keep up on top of my Sociology and A&P II classes! A lot of it seems pretty basic/common sense stuff and stuff I already had and know from my A&P I course.

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Tmowry I'm sure you can do it. Im a full time student, full time work and two kids. If I can, anyone can!! Good Luck! :heartbeat

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i had no homework besides studying what we went over in class

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