I have a dilemma..Ughhhhhhhh

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I've been a CNA since March 2007 and I've been out of work since November 2007. I haven't been able to find a job as a CNA anywhere!! I've been to every single nursing home in my area and they keep telling me they will hold my application for 6 months (so frustrating). So my dilemma is, My certification is going to lapse in 8 days :crying2:! I don't know what to do. I can't take the class over again because I'm attending night school. My question is, I live in NY and I was wondering if I can just take a test to reinstate my certification or do I have to take the class over again? OMG! Please tell me I can take a test...LOL!! Does anyone know of any nursing home on Long Island that will hire me before November 30th??:crying2::crying2::crying2::crying2:

No the skills wont be posted when you get your test date. The skills are random, they can be anything. But from my experience, they didn't have any fitted sheets, blankets, flat sheets, towels and wash cloths. I don't know if that's changed since 2006 but that's what I remember. So for us in the Bay Area bed making, wasn't a skill. HANDWASHING IS A GUARANTEE. Just make sure that you don't lean on the counter, as you're washing your hands provide friction, and let the proctor know that you should washing for one minute and ask him/her if they would like you to wash for the full minute. My proctor stated no. Don't flick water in the sink, and make sure that you dry your hands thoroughly before you grab another towel and turn off the fawcet. We didn't have to pretend to pull a privay curtain. There wasn't a curtain to pull but I remember I let the proctor know that I was pulling the curtain and the proctor told me not to even worry about that. She said all she was concerned about was the particular skill. That skill was putting the patient in semi-fowlers position. If you see a call light there as I did, I made sure I gave it to the mannequin before I let the instructor know I was finished. What was nice is that if the proctor stated "Ok" or something to that nature then you're finished and you passed that skill. From what I remember if the proctor asked if you were sure you were finished then you had to retrace your steps and find out what you missed. In other words you were allowed to go back and correct your mistake. If you found your mistake and corrected yourself then you passed that skill. They really were there to help us, not fail us. We had some great proctors there when I took my CNA exam. I hope this helps and good luck!

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No the skills wont be posted when you get your test date. The skills are random, they can be anything. But from my experience, they didn't have any fitted sheets, blankets, flat sheets, towels and wash cloths. I don't know if that's changed since 2006 but that's what I remember. So for us in the Bay Area bed making, wasn't a skill. HANDWASHING IS A GUARANTEE. Just make sure that you don't lean on the counter, as you're washing your hands provide friction, and let the proctor know that you should washing for one minute and ask him/her if they would like you to wash for the full minute. My proctor stated no. Don't flick water in the sink, and make sure that you dry your hands thoroughly before you grab another towel and turn off the fawcet. We didn't have to pretend to pull a privay curtain. There wasn't a curtain to pull but I remember I let the proctor know that I was pulling the curtain and the proctor told me not to even worry about that. She said all she was concerned about was the particular skill. That skill was putting the patient in semi-fowlers position. If you see a call light there as I did, I made sure I gave it to the mannequin before I let the instructor know I was finished. What was nice is that if the proctor stated "Ok" or something to that nature then you're finished and you passed that skill. From what I remember if the proctor asked if you were sure you were finished then you had to retrace your steps and find out what you missed. In other words you were allowed to go back and correct your mistake. If you found your mistake and corrected yourself then you passed that skill. They really were there to help us, not fail us. We had some great proctors there when I took my CNA exam. I hope this helps and good luck!

This is a very big help, thank you!!!! What state do you live in?

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I'm in California (Bay Area), so it's a bit different, but still we went through the Red Cross and that's national. If you have any other questions please let me know and I'll do my best to assist you.

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I finally got a test date in the mail. It's on March 27th and I'm so nervous!!! I've been studying the book and all of my definitions so I'm not too worried about that. I'm worried about the skills test. I wish they had cna refresher courses, I think it's really dumb that they don't! I'm gonna have to study them on youtube. Does anyone know any other recourses I can study from for the skills part of the test??

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