NEED Help!!! Cna

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Hello,

Today I took my CNA class today and I have an online account to review all 21 skills and practice them over and over again. The teacher gave me the application to take the CNA test. I have to mail it, but I am scared that it is going to take a long time to get a test date. Has anyone gone through the same thing i did and if you have how long did it take for them to mail back your test date. Also, my written exam is going to be online and you find out you pass right when you are finished. Do you think the instructor will give me a paper stating I passed the state exam or do I have to wait till I get my license in the mail?

Thanks.

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OMG...how things Have changed. I don't know, but I suggest you ask your instructor come the next class meeting.

Good luck and welcome to the wonderful never ending adventure of Nursing!

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You will need to accept that things move at a certain rate with the Board of Nursing, and you cannot change that rate. Just fill out your paperwork properly so no delays are caused due to missing/incorrect information, send it off and it will come back with a date.

There is no way to circumvent the system. You need to do your part efficiently and they will do their part efficiently. It takes approx 3 weeks to get a test where I live from when you finish your course. As I understand it, you cannot apply for test until you finish your course, and it was not clear from your message if you had finished.

I received a form stating that I had passed skills and written, but you do not get a certificate number for a while.

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Hello,

Today I took my CNA class today and I have an online account to review all 21 skills and practice them over and over again. The teacher gave me the application to take the CNA test. I have to mail it, but I am scared that it is going to take a long time to get a test date. Has anyone gone through the same thing i did and if you have how long did it take for them to mail back your test date. Also, my written exam is going to be online and you find out you pass right when you are finished. Do you think the instructor will give me a paper stating I passed the state exam or do I have to wait till I get my license in the mail?

Thanks.

We applied/paid for a test date at the same place that our classes were held, so I can't help you with that. I did, however, just take my state test on Friday. The computer test is 100 questions, multiple choice. You get a score instantly. Our state requires 70% to pass- meaning you can miss 30 questions. Though a separate fee, our skills test is held on the same day at the same facility. If you don't pass the written, you can still take skills test- you'll just have to reschedule your written for another day and pay again. For the skills, they tell you right when you are finished. It is pass/fail, no grade. Once you pass, you have both papers (written and skills) that you can take to an employer to verify that you passed- but you won't have your actual piece of paper until it goes through the mail/entered into computer/etc. We were told 2-4 weeks before we would be on the register, however, they emphasized many times that we could go out and get a job RIGHT THEN. Good luck!

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The CNA exam was a cake walk. Relax.

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Thanks everyone, I appreciate it.

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