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I'm not exactly sure what they meant by group interview. I feel like it might be like everyone that applied is together in a group. I only say this because one of the women mentioned that if I couldn't come this week, they do it every Wednesday. Which seemed weird to me.

I actually didn't have to do any training, I had over 100 clinical hours through my nursing program which allowed me to take the test.

Hi! I didn't take the test in NH but I can give you my experience from CT. I just took it last month. -For the written portion it took me about 35 minutes, I am a really quick test taker though. I thought most of the questions are self explanatory. I took a couple of practice quizzes online beforehand and they were all very similar to the test. -The clinical portion I had 32 minutes but I only used 20 of them. CT you are tested on 5 skills two of them always being hand washing and indirect care. Then you had a measurement skill, mine was feeding and writing down how much. Then I had to do ROM of the shoulder and put my patient on a bedpan. I definitely lucked out with my skills. -For school I was actually in a nursing school program but I ended up failing out so I checked and I had enough hours to get my CNA. So I just used youtube videos to help me learn specific parts of the skills I would need. -Advice I would give you is to go in that day as confident as you can. I went in knowing I could pass the written, and very scared if I got one of the skills I struggled with I'd be taking it again. Skills I feel like is where most people struggled, I watched them on repeat for weeks. I also advise you to look at company runs your tests website and familiarize yourself with the test setup. It helped ease my nerves knowing what I was getting into. I hope this helps, I tried to answer the best I could, states are only a little bit different. GOOD LUCK! :)

HII! So I'm happy to say with great advise from many people on here, I passed the CNA test!!! Thank you all to helped me! And please be willing to ask me any questions if you're reading this and nervous about your test! Anywho! I just started applying to jobs, and I really haven't been on a formal interview in many years. I got three call backs, which may seem impressive but I think they call back everyone that applies. They are all group interviews. I'm wondering what I can expect in a CNA group interview? What can I expect in a group interview in general? Any tips, questions, comments, or really anything would be AMAZING! Thanks so much in advance! :) :)

Gr4ceffa, not really a specific skill. Just the idea of not doing some of these thing for a couple months then being tested on it. Weird question, I know hand washing is definitely one. Do I have to wash my hands before each skill? Or is it just the initial skill and then I can verbalize that I would wash my hands.

Thank you Gr4ceffa for your reply, I have downloaded like 4 different apps, and I'm doing fairly well on the questions. You're right there mostly common sense. I think I'm just freaking out about the skills part of the exam. I'm familiar with all of them but I don't know if I'm familiar enough to pass random ones. Paws2people So helpful thank you! I'm in CT and I found the website for it and it actually walked me through the whole thing. Which definitely helped at least ease my fear what what I'll be doing that day.

Hi! This is my first post on here. I was a nursing student, life happened and I didn't do well in one of my classes and got dismissed from the program for a year. I decided I was better off because it was not a good school to begin with. Long story short, I have over 100 hours of clinical time (235 hours), so in my state I am allowed to take the CNA test without the course. I signed up and now its in less than two weeks. When going over the written portion I feel pretty confident. For the skills portion, I'm not as confident. Can someone who has taken it give me an idea of what I'm getting into? I know there's 22 skills, how many usually do they test you on? Do you just get a scenario that has a bunch of skills within it? I've googled it like crazy and I haven't gotten any real answers besides a lot of people failing the clinical portion! Any answers would be appreciated! Thanks so much.