FLNA

I'm a CNA in Melbourne working in home health care. It is not my preference, but at least I am employed in the industry until I can get into a hospital or clinical setting. If you are interested, I can recommend a few Agencies that are hiring. I noticed that applying for CNA jobs online was a waste of time. You might have to go into the hospitals or facilities and speak f2f w/someone. Senior Lifestyle Communities and ALF's are always looking for CNA's. Good Luck.

You can try private duty. That is what I am doing for now. They don't pay squat, but at least you can be working in the industry as a CNA while looking for work in a clinical setting.

You will be fine, and you will look beautiful. Check your email when you can and PLEASE call me tomorrow after you PASS your exam.

CONGRATULATIONS FLg8r.

Congratulations!!!! I'm so happy for you.

Couldn't have done it without you girl. Thanks for everything. I'll be congratulating you real soon. Now take care of yourself.

I passed my exam yesterday. Tested as a challenger Florida. Woo hoo!

I passed my exam yesterday, as a challenger.! Yeah.

I passed my exam today. Whew. So gad that is over with.

Thank you darling.:wink2: Email.

Sounds like you did everything right. I didn't know you were suppose to put soap on the container. I was told to just rinse, dry, disinfect, but I could have been told wrong. Well, my exam is tomorrow morning and I am a challenger, so we'll see how they treat me. Now I'm scared.

Bossbadger - Did you remember to dump your fluids in the BSC and NOT the sink?

So sorry to hear. I would appeal, or at least re-test in 30 days. Don't give up now. What state/city did you test in? Did you remember to knock first, wait for response, pull privacy curtain? When draining the urinary bag, they said you didn't use proper infection control - Did you remember to put a barrier down on the floor for the graduate, use a barrier for the equipment, make sure the tubing didn't touch the graduate? When you did the cath care, did you use a "mitt fold" or the four corners (aka, taco fold)? When your partner did foot care on you, did he make sure your clean bare foot never touched the unprotected floor? How did you sanitize the bedpan? Something doesn't seem right. How could they pass the girl who forgot to use gloves for mouth care, remind her to use gloves, and then fail you? Were you dressed appropriately, hair and nails groomed properly? Sorry for the abrupt questions, just trying to think of reasons she may have failed you. You passed your pelbomotmy/EKG, that is a good thing. Don't be so hard on yourself. Try again, and next time you will get a different NAE and you will pass. Just go over every step and think back to where you could have gone wrong. If you can, contact the person who was your partner and ask him what he thinks. Maybe he remembers something that you don't. Good luck to you.

CNA Training Inc in Orlando is awesome. I took their "refresher" and gained valuable skills needed to challenge the CNA exam. The Manager/Instructor, Darla, is very nice and very good at what she does. She will go over every skill in detail with you. They have a nearly perfect pass rate.

Thank you. Great info. I guess I better plan to take the day off work. I am testing at 9:00 AM, and scheduled to work at 2:00. Congratulations on passing your exam. :thankya: