MistyMe

Thanks that is so reassuring. Misty

Hello everyone! My CNA License expires 12/31/2013. I have completed my 24 hours of in service training as required by the State of Florida and renewed my CPR Certification. I have not worked as a CNA for money for 2 yrs. I have previously. Has anyone else had this situation? I have been taking care of my elderly parents who are in their late 80's and performing all the CNA Duties but I don't accept money from them, just can't do it. Wondering if the State will still renew my license? Thanks for any help. Misty

SAM - Are you saying for the footcare it is ok to place the foot on the barrier (chucks pad) while you rub the lotion in your hands ? Just want to clarify. If this is not what you did, then please let me know. Thanks, MistyMe

You have other options than LTC once you get through your training. You could do home health or work in a hospital or assisted living facility. LTC is hard especially if you have parent's that would be in that same age range as those people are in there. I had a hard time just getting through the clinicals we had to do for 1 week in a LTC after our classroom hours. It really broke my heart. I'm trying to get my license so that I can move on to become a dialysis technician, that is my goal. I can't deal with the LTC, it's too emotional for me as my parent's are 85 yrs old and I see them when I look at those people in there. Very sad. You have to be tough. You can always leave there and go to American Red Cross for your training then you only have to do your clinicals in a LTC and that's not like working there for a long time. I like patient interaction too but not LTC, too heartbreaking for me that's why I'm looking into dialysis technician once I get my license. Good luck with your ventures.

HELP I need some things clarified before I re-test. If you failed the skills test, when you retest, do they always give you different skills than what you had the last time or is it possible to get the same skills ? On the footcare, can someone please tell me that had this skill, after you wash the foot and you are ready to apply the lotion, is it ok to place the foot on the chux pad (barrier) that you have on the floor so that you can rub the lotion in your hands, then pick up the foot and support it to apply the lotion ? I read on this forum that someone placed the foot on the towel they dried it with while they got the lotion ready in their hands and they failed them for that. Someone please clarify this for me. I don't want to fail this test again. On our skills checklist, it states to avoid placing resident's barefeet directly on floor before, during and after footcare. Last time around, I had the bed pan. While I passed that skill, I have a question about storing the bed pan. One of my other classmates that tested before me told me what she did so I did the same thing. I guess it was ok as I passed this skill but it just seems redundant to do it this way and I may be doing more work than necessary. On our skills list, after you disinfect the bed pan, it states to "Remove gloves before or use a barrier when storing bedpan". Here is what I did. Rinsed the bed pan 2x, dried it, disinfected it. Left my gloves on I took 2 paper towels, 1 to carry the bed pan with and the other to open the drawer and close the drawer after I stored it then took off my gloves and told evaluator I was washing my hands. Now my question is, after disinfecting the bed pan, can't you just remove your gloves, store the bed pan (without using the paper towels) then tell the evaluator you are washing your hands? Thanks for any help you guys!!!!! Mistyme

I am going to be taking my CNA Test in Florida very soon. Waiting on date. Need clarification - I'm getting confused or maybe just blowing this whole thing out of proportion. This glove issue is driving me nuts. Our instructor told us " you can't touch anything clean" when you have gloves on performing a skill. This is what I am confused on: Bed Pan skill: They don't tell you to put gloves on when placing the bed pan only when removing it. Should I not put the gloves on to place the bed pan ? Mouthcare w/Dentures: clean the dentures with the gloves on. Then you according to the skills list you leave the gloves on and clean the mouth ? The same gloves you used to clean the dentures ? Partial Bath: Leave the dirty gloves on that you just used to give a partial bath to put on the clean gown ? Otherwise you would be removing gloves, washing hands, put on clean gown, put on clean gloves to rinse and clean basin ? Lastly, is it ok to leave on the soiled gloves to rinse out the basin then touch the faucet handles with the gloves or do you use the paper towel to turn on and turn off the water so the gloves don't contaminate the faucets ? Sorry to ask all these questions but the skills list really don't clarify these and when I called Prometric, they could not help. I am very nervous about making a mistake with these gloves. Thanks for your help MistyMe:uhoh3:

Hi All, I'm finishing CNA School here in Florida on Dec. 11 and applying to take the State Test by Prometric. I have a copy of Prometric's Clinical Procedures and I am using that as my guide for the Test. I want to pass this test the first time, I need work !!!! Can someone that recently took the State Clinical Portion please tell me, does Prometric make you complete each one of the steps for a given procedure or do they give you certain steps to perform out of a given procedure ? I know they allot you 35 mins to perform 5 procedures (3 besides the handwashing and Patient's Rights) but 35 mins doesn't seem like a whole lot of time to perform 3 procedures especially if you get making an occupied bed. Any other tips would be much appreciated too, I am so nervous about someone watching me do this. Thanks:eek: