BKCherry

No. You completed a class but seeing as how you did not pass the exam, you are not a nursing assistant.

I had no experience and applied to every hospital and nursing home for months. Finally I got a job at a hospital. I make $16/hr.

You don't need a CNA license to work in a hospital but you do for LTC. Just speaking from my own experience with a new-ish CNA license and no clinicals done yet, it took me 6 months to find a position. However, my new job is in a large hospital. They informed me that they get tons and tons of applicants. The nurse manager specifically told me that for temp positions they usually want people with experience so they don't have to train and for longer positions they prefer people that are going to commit to at least 2 years.

This happens to be true in NY too. I was already accepted to a BSN program nearly a year in advance and figured I would get some relevant job experience by becoming a CNA. I took the class last April which turned out to be a big waste of money. Of my whole class, 1 person was able to get a job and it was a male who is multi-lingual. I applied to every position as a CNA i could find - hospitals, ltc, staffing agencies and every place wants at least 6 months experience. Just to add, I do have tons of work experience and much of it is in mental health. Finally, after applying to one hospital system literally 60 times since April, I have been hired as a nursing attendant. They did tell me, that the CNA license really didn't matter and that it is my previous work experience and my interview skills that made them give me a shot.

Well, I am surely in your program too and from your description in the same class (maybe chem too). No worries though, your anonymity is safe. No idea who you are. lol I totally agree though. I am taking basically the same classes as you. This is my first semester and the NUR class is the hardest in my opinion even though the material itself is not. I am worried about the next test too. I did well on this one but I don't know how. I had no idea what to study. The last few classes she has continued to talk about practically nothing and showed that dumb video/slideshow. I think we are just going to have to have to work hard to pick out what seems important and try to take good notes from whatever she mentions in class - even if it seems irrelevant (like how many languages Nightingale spoke).