I wouldn't worry too much about it - it just gives you the chance to see where you're weak at. We had a person in our nursing school that only scored a 30% on her ATI predictor, but she buckled down,...
It depends on how the course was laid out, I'd think. My semester of nursing school for summer 2011 involved going through all of the coursework for pediatrics, OB, and psych in three weeks...
If it was me against another new grad, yes we may have to go through the same amount of training, but I have more skills from my prior experience than that new grad with no experience. Trachs...been...
The upside of working as a CNA is that a lot of employers will count that toward nursing experience. For example, one nearby hospital counts each year of CNA experience as 6 months of RN experience....