Starting CNA classes in Oct - Few Questions

[JDsGirl]

Hello, I will be starting CNA classes in FL in October. Eight week class at local state college. Does anybody know how many weeks in to a typical class that nursing home/hospital clinicals start? Also, do you actually get to learn skills with real patients or are all skills done with mannequin's, etc? Thanks.

[RunnerRN2015, ASN, RN]

My class met once a week for 16 weeks and our clinicals were the last 4 classes. We practiced most of the skills on each other and on mannekins in our sim lab at school and then we had a large checklist of skills we had to do on the residents (our clinicals were at a nursing home) during our clinicals.

[JDsGirl]

That's awesome, thanks for responding. I just wanted to make sure there is enough repetition to pass the state exam without forgetting any steps!

[NightNerd, MSN, RN]

Clinicals were the third week out of four for my class, and we had a skills lab for three days beforehand. We practiced all skills on each other except for bed bath and perineal care, which my clinicals seemed to consist of almost exclusively, so I got the practice in.