The CNA competency exam is your
doorway to a wonderful career in healthcare. Once you have undergone the
appropriate training approved and accredited by your state nursing board, you
have to sit the exam in order to be certified, licensed, and included in the state
nurse registry. So passing the exam is a big deal. Luckily, there are various
useful resources to help even the average student prepare for and pass the exam
with ease. The best resources are practice tests which not only test your
skills and knowledge but also prepare you for the tense examination
environment. These resources are found both in electronic format and in print,
online and offline. Some of the helpful resources you might want to consider
when preparing for your CNA examinations include the following :
Practice Tests
You can never sit for enough
practice tests. The earlier you start practicing your exam taking skills during
your CNA training,
the better. There are hundreds of free and paid CNA practice tests that
you can use. The free ones are typically online tests with an answer
key at the end showing the correct answers and possibly your grade. The
paid
ones may contain answer explanations, may be professionally scored, and
may be
timed so as to best simulate the exam environment. Exposing yourself to
many
different practice tests prepares you for different types of questions
from a
wide array of topics. Regular testing calms your nerves and boosts your
confidence in facing the test environment.
Study Resources
Apart from practice tests there
are lots of CNA study resources online and offline. A good CNA website can
offer a study handbook, the state’s CNA syllabus, and even options for a
personal online tutor to help you where you feel stuck. These resources have so
much information ranging from how to correctly prepare a professional,
impressive, job-getting CNA resume, information
about test schedules and test sites, and other valuable information.
Utilize Networks
Your lecturers can be your main
source of study guidance, but should not be your only source. Your fellow
students can make the best study collaborators. With them, you can practice the
skills you have learnt together and use study groups to explain things out for
easier memory retention. You can also enlist the help of your family members.
For instance, you can use the younger kids in your home in a play setting to
practice the first aid skills you learnt in class. You can discuss the theories
you have learnt in class with the adults in your home, you can even ask
responsible family members to assist you by waking you up at certain times with
a reminder to read your course notes.
The CNA training period is short,
only about 6 weeks. Thus, you need to optimize on all resources at your
disposal so as to adequately prepare for the competency exam. Your friends,
family, colleagues, and teachers are the people best placed to assist you.
Online resources and college libraries contain many useful and updated writings
on nurse aid techniques.
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