Saturday, February 23, 2013

Tips On The CNA Certification Process‎

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By Jan Chung


Indeed, the nursing profession has attracted many individuals. For those who want to start their career in nursing, the certified nursing assistant (CNA) program has been their stepping-stone because getting a bachelors degree in nursing may take some time and may cost a great amount of money. The CNA program will not only help aspirants move towards their dream, but it will also help them gain the necessary nursing experience that they need in order to be able to give the highest quality care to their clients. In order to be able to start practicing as a CNA, you have to accomplish entire CNA certification process.

The CNA certificate program is composed of both lectures and hands-on of different nursing skills. These will be done within the schools premises. After equipping the students with all the necessary knowledge and skills, they are then allowed to have their clinical exposure.

Students will also have to go through different trainings about excretory procedures and practical trainings. For the excretory procedures, students will have an in-depth discussion about the digestive and elimination processes of the body.

After going through all the lectures, you will then be trained on the different basic nursing procedures. You will be taught about the proper techniques in order to be able to maintain a safe and effective nursing practice. You will be evaluated on the different nursing skills before you will be allowed to have your clinical exposure.

Moreover, clinical practice will include 75 hours of actual exposure in different clinical areas. In the clinical areas, students will be assigned to their respective preceptors. These preceptors will be the one to grade the students during their entire exposure. The evaluation tool will then be forwarded to their instructors, who in turn will compute their total grade.

The certification exam was created by different boards of nursing in order to ensure that nursing assistants are highly equipped with the necessary nursing knowledge and skills which will help in the promotion of their own welfare and that of the patients. This will help ensure that they will not endanger their own welfare and that of the patients in anyway.

The CNA certification exam has two parts: written and hands-on. The written exam is a multiple-choice exam and is usually made up of seventy items, depending on the state policy. On the other hand, the student will have to perform five basic nursing procedures that have been chosen randomly. During this part, their evaluator will grade aspirants. Students may take the certification exam three times and within two years after they have finished their CNA certification program.


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