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Certified Nursing Assistant Test Essay

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This should be super easy. When the time came around to take my Certified Nursing Assistant test, I thought I practically already got my certificate. The CNA test includes a written portion and a clinical skills test. In order to get the certificate, you must pass both parts. For the clinical skills test, you perform two skills that are assigned to you for the “patient”, which is usually a volunteer, in front of a skills evaluator. My teachers had made sure that we all practiced the skills being tested as well as take practice tests for the written portion of the CNA test. Each time I had done great. So yes, my head got a little big and I patted myself on the back, whispering “I got this.” every time another student would come in nervous from their test. But boy did life have a lesson in store for me. I walked into the room, confidence a little too high and performed my skills in front of the skills evaluator. Walking out, I thought I passed. I told my teachers, my friends, I even texted my mother, …show more content…

After crying and binge watching Grey’s Anatomy I told myself that nothing would be done if I just let myself drown in my self pity. I mean, Cristina Yang would never just give up. So I sent the form to retake my test and I studied my skills beginning to end, end to beginning until I basically ate, slept, and breathed clinical skills. The day before my test, I decided to really test how much I had learned from studying and stayed after school with my teachers. From them, I learned some tips and got some constructive criticism. But the best thing I was told was not to doubt myself. I thought she was just crazy. Lady, did you not see when I first took this test? Not doubting myself doesn’t work out too well for me. The day of the test, I was nervous throughout the drive to the Red Cross

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