How to prevent your CNA Students from failing their skills exam: A Guide to Increase Pass Rates for CNA Instructors.
Are you noticing in your practice as a CNA instructor, it can be challenging for some of your students to grasp the skills portion of the course? Have you had a student or two actually fail the skills portion of the state exam. Have you been in the lab with your students and noticed it can be overwhelming trying to teach a full class? Are you new to CNA instruction?
If you answered yes to any of the above, you would want to attend our webinar on September 15th at 8:30 pm EST. This is a free webinar where we will talk about what these issues mean for your CNA School, what they mean for your student, and how to address these issues.
Across the board, it has been identified that the skills portion of the CNA exam is much more of a problem for students to pass than the written portion of the exam. Facets Healthcare Training did a study to examine the “cost of failure” for CNA students who did not pass the state exam, and the results were devastating.
The image above examines the failure rates of CNA state exams for Arizona and Nevada, as a whole, for the year 2018. We can see that students are more likely to fail the skills portion of the test in the two states above. Furthermore, we also know that students who fail the exam must retake the exam. The numbers above are not reflective of the second try failure rate but rather only the first attempt.
In Arizona alone, 767 students failed the skills exam. If each of those students decides NOT to give up and retake the exam, that would be a combined cost of $82,856 in fees for the second round of tests. ( this does not include the first round of testing fees that are now lost.) However, you and I know that many of those students may have given up after the first try and never tried again.
Our students CANNOT afford this, and we cannot afford to let them down. Our job as CNA instructors is to make sure that students are equipped with everything they need to pass the exam. We as nurses are knowledgeable in how to place a patient on a bedpan, BUT do we understand how the STATE wants the student to place the patient on the bedpan? Each state has a different take on the steps to do this skill. Let me give you an example. See below.
This is for ARIZONA
Do you see the big difference between Texas vs. Arizona? Do you know why it is essential to learn your state’s specific way to teach your skills? Do you see why understanding your resources is essential? Click HERE to sign up for this webinar and let us show you how to ensure your students learn skills with mastery so they can ace the skills exam the first time.
Vicky Castillo MSNed will conduct this webinar, RN, CNE of Facets Healthcare Training in conjunction with The Secret Cocktail. We hope to see you there! Email info@thesecretcocktail.com with any questions.
