CNA Exam Preparation
Prepare for the Florida CNA written examination and clinical-skills evaluation through guided instruction, hands-on practice and realistic exam preparation.
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Overview
This program is built for people who need to pass the state examination, not for people starting from zero. Instruction is led by experienced healthcare professionals in small groups, and combines written-examination review with supervised practice of the clinical skills the evaluation actually tests.
Courses are taught in English, with bilingual assistance in Haitian Creole and Spanish where available.
Curriculum
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The job
CNA work is hands-on care at the bedside — in long-term care, on hospital units, in rehabilitation and in private homes. Shifts revolve around activities of daily living: washing, dressing, toileting, moving residents safely from bed to chair, eating and drinking. CNAs also record pulse, respirations and fluid intake and output, answer call lights, and reposition residents to protect their skin.
The less visible half is observation and reporting. A CNA spends more time with a resident than anyone else, so they are often the first to notice the new bruise, the refused meal or the sudden confusion — and to report it to the nurse. CNAs work within a delegated scope under a licensed nurse and follow the care plan. Treatment decisions and independent clinical judgement sit outside that scope.
The work is physically and emotionally demanding: long hours on your feet, safe lifting and transferring, bodily fluids, and residents who may be confused, in pain or resistant to help.
Know the difference
Examination preparation is narrower than training. It means structured rehearsal for two assessments — a knowledge test and a timed skills demonstration scored against published checkpoints — aimed at the content outline, the sequencing evaluators look for, timing, and the rules on the day. What it is not is a state-approved training programme under Rule 64B9-15.006 of the Florida Administrative Code.
Preparation-only study has a place in Florida because section 464.203 of the Florida Statutes sets out more than one route to the examination, including some that do not require an approved programme first. No preparation can promise a result: Prometric’s evaluators score independently, against fixed checkpoints.
The exam
The examination has two parts. The written, or knowledge, test is multiple choice and taken on computer; section 464.203 also allows an oral examination in its place on request. The clinical skills test is a timed practical demonstration, observed by two nurses and scored against published checkpoints. The standard is demonstrated competency, not perfection.
Skills are assigned by computer when you are scheduled — not chosen by you, and not by the evaluator on the day. Three are prompted. The other two, handwashing and indirect care, are never prompted but are always scored. Indirect care runs through every assigned skill, and it is a common source of lost checkpoints.
Certification
Certification is granted by the Florida Department of Health through the Board of Nursing, which contracts with Prometric to administer the examination.
Under section 464.203, the Department certifies applicants who pass the competency examination and either hold a high school diploma or its equivalent or are at least 18. Prometric’s bulletin lists five routes: completed an approved programme, currently enrolled in one, challenger, other nursing training, and lapsed nursing assistant. Every applicant must also pass Level II background screening.
The steps are yours to take, and the timelines belong to the Board and to Prometric. We can explain the process. We cannot influence eligibility, scheduling or scoring.
Career outlook
CNAs work in skilled nursing and long-term care, assisted living, hospitals, rehabilitation and post-acute units, home health, hospice and adult day programmes. Long-term care is the largest setting, and it is well represented across Orlando and Central Florida. Under section 400.211 of the Florida Statutes, a person must be certified to work as a nursing assistant in a Florida nursing home unless licensed as a nurse, subject to a limited grace period.
The three figures here are national, from the US Bureau of Labor Statistics. Pay varies by employer, setting, shift and locality. A national median is not a local or a starting figure, and no provider can promise a wage or a position.
Many people treat the credential as an entry point. It is a common prerequisite or advantage for practical nursing and associate degree programmes, and bedside experience feeds the assessment skills those programmes build on. Florida also defines a step up: under section 400.211, a CNA with clear and active certification for a minimum period who completes an additional Board-approved medication administration course may be designated a qualified medication aide, working under nurse supervision. Rule 64B9-15.011 requires at least 24 hours of in-service training every two years.
Before you start
What the state sets, and what is simply practical. Anything set by the state should be confirmed against the source, because it changes.
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Common questions
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(407) 606-7964Not under every route. Section 464.203 of the Florida Statutes sets out more than one path to the examination, and Prometric’s bulletin describes five routes, including a challenger route for candidates with no prior training. Confirm which applies to you with the Board of Nursing.
It covers five areas of Prometric’s content outline: the role of the nurse aide, promotion of safety, promotion of residents’ function and health, basic nursing care, and specialised care for residents with changes in health.
Prometric defines it as care related to residents’ rights and preferences, communication with the resident, resident safety, comfort and needs, and infection control. It is not a separate station. It is scored from how you behave throughout the assigned skills — knocking, explaining, privacy, comfort checks.
Yes, within limits. You may correct yourself while performing a skill, but you must tell the nurse and actually perform the correction. Once you have said a skill is complete you cannot go back to it, and no correction is allowed after a safety issue.
You receive a score report at the test site that day, and results go to the Board of Nursing. Retaking requires a new application and fees. Failing three attempts ends eligibility for re-examination unless you complete an approved training programme — Prometric states at least 120 hours.
Prometric indicates roughly one week for scores to reach the Board of Nursing, and up to about four weeks for the Board to issue and mail a certificate. Score reports appear online within 48 hours. These timelines belong to the Board and Prometric, not to us.
The written test can be taken in an audio format, requested on your application rather than on test day. Section 464.203 also provides an oral examination in place of the written portion on request. Extra time and disability accommodations need advance documentation. Our own teaching includes bilingual assistance in Haitian Creole and Spanish where available.
Where this comes from
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