In America, employment opportunities in the nursing field have seen the fastest growth in recent years. CNA is the first step through which, a nursing student CNA begin her career in this field. CNA nursing program is also for short duration extending to few weeks and prepares a nursing aide to work in hospitals, long term care units, health clinics and health care centers.

But to get the certification, it is also necessary to complete state and federal approved 75 -150 hours of classroom leaning and clinical training. After successful completion of the training, a nursing aide student will have to appear for the competency evaluation exam conducted by the State Board of Nursery.

CNA Certification demands lots of hard work and dedication from the student to pass the CNA exam. But still there is no surety that the student, due to improper knowledge about the exam or the type of questions that are asked during the exam, might fail to clear the same.

These reasons make it necessary that nursing student should appear for the CNA Practice Exam, where questions asked are similar to State Board of Nursing CNA exam and time duration for the test is also same.

There are numerous online sites such as NNAAP, who offers complete hand book on CNA Practice Exam and provide guidance for the CNA test.

State Board of Nursing also provides information on the CNA exam questions, which nursing students can practice on a known close person before appearing for the exam.

Below given CNA Practice Exam Questions information, will guide a nursing student to understand the characteristics of questions asked during CNA exam.

CNA exam consist of two parts which are conducted in group settings and they include:

• 60 multi choice test questions
• 10 pre test non scored questions followed by 60 multi choice oral test questions
• 10 word recognition questions

Skill test

• 5 test questions out of 25 choice questions

These skill test questions are based on clinical training and include skill demonstration on repositioning of patient, measuring temperature and blood pressure of patient, hand washing, bed linen changing with or without patient, taking pulse rate and so on.

Sample CNA Practice Exam Questions:

Should a nurse aide share a client’s status with?

• any one the nurse aide sees fit
• the client’s family members
• the client’s roommate
• the staff on the next shift

Exercises that move each muscle and joint are called:

• abduction
• rotation
• adduction
• range of motion

Which of the following is a correct measurement of urinary output?

• 40 oz
• 2 cups
• 300 cc
• 1 quart

The nurse aide is looking after a client who is mentally agitated. The nurse aide must:

• speak loudly so the client CNA hear the instructions
• ask to reassign the care of this client
• talk in a slow, calm, reassuring manner
• tell the client to be quiet

These sample questions CNA guide a nursing aide, what to expect during CNA test and prepare accordingly for the CNA Exam.