CNA Certification

Resources

Exam Study Groups

Now that you have made the decision to write the certification exam in your specialty, the next step is to prepare.

CNA has developed three resources to assist you.

On the CNA website there is a list of certified nurses who have agreed to mentor nurses like yourself who have chosen to write certification exams. To access the list, go to the certification page and click “mentors” on the sidebar menu.

Second, eligible candidates will receive by mail an access code to the online prep guide. The prep guide includes the exam blueprint, competencies for specialties/areas of nursing practice, practice questions, an answer key and rationales, and a bibliography.

The third resource is a document called Build on What You Know: A Study Group Manual for Nurses Preparing for CNA Certification Exams, which is found in this section. This manual includes tips for study group facilitators and participants, suggested references and other information. Since the resource was developed to help you, we encourage you to use it and to provide feedback. Was it helpful? How can it be improved? Was anything missing? Any information you can provide

	Certification study groups work With a commitment to neuroscience nursing and professional development, nine nurses from Saint John, New Brunswick decided to form a study group in 2007 and get certified. While passing a national nursing exam seemed a daunting challenge, they were confident that by working together they could succeed. They were right. Read more

about the usefulness of the manual will help us improve it in the future. Whether you are a participant or a facilitator, we encourage you to fill in the comment form linked below.

Thank you very much for your interest in the program, and we wish you every success in the examination and in your nursing career.

Building on What You Know - Canadian Nurse, vol., 102, no 2

Study Groups and Tools

• Exam Study Groups



• Submit your Study Group
   
• Study Group Manual



• Study Group Timeline Template - Word


• Study Group Timeline Template - PDF

Comment Forms

• Facilitator Comment Form - Word


• Facilitator Comment Form - PDF



• Participant Comment Form - Word


• Participant Comment Form - PDF

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