CNA Certification in Tennessee
CNA Certification in Tennessee
There are currently 5,850 job vacancies for the city of Memphis Tennessee and 3,230 in Knoxville. That’s over 9,000 job openings in just 2 cities. This is some exciting news that means there is a lot of opportunity for the person wishing to be certified as a nurse aide in Tennessee. What can also be exciting is to know that when you are working as a certified nurse aide, you are really doing something truly humane and getting paid for it.
If you want to work as a nurse aide in Tennessee, you will need to get your name listed on the Tennessee Nurse Aide Registry by first completing CNA training in Tennessee that has been cleared by the Department of Health. Then a nurse aide candidate will need to take and pass the Tennessee State Nurse Competency Evaluation Exam.
Training programs approved by the state of Tennessee will follow a curriculum approved by federal law which prepares an individual for performing nurse aide tasks in a professional medical field according to a set standard. The CNA classes in the Tennessee curriculum by law will contain 75 hours or more of class instruction. 16 hours of your instruction is to be spent learning clinical skills in an active environment while following the guidance of a licensed nurse. Discover more about CNA training in Tennessee on our companion page. Find a school or Program that fits your needs.
At the end of your training program, you will be allowed to take the state exam to pursue your CNA certification in Tennessee. The state nurse aide exam is administered through D&S Diversified Technologies and is made up of a written or oral exam, plus a clinical skills demonstration. In order to pass the written exam, you must get a 75% accuracy on 75 multiple choice questions. These questions will cover much of what you learned during your program and will challenge you to be apprised of a number of situations and how to properly handle them in accordance with regulations.
The clinical test is graded on five randomly chosen nurse aide physical skills and how well you perform them. You must pass this section of the test by achieving an 80 percent accuracy on each skill given. Time limit for the written test is an hour and a half and you will have 35 minutes for the clinical portion. The cost to take the exam is $80. You should provide two valid forms of ID on test day. Upon passing the exam, your results will be provided immediately and you will be listed on the Tennessee Registry. Your certification documents will be sent to you by mail and will arrive within four to six weeks.
If you have additional questions about CNA certification, contact the state registry:
Tennessee Nurse Aide Registry
Tennessee Department of Health Division of Health Care Facilities
Cordell Hull Building, 425 5th Avenue North, Nashville, TN 37247
Phone: (800) 778-4504 or (615) 532-5171
Fax: (615) 248-3601
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