State Testing

Once you pass your Ohio state test, you should be able to locate your license information at the website below:

https://odhgateway.odh.ohio.gov/nar/nar_registry_search.aspx

Please note the expiration of your STNA designation so that you ensure you complete all the requirements PRIOR to expiration. You also want to make sure your employer reports your hours worked under a licensed nurse or physician to the state on your behalf. Remember: you need to work one 8-hour shift in the 24 month period AND complete 24 hours of continuing education (12 units per year) if you work in a skilled long term care facility or meet the annual training, per policy, of any other organization for which you work (typically 8+ hours per year for a total of 16+ hours) AND YOU must ensure your employer reports your information to the state in order to maintain your state license for the state of Ohio. Please talk to your nurse instructor about any questions you may have about maintaining it once you obtain your Ohio STNA designation.

The upcoming test dates are as follows and you MUST register no later than the Wednesday before test date, provided there are still openings for that date.

2019 Test Dates:
November 3^rd

November 17^th

December 1^st

2020 Test Dates:

January 5th

January 19th

February 2nd

March 8th

March 22nd

April 12th

April 26th

May 10th

May 31st

June 7th

June 21st

Need a refresher class before taking the state test? Touching Hearts, Changing Lives graduates may attend our refresher class, free-of-charge, and as frequently as they want while preparing for the state test.

Anyone with a current certificate (not expired- 24 months from the date on the certificate) from any nurse aid training program may sign up for our “mock run test preparation” classes. Get that extra review time in this up to 4-hour offering (up to 2 days/up to 2 hours each day) during which you will review the current skills required for state testing. The $75 fee also includes 4 hours of written test practice time. This fee applies ONLY to people who have not graduated from Touching Hearts, Changing Lives.

Refresher classes are offered on the first and third Thursday of the month from 3:30p-5:30p. Touching Hearts, Changing Lives graduates do not need to preregister; just show up and sign-in.

2019 Schedule of Skills Review (3:30p-5:30p, Suite 101)
October 17^th
November 7^th
November 21^st

Written Practice Tests (9a-11a, Suite 209)
Every Monday, Tuesday and Thursday (except on holidays/vacation days)

Our classroom is an approved State Testing site! Take your state test in our Monroe Street location so you are comfortable and familiar with the equipment and surroundings.

Yes. The minimum State Test fee is $104. Other fees may apply depending on how, when and where the test is scheduled.

You have 24 months to take and pass your state test in order to be considered an STNA (State Tested Nursing Assistant). Touching Hearts, Changing Lives is an official state test site.

Once you have successfully completed your classes and have your certificate in hand, we would be happy to assist you in signing up for your state test examination.  You have 24 months from the date on your certificate to successfully pass your state test.

You may choose to test at our site, or you may choose any other location in the state that offers state testing.

Touching Hearts, Changing Lives graduates who choose to test at our site must bring in their completed State test documents with a credit card or cash-only payment. Flights are scheduled for 8 AM and 12 PM. There are 7 slots available for each flight with up to 10 people being permitted to take or retake the written test in each flight. Test candidates are not allowed to choose their test time; the test time is computer assigned in the order in which test candidates completed state test applications were received.

To choose another site, simply go to hdmaster.com and choose an available test location and date.

This is what we will need for us to sign our graduates up for the state test:

1. Your completed state test forms - State Testing- State Test forms pages 1 and 2. Complete everything that you know before coming to the office- we will fill in the blanks. You must have your exact graduation date listed next to your certificate number (the 7 digit number on your certificate). Also, write your start date of the class and your instructor’s name in the margin above your name on page 1.
2. Be sure to only pick from test dates that we give you. You cannot test on any of our test dates that are advertised on the D & S website as our nurse is doing those tests, and we are not allowed to test our own trainees.
3. Your form of payment ($104 cash/debit or credit if not requesting oral test OR $114 if requesting oral test and you do not have an IEP).
4. When you sign up through us, we can usually get you into an available test date up to 3 business days prior to the test date at no additional charge (no late fee). If you sign up ANY other way, you should expect to be charged up to an additional $20 last-minute sign-up fee when signing up within 5 business days of an available test date. D & S will probably not sign you up at our location for a test date less than 5 business days away.
5. If you had an IEP (or letter from a physician stating that you need additional accommodations), you would also need to complete the ADA forms. Those are located next to the test forms on our website. You must bring in the completed state test forms and the completed ADA forms in order to sign up for state testing. When we request ADA accommodations, it can take up to 2 weeks for approval as accommodations have to be verified and approved by the state test administrator’s office. Please request a test date far enough away that your documents have time to go through the approval process.

If you are with Harbor: you also need to write “Harbor” in the margin above your name. If you are testing for a 2nd or 3rd time, Harbor must contact us first to approve the exam re-take.

If you are with HPOG: You must write your HPOG number in the margin above your name on the state test form. We submit test requests approvals to HPOG one time per week, typically on a Friday. You will be scheduled once we receive the approval from Patrick or Patrece.

If you want to sign yourself up online: you must call D&S at (877) 851-2355 and ask for your PIN. You will not be able to sign up to test at our location as our test dates are locked and only we have access to them. However, you will be able to sign yourself up for anywhere else in the state where they have testing for the public.

If your employer has an account with D & S: Your employer will need to sign you up directly with D & S. You MAY still test at our location with our graduates, however you will have to provide D & S with our test dates that we give you as your test date options and let them know that we approve of you taking that test date as long as it is still available at the time you sign up. Your paperwork would need to be faxed in, and they will require a copy of your certificate be submitted with your test forms. You will also need to give a full 2 weeks request, or you will be charged a “late” fee for signing up less than 10 business days prior to the test date.