Comments on: Do a lot of nurses start out as a CNA and work there way up to RN? http://www.cna-schools.com/blog/cna-training/do-a-lot-of-nurses-start-out-as-a-cna-and-work-there-way-up-to-rn-2 Helping You Find The Right School. Sat, 19 May 2012 07:13:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5.1 By: R1 woman http://www.cna-schools.com/blog/cna-training/do-a-lot-of-nurses-start-out-as-a-cna-and-work-there-way-up-to-rn-2#comment-2721 R1 woman Thu, 08 Jul 2010 22:46:59 +0000 http://www.cna-schools.com/blog/cna-training/do-a-lot-of-nurses-start-out-as-a-cna-and-work-there-way-up-to-rn-2#comment-2721 My friend and I were arguing about this! Now I know that I was right. lol! Thanks for making me sure! Sent from my iPad 4G My friend and I were arguing about this! Now I know that I was right. lol! Thanks for making me sure!

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]]> By: Jill http://www.cna-schools.com/blog/cna-training/do-a-lot-of-nurses-start-out-as-a-cna-and-work-there-way-up-to-rn-2#comment-2698 Jill Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:39:59 +0000 http://www.cna-schools.com/blog/cna-training/do-a-lot-of-nurses-start-out-as-a-cna-and-work-there-way-up-to-rn-2#comment-2698 You don't "work your way up" to RN. You need to go through an RN program. You can either go straight into it, or become an LPN first and then do an LPN to RN bridge program. Most RN programs require that students have their CNA license, but not all, and you don't need work experience, just have the license. Some people debate over whether it's necessary to have work experience as a CNA, I say it is helpful but not necessary. They teach you CNA skills at the start of your nursing program, and honestly, being a CNA is SO completely different from working as an RN, CNAs only do one tiny part of what RNs are trained to do, so it's not like you really get an accurate representation of what it's like to be a nurse by being a CNA.<br><b>References : </b><br>RN, BSN You don’t "work your way up" to RN. You need to go through an RN program. You can either go straight into it, or become an LPN first and then do an LPN to RN bridge program. Most RN programs require that students have their CNA license, but not all, and you don’t need work experience, just have the license. Some people debate over whether it’s necessary to have work experience as a CNA, I say it is helpful but not necessary. They teach you CNA skills at the start of your nursing program, and honestly, being a CNA is SO completely different from working as an RN, CNAs only do one tiny part of what RNs are trained to do, so it’s not like you really get an accurate representation of what it’s like to be a nurse by being a CNA.
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]]> By: Winter http://www.cna-schools.com/blog/cna-training/do-a-lot-of-nurses-start-out-as-a-cna-and-work-there-way-up-to-rn-2#comment-2696 Winter Thu, 29 Apr 2010 17:18:59 +0000 http://www.cna-schools.com/blog/cna-training/do-a-lot-of-nurses-start-out-as-a-cna-and-work-there-way-up-to-rn-2#comment-2696 She can go that route if she likes. But, I think she should cut out the middle man and just go straight for the RN. She can work while she takes the pre-reqs. There are jobs she can hold in a health setting right now, too. And if she is having trouble finding some, maybe she can work elsewhere and volunteer once or twice a week at a hospital.<br><b>References : </b><br> She can go that route if she likes. But, I think she should cut out the middle man and just go straight for the RN. She can work while she takes the pre-reqs. There are jobs she can hold in a health setting right now, too. And if she is having trouble finding some, maybe she can work elsewhere and volunteer once or twice a week at a hospital.
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