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Hi!

I'm excited because I should know by the end of the week whether I'm accepted into the CNA training at a local nursing home. But at the interview, the lady said I was almost certainly guaranteed. It will be 2 days of classroom training and then paid working hours for however long it takes to get certified. Anyway, I'm excited because it's my foot in the door for nursing.

So I've read a few threads on here but still would like some suggestions.

As a CNA, what are the next steps to look into for further my education? Should I look into becoming a certified nurse-midwife (which is an interest of mine) and how long does that take/what is required?

Or as a CNA, can I take online classes to become an LVN? Then from LVN I know I can take online classes to become an RN? But what else? Any other options.

I'm young but I already have a family so college and lots of expense and daytime college hours aren't looking too do-able for me at this point.

Just trying to get a glimpse into the future.

But becoming a CNA is a good start, IMO. Anything I need to know before class starts?

Thanks in advance.

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Hi!:welcome: to the site! Congrats on the beginning of a wonderful career! While there are online courses for LPN to RN, I don't know of anything online for CNA to LPN. Threre wouldn't be anyway to test for skills. Good luck!

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Hi, congratulations! It is exiting starting on our carreer path. I start my cna training on aug 27 and can't wait, but I'm also nervous. I also just got hired to be a home care assistant through a large agency, I found that they payed better than a lot of nursing homes I was interested in.

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Hi snewsarah,

I don't know of any online LVN/LPN courses. If you don't have much time, you might want to look into part-time or flex LVN/LPN courses, if available in your area.

To become a CNM (certified nurse-midwife) you need to be an RN first. There are online programs (Excelsior College is probably the most popular) that allow LVNs/LPNs to take the necessary courses in order to graduate with a degree in nursing and then take the NCLEX-RN test to become registered nurses. (If you need more information on online programs, you might want to try this forum on allnurses.)

Good luck! And...

:groupwelcome:

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