Any CNA's out there?

[scottishlady]

i am a Kansas CNA i would love to hee from other CNA's out there, lets share experiences i have been this field for about 20 years, i have been certified since 1985, i love what i do i love helping the elerdly, they are living history books just waiting to tell us everything that we could possibly know.

hope to hear from female or male CNA's my hubby loves for me to get to know other CNA's like myself so we can share out love of nursing.

[Betty_SPN_KS, LPN]

Right now I'm not working because I'm in LPN school and so is my husband. We have 2 girls that are 9 and 6 and very demanding to have mommy around more since I've been in school. Yes, it's very stressful, but you have to think of the rewards at the end of school. Graduation, your diploma, and your career. I did work in a hospital on the cancer unit for about a year and then in pediatrics for 6 mo. I also worked at an Assisted living facility at the same time and then my mom came to live with us and I had to make a choice between my family or my job. I'm very excited to finish school. Where I'm at, we have a weekend program where we only go to school on Fridays and Saturdays from 8-6. I have 1 1/2 years to go. I started in January. My husband, like I said, is in school with me. If that doesnt put a bunch in the pants sometimes, but it's actually pretty cool that we can support each other like that too.

Wow! It's hard enough for us with just one of us going to school! My graduation was tonight. I'll soon be a nurse in a LTC. I know at times I will wish I was still a CNA. I hope they will have me work with another nurse and not put me in charge for a long time.

[kmitts]

i just got my cna and i start lpn in aug. 2006 i havent found a job because i really would rather work in a hospital. also what is the pay range for a cna?

[LauraF, RN, ASN, CNA, LPN, RN]

I got my license as a CNA in 1985. I worked as a CNA when I got out of high school to find out if nursing is really what I wanted to do. I got my LPN in 1989. I am now in my last semester for my RN, ADN program. I think CNA's make better nurses. Specially after being in a LTC. You learn how to talk to other, as you would like to be spoken to. If that makes sense? I see so many nurses treating CNA's like crap.

[KnarfKS]

also what is the pay range for a cna?

Depends where you work. Agency pays around $14 or 15. LTC pays $7-11 from what I have heard, and hospitals vary incredibly. I'm a CNA in an RN program and get $13 in a critical care unit, but i have heard as high as $16. I also worked at a rehab hospital and only got $8.50...extremely boring and I could only take it for 2 months.