Any CNAs who don't plan on going for LPN?

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Just curious. Looks like most of the cnas here are either lpn students or plan on going to lpn school soon. (Or RN) Just wondering if any if you are staying on happily where you are. And do you find your co-workers look at you diffrently because of this? I ask becuse Im considering doing just that

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Specializes in Geriatric and Mental Heath.

Why do you not want to be a LPN? I'm just curious. Is it the added responsibility?

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Right now, its the cost of school and scheduling. I have 3 young kids

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I am not continuing on to be a LPN or RN. It's just not even a thought really. I just became a CNA and started my first job at a ltc last week. I have 2 kids and a ft job and this is all I can handle!! :)

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Specializes in Geriatric and Mental Heath.

Im a CNA and I'm taking pre reqs for my BSN but I'm single with no children. I can see why going to nursing school would be a challenge for working mothers. Its such a huge commitment.

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I'm a CNA and will start my RN program in January. I give tons of credit for those who choose to be a CNA long-term, especially in nursing homes/LTC facilities. Where I'm at (a LTC facility), there are several of us who are working toward our RN, but the majority aren't. I don't think we're treated any differently, other than I know I've been sought out a few times by the LPN of my unit (our unit nurses--1 per unit per shift--are all LPNs; there is only 1 RN on duty for the entire facility for each shift) to assist with dressing changes, catheters, etc as a "learning experience".

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I have been a cna for 11 years i got my cna 2 to years ago i have always wanted to be a rn but i have 4 children and work a fulltime job. So i finally decided that when i youngest started kindergarten this i was finally going to college and i did. It is really hard at times but i have been able to take alot of my courses online. The hardest thing is having to learn everything back over when you have been out of school over 16 years.But i keep telling myself i am going to do it bc i dont want to be a cna forever

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Doesn an LVN count? ;)

Just signed up for some pre-reqs for LVN school yesterday - and yeah, most of the CNA's I've spoken to are moving on towards LVN's or RN's.

That said - the long-time CNA's are the ones I like to work with, 'cause they'll show you shortcuts that enhance your ablilty to take care of patients without compromising the 6 principles of patient care. Most of the nurses tend to ignore me, with one or two exceptions (senior LVN's & RN's, thankfully), and I tend to leave it at that - lots of 'em are LVN's recently out of tech school and don't appear to have settled in to their professional roles themselves.

----- Dave

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Just curious. Looks like most of the cnas here are either lpn students or plan on going to lpn school soon. (Or RN) Just wondering if any if you are staying on happily where you are. And do you find your co-workers look at you diffrently because of this? I ask becuse Im considering doing just that

Taking care of a disabled parent. I've missed so much work over the past 3 years, I would have flunked out of school.

Maybe later...

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