CMA to RN

I was an MA for about 12 years. I'm now in my senior year of my BSN. There are many differences between MA and RN skills, mainly that as an MA you do very little to no basic nursing care (like you would as a CNA). MA jobs are very much non acute outpatient, M-F 9-5. Common skills b\w RN and MA are phlebotomy, injections, sterile field, assisting the physician, POC testing (accucheck, urine, etc) and EKG to name some. MA's typically do not do IV's. RN's do much more critical thinking, assessment and medication administration which is something that MA's have no training in. Communication with patients and providers is another skill you can gain as an MA. I do feel that my experience as an MA helped me in nursing school but not as much as my 6 months of being a CNA at the hospital did.