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CNA to LPN...why?

Hi everybody!!!

So i just want to know how many of you had to take a CNA course in order to get into your LPN program?

It is a requirement at my school to take the course before or at the same time as first semester of the LPN program. I start my CNA class in Jan 2014 however im not sure I see the point in having to be a CNA first, maybe its because I'm already a CMA.

Thanks guys! :-)

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    The point (the only point) is that, by requiring that, the school doesn't have spend time and effort teaching you basic skills. The school is making it's own life easier by requiring potential students to get that education on their own somewhere else.

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    Required or not, it's honestly recommended, for the reasons the PP stated. It made my first semester of nursing school easier. It wasn't required, but for the ABSN program in my area it is.

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    My school didn't require it but, I was already a cna when I started and to be honest with you, it made my clinicals and nursing fundamentals class go extra smooth and I studied less.

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    Thank you guys. I can see now how that makes sense. :-)

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    It's a requirement in Ga to get your CNA first. I think years ago nurses graduated and had no hands on experience except for Clinical's and that made for allot of poor hands on skills, when it came to caring for the patient. Could you imagine years ago becoming a nurse, then discovering you don't like it or cant do it because turning patients is to hard on your back, you feel like your gonna throw up cause you had to wipe someone's butt, or someone fell because of lack of experience in transferring patients or assisting with ambulation, the list can go on, but these skills are important in patient care.

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