Credits from CNA classes to RN program

melizerd, ASN, RN · Apr 16, 2014

We were required to be CNA certified before starting our ADN program. So it was a pre-req but not necessarily counted as credit if that makes sense.

Jenngirl34RN · Apr 16, 2014

I got college credit for my CNA class, as I took it through my school, but those credits did not count towards my degree in any way. We had to take a CNA course as pre-req for the RN program, but it did not necessarily have to be though a college.

HouTx, BSN, MSN, EdD · Apr 16, 2014

CNA and other vocational certificate programs (including most LP/VN programs) are based on contact hours, not college hours. So they do not include any "college courses" that are transferable. However, you may discover that the knowledge/skills you acquire will prepare you to CLEP (or credit by examination) a required course or two later on.

classicdame, MSN, EdD · Apr 16, 2014

Also, contact hours are generally not on the same level as college hours. Think of algebra. High school algebra and college algebra differ. Higher expectations.

nurseprnRN, BSN, RN · Apr 16, 2014

Nope.

But no learning is ever wasted. Don't fall into the trap of being resentful because the world doesn't agree with you when you think you have to get credit hours / a merit badge / a pat on the back for learning something you need to know anyway. :)

MountainBikeChick · Apr 17, 2014

For the associates degree at the community college it was required to have your CNA license as a pre-req, and for the BSN program that I'm in it isn't required. I wasn't sure which program I was applying to so I just took the CNA class with some other pre-reqs. I'm at the end of my first semester of the BSN program and it's been the easiest semester of my schooling career because I already learned almost everything we're learning in my Fundamentals course/lab. The only thing different is that we can pass meds and do injections! I have a 99% in the class while others are somehow scraping by with a C. (Which is almost failure…