Is this your last stop?

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A lot of people say being a cna is just a "stepping stone" for them. So I was just wondering how many of you didn't decide to pursue an LPN certificate or RN degree, and just decided that being a cna was your final career choice? Do you enjoy your career? Are you ok financially?

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I don't know. I do have hopes that I will, someday, be able to finish school. But it's unclear when/if that will be a possibility. SO I guess I hope that this isn't my last stop, but if it is, I guess I can live with it.

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I had no intention of being anything but a CNA.

I liked it that much.

Life circumstances changed my tune.

If you can afford to be a CNA and you really like it, there is nothing wrong with it.

It's hard honest work that serves a purpose.

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Hygiene Queen, I feel ya! if it were ONLY about the work, I would be a CNA where I work forever. I love having so much time with the kids I take care of at work, and I think I'd really miss that if I were to be a nurse. I have a very close relationship with many of them. I have never done anything that made me feel so fulfilled!

But financially, it is HARD to support myself on what I make, and that is why I am unsure and am still considering trying to find the means to finish school.

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Yup. I am not interested in becoming a nurse but the crap pay that comes with being a CNA is not something I want to live with for the rest of my life. I've chosen another career that's still in healthcare but pays a lot more, but like yousoldtheworld, the schooling is slooooow because I do what I'm able to afford. My boyfriend (who I will probably spend the rest of my life with) doesn't make good money either but even if he did I'd want the security in knowing that I can take care of myself if something happened or things didn't work out. I don't think anyone should be a CNA for life with nothing else to fall back on-- there are too many physical and emotional stressors in this line of work and you don't make enough to save a lot. It's not secure. And if you want children it's even worse. All the girls I work with who have kids either get a lot of help from a boyfriend, parents, or food stamps etc.

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Being a CNA is okay....but I feel there is nothing else to learn about it. I get bored easlily.....

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