Should I put my CNA certification on my resume?

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I think it may look weird because time wise it will be listed between my BSN and my BA. Unless I put it somewhere else.

This is for a very, very competitive internship I am applying for. I only did the CNA to help me be more marketable for nursing schools. One accelerated program required it.

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I think it's more important to put any CNA experience on your resume. The certification doesn't necessarily matter because in most hospitals nursing students are allowed to work in a CNA capacity after completing their first clinical rotation. If you have hands-on clinical experience working in a hospital or clinic, that will help you land an RN job.

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Thanks for the quick reply KelRN215. I added it but I think it looks weird so I'll take it off. Yeah I know after our first trimester we were able to work as a CNA.

I go to school in an English program in Puerto Rico and although the island is bilingual and you can speak only English and not have a problem at all as everyone speaks English. However getting almost any job would require you to speak Spanish, which I don't at all.

So I am just a student here and I do not work. I don't have any CNA experience. I'll just take it off. I am applying for an internship for students still working on their RN. So they don't expect experience.

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