Whitney09

Actually you must be a CNA to get into ANY RN program I have ever run across, it is like a pre-req here in NC.

I am in the same boat as you are I got my CNA my senior year of high school, I am not as satisfied as I thought I would be either. I also was considering Nursing school btu I am now leaning more towards the MA program simply because I want to have a Monday-Friday job with 8/9-4/5 hours and NO weekends (maybe a Saturday if the doctor's office is open but at least no Sunday's). I 100% agree with you that the running up and down the hallways for hours on end may have been what turned me against nursing, I am more comfortable with the idea of answering phone and walking a patient to the exam room after their vitals. I'm sure this post didn't help you much but it made me feel better that I wasn't alone in the situation so hopefully it will you too. Good luck!

haha you guys are funny I enjoyed all of your comments! I was just making sure I wansn't the only one because these people are just starting to flat out **** me off!

I get so sick of all the RN students telling me "oh no don't go into the lpn program just go ahead with RN..." like just today I was at the coffee house eating a waffel, my waitress and I got to talking well she said she was in the RN program at the same school I was at, when I told her that I went there but was applying for the LPN she crinkled up her nose and told me that she was only 19 (same age as I) and would be an RN by the time she was 20. For some reason that just flew all over me I WANT to be an LPN, what is so bad about that? I told her that and said I may bridge over to RN at some point then she went on to tell me that it wasn't that easy to "just" bridge over.. I have talked to to several RN's that worked as LPN's first that said they understood their classes more because they already had hands on expierence. Does anyone else have this problem?

Thank you so much those were very encouraging words!:redbeathe:nurse:

Thank you guys so much! I am going to get my CNA II this summer, I was told by a nursing instructor that that would beneifit me greatly when I got into the lpn program. I may also go ahead and take the phlebotomy class so I can have as many advantages as possible when I start the program. Again, thank you all so much I feel a lot better hearing from you guys!

Oh, and how do they affect your pay?

Where do you get these certifications at?

What was the hardest thing about the LPN program?

This is good to hear because I will be in the upcoming LPN program at the local community college and the Medical Assistant instructor called me telling me I should switch because I will not find a job.

Hello, I would like to start by saying that I am currently a home health CNA, I love what I do but I feel as if I am capable of more than just what a CNA has to offer and plus, my pay isn't so great. For those reasons I have made the choice to go for my LPN. In June I am supposed to take my TEAS test before I can apply to the LPN program. Before the time gets here I have some questions: 1. Is the TEAS hard? 2. Is the LPN program hard? Also, I have heard HORROR stories about Pharmocology, anything anyone can tell me about that? 3. What are my chances of getting a position in a doctor's office? To get a doctor's office position would it help if I was a phlebotomist, or is that sort of included in the whole "LPN thing"? Any other helpful suggestions, comments, ect. are greatly appreciated! I am very excited about what my future holds!