LilFoley

Haha right on. You so sound like me I am also an equally impatient person. I've tried to do the PN program 3 times now and life always threw me some curves. It's not really a waste if you can bridge from your HCA to the PN. The first year of the bridge is online/blended so you can still work and spend time with your children. It's only a bit more than 1st semester of the PN program ( last time I looked anyways). It comes close to being about the same in the long run. I think I read somewhere you were doing this distance as well? Honestly I wouldn't worry about it unless you don't have the best time management skills. The modules are easy to follow and some are incredibly short, so you can fly through them if needed. Best of luck

I think if you can do it, go for. It is great experience. I learned a lot of things the first year I worked. You are a frontline worker and you bust your butt off (not saying no one else does just to clarify. I just want it known that it isn't, well shouldn't be, a slack job. If it is you're not doing enough!) It is definitely a great way to learn time & stress management I think everyone above has pretty much covered what you do, and the pay isn't horrible. It definitely beats flipping burgers as RescueNinja said :) And if you still want to become an LPN you can bridge from the HCA to PN (In Calgary anyways, I haven't really searched the rest of Alberta). This would depend where you are. If you take an assisting with medication course here in you can give meds as an HCA. (Some of the schools even include this as part of their program). There are even some private places who have positions as Med HCA's, who help lessen the LPNs workload. I wouldn't know if hospitals allow their HCA's to do Meds or not Whatever you decide, good luck :)