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I figured out the correct answer for this in my state = Minnesota. it is legal as long as you are a CNA and had training for medication. here is the website i found. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/?id=4658.1360 thanks to the people that actually tried to help.

TMA =trained medication aide allows you to give out medications.

Is it right to be hired by a long term care facility as a CNA. but you also have your TMA certification. Can you pass out oral medication if asked to by the Nurse in charge? this is a question for medical ethics class and i wanted to get some opinions. I would think its alright if your certified am I wrong?

I didn't think you would need to take any extra classes and get your AA degree to do the RN to BSN program, that the program would include everything you needed to get your BSN? Are you saying that you will need to take less classes to get your BSN because of the other classes? Now would what you are talking about mean having 2 degrees

[COLOR=#1f497d]Why would someone recommend this? [COLOR=#1f497d]"If you want to eventually get a BS in Nursing you may also want to complete the Associate of Arts degree along with the AAS in Nursing. That way you will be prepared to go on for your Bachelor of Science degree in nursing. " It sounds like she is saying that you should get two AA degrees, which doesn't make sense to me. I was planing on getting my AAS in nursing and get my RN then do a bridge program to get my BSN later. My adviser is the one that said this in an email to me, I emailed her back but haven't received an answer yet. Just wondering what everyone at all nurses thought about it. thank you for your opinion:)

definately do it. It will give you experience to help you get a job as a LVN in the future. I am going to do the CNA course and work on getting my AA degree to become a RN.

Wow hired with zero experience. Wish I could find that job :) thank you so much for your advice. I am doing well in my classes and will have them finished at the end of this year. This spring i will not have any other pretechnical classes to take, so i can take nothing or pursue something. I figured phlebotomy cert might help, for instance maybe making me more comfortable with doing IV's and sticking people that way when i am in nursing school I will have a leg up on the others in my class. The only other option would be to take the non nursing classes that are required for the degree. I was just taking a look at the diffrence in price in the two colleges i talked about earlier. and it costs $15,000 a semester at the place that offers a BSN where the community college is more like $3k. I wouldn't be able to aford the BSN right now, I wouldn't even be able to get a loan to cover it. from what you are saying i think it might be better to get a job in nursing than phlebotomy, because it will count more for nursing experience. I really don't see many job openings for phlebotomy, there was one at St lukes but it was a job that was causal, like an add on to your regular duties. How was your experience at the long term care facility? It seems like everyone thinks it would be horriable to work there. Of course thats were the largest amount of job openings are.

Hi GrundeRN thank you for replying to my post. I am not single. There is a BSN program here at St. Solastica but the tuition is much higher, and since when i went to school 10 years ago, I wasn't as dedicated and received mostly C's and few B's. I don't think i would be accepted in to their program anytime soon. Where Lake Superior College goes by a waiting list, first on the list, first in the program. They do require you have certain grades in your pre-technical courses. I'm taking them now and so far I have received A's. I think I will do the ADN program and become an RN and immediately after get a job and enroll to get my BSN. You said you were a phlebotomist, what certification did you have to do that work? Lake Superior college offers a certificate after taking certain classes and clinicals. I was surfing the job listings and found a few phelbotomy openings but they required ASCP or equivalent phlebotomy certification or certification eligibility. I was told by the school that i would have to be employed as a phlebotomist for a year before i could get the certification. As a CNA in minnesota, do you know if they are allowed to draw blood, would the phlebotomy certificate will be a good thing to have? I'm hoping the certification will help me get a job at the local hospitals. Is there any certifications that you would recommend that might help me get into a hospital? thanks for your help.

Hi. I plan on going to LSC and taking their AA degree program in Nursing for my RN. I'm currently taking the pretechincial classes. I need to get my CNA and I am wondering if anyone has any advice. I am thinking of taking the phlebotomy certification at the college at the same time, for many reasons: to learn something new to make my resume look more full to help me obtain a job to give me experience that will help as i take the classes to become an RN I was just wondering if anyone was employed at a hospital here in Duluth MN and how they obtained a job there. If you think that the phlebotomy course will help for jobs in a hospital? or a job period as a CNA. I'm really not sure what a CNA can actually do legally, if i will be able to utilize the phlebotomy certificate. is there any other certification or type of job i should start working on that would make me more hireable at a hospital. I'm going to be quiting a full time job to do this and i would like to research this and do it right. Any advice or info would be greatly appreciated.