celeste26

Congratulations! I'm hoping more people respond here, and we can start a group chat. I'm copying the idea, from somebody's post from last year ?

Hi I just got my letter of acceptance to the fall program 2023 for LPN-RN track for Holy name (I'm super excited) anybody else here? Anyone already in the program that can give us advice?

Wow.Thank u so much for an awesome advised and explanation. I will starting my school on May 26 if everything goes ok. I really appreciated you took the time to explain the benefits . Now more than nothing I know this is not a wrong decision at all !!

Thank u mvm2 I really appreciate your help. So sorry that I offend you Anna S RN with my comment. I guess I was just thinking about the LPN I work with, but somebody in the thread just explained already and I accepted I was wrong. That's why I joined this page to learn more, again sorry if my post offend u. Yes futureRNgreen I like "hands on" as well but I heard that to be an ER nurses, we will have to go for RN so let's work on it!! I'm soo excited!!!

Hi I going to start this program in summer 15 at IHCC. How was it? Are you recommend this program? Are you thinking to go do your RN? Please let me know you feedback about this college. Thank you in advance!

Ohh ok now I see thank you so much!! That really help me to understand better what's the difference and I really appreciated. I hopefully will be starting school in May and everyday I getting more and more excited and scare about it but I willing to study hard and I will update as it goes thank u again!!!

Well. I went to school for one year actually I am a RMA and also phlebotomist too. I took pharmaceutical classes. I do injections and vaccinations for kids too. I don't know if that the case for all CMA's. I work with an LPN and we both do the same job but our paid is $2 difference. That's why I was confused if I should go to school or not . But I decided I will go because I love what I doing and I want to learn more to be able to help as much as I can. My goal is to be an RN. I know is not going to be easy but time does not stop and I'm going to be 34 soon, so I better hurry

Thank you so much for replies. Yes my goal is to be an RN but I want to do my LPN full time first and then find a full time job and work on my RN part time, that's my goal. I really want to be a nurse I found some patients telling me so u are not a nurse? Just a CMA ? If they only know CMA's do and know as much as a LPN. That just bother me

I am a CMA since 2011. I work in a primary care clinic for 3 years rooming pt's, taking vitals, injections, drawing blood. I love my job, recently I applied for LPN program at a community college, I was accepted classes start in June. I getting $15 as an CMA. I having second thoughts about school, since what I making is ok and being a LPN will just increase my paid around 2 to 3 dollars more but I will also have student loans I really don't know if is worth it or not . I will have to quit my full time job because school is full time . Please advise!!! I really confused of what should I do. Also I see that now clinics are hiring a lot CMA's.