Verniquedts

I attend Delta College in Baton Rouge, LA

Dear MeMyself-n-I.... It is definitely NOT a waste of time going through LPN school...especially since you're already an experienced CNA... you'll appreciate your CNA's more because you've once been in their shoes. If you decide to go further, you'll pretty much be able to run with the big dogs who have been RN's a lot longer than you...because your foundation was built each level at a time through education and actual experience. What you make depends on where you choose to live, and what type of facility you decide to settle in. There are going to be people that are placed in your life just to discourage you, but that adversity is what will build your character and toughen your skin...just don't give up. And also, most people pay depending on experience; some will hire you with no experience (which is sometimes best for the facility) so that they can teach you exactly how they operate. Also, if you decide to go to RN school after you graduate (a bridge program), you'll be ahead already because you already know about 75% of basic nursing care, you'll just be refreshing what you know (foundation!!!!) and adding a little more. The best is ahead of you. The struggle is now. When you're licensed to be responsible for someone's, anyone's life, that's a task that should never be taken lightly, so it's only right that it's tough, but you can do it! Don't be discouraged... I'm also in LPN school (began Feb2016, graduation June2017), but what I've told you are the kinds of things that our class and clinical instructors constantly tell us, and they are all RN's. You can get a job ANYWHERE in the nursing field! The sky's the limit...you decide how high you want to climb.