Someone Please Help Me!!!!!!!

Nope.

You have to go to LPN school to become an LPN.

The medication aide is something COMPLETELY different. Medication aide jsut allows a CNA to pass certain meds in certain environments (depending on BON) but they are still CNAs.

Yup, what Stanley says.

Nope.

You have to go to LPN school to become an LPN.

Love it...you made me smile, thanks!

Good grief.

It takes completing an entire LPN course and then sitting (AND passing) the state boards (NCLEX-PN) to become a licensed practical nurse...no short cuts around it.

It takes completing an entire LPN course and then sitting (AND passing) the state boards (NCLEX-PN) to become a licensed practical nurse...no short cuts around it.

Indeed!!! I keep thinking the NCLEX part is understood.

Every medical profession seems to have that final government mandated exam to become whatever it is they are trying to become.

Indeed!!! I keep thinking the NCLEX part is understood.

Every medical profession seems to have that final government mandated exam to become whatever it is they are trying to become.

That's ok. Just today I had someone tell me he was "almost" an LPN. "Almost?" I ask...and the response is "well, I just have one more course to go". "Oh? What course? Do you graduate soon?" Response: "I haven't started the program yet, so I have the LPN course to go...."

Yes, that's right. The 'one course' this guy needed to claim "his" LPN license was the entire program. Sigh.

The OP wrote in another post "Is a CNA and a LPN the same thing."

Either the OP is very young or just does not understand the path to becoming a nurse.

Yup, what Stanley says.

Second that. All in favor?

*headdesk*

if i take a cna course do i have to take a medication aide course too to become an lpn?

CNA course = A CNA

LPN course = An LPN

A medication aide course = A medication aide.

I'm assuming this person is young and has little guidance in the health care field.

Here's the deal:

CNAs must take a class and pass a state exam (not too difficulty, really) to become a CNA. CNA=certified medication aide. There are no prereqs for taking a CNA course; I don't even think you have a high school diploman.

A medication aide is a CNA who has taken an additional course to learn how to pass *some* routine medications. That's it. They don't do treatments, they don't do assessments, they don't do all meds. They are still mainly a CNA that is able to pass certain meds. I think the only prereq is the CNA course, but I suspect this varies a little from school to school. Some may have you take a basic math course.

LPN=Licensed Practical Nurse. Although many schools now require you to be a CNA before you apply to LPN school, being a medication aide has nothing to do with being an LPN. LPNs learn and practice WAY beyond the scope of a medication aide, and the two are really not comparable. You have to go to a community college or technical college (some private colleges will have course, too, but they are VERY expensive, especially in light of the fact that LPNs don't make that much money) and then you have to pass the NCLEX-PN, a state licensing exam. LPN programs usually require basic college math, biology, anatomy and physiology, basic college English, Psyc, and Sociology.

Hope that helps.