What's the difference?

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I'm going to be starting a school to become a Patient Care Tech. There will be a certification at the end along with job placement. From what I gather from the school and others this position is higher than a CNA. I will be learning IVs, phlebotomy, anatomy&physiology and all that other stuff.

I was posting on another board and a not-so-nice nurse told me I'd be at the bottom rung, beneath a CNA.

What's the difference?

I too am going to school for a PCT (starts monday). Right now I work in an office job but plan on going back to school for nursing and when I am in nursing school I wont be able to work my 9-5 and most schools around me have classes during the day. I need to be able to make more than min wage as I am a single mother so by the time I am in nursing school I will have some experience and be making enough to cover my bills hopefully. What state do you live in Amanda? I have been tossed between just getting my CNA or spending the next year in this program. They do teach us a lot so I feel it is good foundation. How do you like the class so far?

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