So, CNA training here (PA) is $1,000 and 4 weeks. No financial help. I went to a place that's supposed to help you out w/ employment and they pretty much said RN all the way, can anyone confirm that the money spent is worth it? Also, if I got the CNA BS would that be good to get a job w/ and utilize while (IF) I was in nursing school?
I don't know about where you are but where I am if you become a CNA and start working at the hospital then you have the chance to get into a program where the hospital will help pay for you to become a RN but you will have an, umm, contract to work there for a certain length of time. I would look and see if any hospitals or nursing homes in your area may have any programs like that. If nothing else, being a CNA might give you a leg up in a certain places as you work. The hospital that I worked at very much loved to hire from within so working there as a CNA offered me more opportunities to job openings.
My sister and my best friend are nurses, and I can't honestly recall them talking about CNA versus RN. One of the high schools here offers a track that allows students to earn a CNA alongside the high school diploma, so it's not something that people generally go back to school for.
They have talked a lot about the difference in employability between an ADN and a BSN, though, as being quite large and worth taking the extra two years, if that helps.
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(Anonymous) 2012-01-11 03:43 am (UTC)(link)Re: trying to be an actual adult.
(Anonymous) 2012-01-11 04:26 pm (UTC)(link)I'm not sure if that helped, sorry.
Re: trying to be an actual adult.
(Anonymous) 2012-01-11 06:06 pm (UTC)(link)They have talked a lot about the difference in employability between an ADN and a BSN, though, as being quite large and worth taking the extra two years, if that helps.