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Is being a CNA & CMA (medication aide) similar to being an LPN?
Asked by mscoley8305
I'm a CNA and phlebotomist, I plan to go ahead and take the CMA course at the local tech school here.I wanted to know if you had both your CNA(certified nursing assistant) and your CMA(certified medication aide), if you take some additional courses, can you test out to become an LPN? The second part to my question is after gettting your LPN, what's the best route to take to become a Nurse Practioner?
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I am also a CNA right now and going to school for nursing. No you can not test out of becoming an LPN..if that's what you want you have to go to school and through all the training. I would say to go straight for an RN instead of LPN because that will save you so much time on being a NP. After getting your RN license you go to school for another 1.5-2years and take your test. good luck.
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Sounds like you got a goal and that's great. First, congratulations on the CNA and phlebotomist training. Rather than going for a CMA, think about a Associate Degree in Nursing (ASD). That a two year program that will allow you to take your RN boards. Once your an RN, you will need to go back to school to become a Nurse Practitioner. Most are Master's Level training in Nursing-some PhD's.
Keep up the good work and good luck!
Answered by blueiron511
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I'm not sure how similar the CMA is to an LPN though LPN's typically do more than administer medication such as cleaning bed pans (even though the cna usually does that) and helping with adl's (activities of daily living) and such. I don't believe that one would be permitted to test out of the lpn course as one needs both courework of an lpn and clinical experience. As the other postee mentioned, a NP must have earned their bachelor's in nursing (registered nurse) before grad school for NP. I think that the CMA program sounds like an inexpensive way to find out if one is comfortable giving meds to patients and then one can further their education from there.
General career info: http://www.bls.gov/oco and search 'licensed practical nurses', 'registered nurses' or such.
http://www.aanp.org
For US colleges: http://www.utexas.edu/world/univ
Answered by jannsody
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