CNA to RN

[dmjacobsen]

I agree with this. Accounting and nursing seem to be the trendy occupations for people to jump to these days because they're touted as being highly employable. Not everyone is cut out for nursing and I'm sure some people have become bored to death with accounting.

Great advice!
I still will argue FOR the CNA....afterall, she thought she wanted to be a journalist too. I'm not condemning, just pointing out that there is nothing to lose with seeing healthcare from the inside before making a career change.

Not intending to be argumentative, but getting experience as a CNA to see if you would like to become an NP or PA is about as helpful as getting experience as a security officer to see if you'd like to be a DA. There is absolutely no crossover in the two except that you interact with people. A better option -- and one that would provide some networking opportunities down the road -- would be to ask an NP or PA if you could shadow them for a few shifts to see exactly what they do.