What does CNA job consist of.?

Question

I want to become a RN one day, but for right now a organization going to pay for me to go to either Pharmacy Tech or CNA class. I think I want to choose CNA. It depends on what the job description is? Can you help me?

Answer 1

If you want to be an RN, a pharmacy tech won't help much, but CNA experience can be very valuable. You perform basic patient cares which include feeding, toileting, bathing, linen changes, take vital signs. Not many CNAs pass any medications unless they obtain a separate Medicine Administrator's course and take a certification test. And you would only pass pills, never do anything via IV or administer injections, only LPNs and RNs can do that.

These days, many RN programs require that you hold your CNA license before starting the courses.

Answer 2

It involves feeding, changing, administering meds, and helping people with their daily activities.  They can also train to give injections and maybe IV's.  CNAs usually work in hospitals, nursing homes, and sometimes in home healthcare.

Answer 3

CNAs help people with their activities of daily living (ADLs). This pretty much means what it says, anything you need to do just to get through your day. They include washing, dressing, toileting, and eating. You would also be making beds and possibly be doing some other light housekeeping work. You would be helping people or doing it for them. YOu will be wiping up p**p and doing all the dirty work with taking care of people.

CNA would be much better than Pharmacy Tech for becoming a nurse. It is required by a lot of nursing schools, and if it isn't required it will certainly help you a lot. It is dirty work, but you will need to do some of these things in nursing school and probably in your job (at east the first one) even if it isn't quite as often, so its a good way to see if you are really cut out for it.

Administering meds is usually left to the RNs or LPNs, and you would have to get a separate certification to give meds unless you work in home care (even then you can't actually touch the meds). There is a lot of liability involved in administering meds, even though it seems simple a little mistake can have big consequences. Starting IVs is invasive, and is way outside the scope of practice.

Answer 4

If you become a pharmacy technician, you will definately ace the pharmacology part of the course when you attend nursing school.  You will already recognize a lot of the major drugs used on patients.  That will give you an edge.  However, being a CNA will also give you an edge having the expereince caring for patients and how to handle them.  

Personally, I would become a CNA.  I am a pharmacy technician and if I had that option like yours, I would definately take the CNA route!!

Answer 5

basically assisting the nurse and doing alot of there ' grunt work'

you can learn more at PureMedicalJobs.com and read about cna jobs etc.