I'm sure my opinion won't be popular but, let's face it, the majority of prerequisites are completely pointless and irrelevant for almost any college program. Who cares if someone pays someone to write a paper? As long as that person becomes a capable accountant, nurse, doctor, etc. It really doesn't matter in the long run. I think it only becomes a problem if the person is cheating in the classes that are relevant to the person's future career. For example, a nursing student cheating their way through pharmacology is not good.

I'm thankful there are people that actually want to be cna's and nurses, because you couldn't pay me enough to clean up a strangers vomit, poop, urine, snot, blood, and whatever other disgusting bodily fluids there are.

I posted that "thank a nurse" meme before and in my caption I also recognized the paraprofressionals in the same line of work. I saw more CNA's during my daughter's hospitalization last year than I did the nurse or doctor. I'm pleasant to everyone though, from the CEO to the janitor.

I had a lot more respect for nurses (RNs) before I found out that they only needed an associate's degree. Not saying you don't work hard, but someone who spent twice as much time in college has had to make more sacrifices.

To be a CNA you typically need to take a class and then pass a test for certification. It goes state by state though, so what is true in my state, may not be the case in a different state. You do all the grunt work that the nurses do not do. If you go to a nursing home, 90% of the people providing care are going to be CNA's. Not nurses. Nurses these days are not dissimilar to doctors, for real. They do quite a bit of the work that used to be what doctors did and they get paid a ton more than CNA's. Where I live a nurse working in a hospital will make about 25-40$ an hour to start. A CNA makes about 10-20$ depending on where they work. The CNA's that work at the hospital where I work start at 15$. I make 18$ as a surgical support specialist.

I work in the hospital OR as a well paid gopher and cleaning person. It is really really physically difficult work. I walk about ten miles a day on average, I lift heavy instruments, I push case carts filled with incredibly heavy instruments. I also have to keep track of all these instruments, help the OR nurses and techs and surgeons with positioning, lifting, running for them extra supplies or extra instruments, get blood, run labs, etc. It's extremely detail oriented and physically laborious. We, my peers, are treated kind of crappy, because we didn't have to go to school to get and do this job. When people find out I'm in nursing school they treat me completely differently, with more respect. Oh well. I know I'm doing an important job and I do it very well. Praise would be nice, but I'll live.

I admit I don't know the difference between CNA, nurse, and all the jobs in the field. I am not in any medical field. All I know is, thank God someone can do all those, cause I can stomach that stuff!

I'm in nursing school and it soooo fucking hard. Seriously. When I'm done, fuck yeah I'm going to be proud and will actually deserve praise. Yes, CNA's are the backbone of the medical industry, they do all the dirty work, but sorry, they haven't gone to school for years and done hundreds of hours of clinicals. That doesn't mean they don't deserve respect, but don't compare yourself to a nurse. It's like apples and oranges.

All this bitching about nurses? How predictable. If you're proud of your profession and want recognition and speak up. Say something positive instead of tearing other professions down.

I'm a CNA and the thing that pisses me off the most is the lack of recognition we get. We're the backbone of the entire nursing staff yet we rarely if ever get any praise or thanks; we're overworked and underpaid. "Thank a nurse" memes that float around online make me so mad, I want to scream. Most of the nurses I've worked side by side with never, ever do the stuff we do. The moment someone soils themselves, they leave the room, when we need help transferring a patient they refuse to help or roll their eyes & barely lift the patient, many of them don't even know how to make a bed properly and when they do, they forget a draw sheet & can't make a hospital corner. I've done this line of work for 10+ years now and rarely have I ever been thanked but nurses always get the praise.