 Hi guys, so today's video is going to be about getting your CNA or your certified nursing assistance license before you get your RN license. And before we get started, this video is sponsored by Real Nurse Talk. They recently came out with a blog article titled, The Number One Way to Honestly Stop Healthcare Fraud in Your Workplace. So make sure you check that out. I will leave the link down below in the description, so make sure you head over and check out their website. So a lot of people ask me, like, do I recommend that you get your CNA before you become an RN? Or do you think it's necessary to get your CNA before nursing school? Should that be a prerequisite to get into a nursing program? And John Cena. So personally, I don't think that it necessarily, I guess, should be required to be a CNA before you become an RN. However, I think that it is a fantastic idea to get your CNA and work as a CNA before becoming an RN. One, you get that experience in the hospital setting. Two, you get the exposure to different things, how procedures, policies work, kind of what the RN does. And three, you can kind of decide if nursing really is for you because even though CNA's duties and RN's duties are different, you still get that exposure and you can really kind of decide, like, do I want to be a nurse? Do I want to go on it and get my RN? I personally never got my CNA license. I never worked as a CNA before. I became an RN and I don't think I am a lesser nurse because of it. I do think that I could have benefited from getting my CNA license before becoming an RN. When I started as an RN, like, I was like a deer in headlights with certain things, you know, like changing patients and how you do change the bed, like with patients in it. And not that I didn't know how to do it, it was just like I wasn't as efficient as it. And, you know, CNA's do a lot of that work and so it's great to get that exposure and learn how to do those basic care skills and get good at them before becoming an RN because you are still going to do those things when you become an RN. So I know everyone has differentiating opinions on this topic. Again, I don't think that you need your CNA before becoming an RN, but I think it's a really, really, really good idea. And if you're able to do it, I would highly recommend that you do it. Leave your opinions in the comments below. Make sure you give this video a thumbs up and subscribe to my channel and I will see you guys next time. Bye.