What is the difference between Medical Assistant and CNA?

Difference between a Medical Unit Secretary/ CNA and a Certified Medical assistant?

• I am a CNA of 7 years. I recently recieved my certificate as a Medical unit secretary and have landed a job at the local hospital. Out of curiosity, I have been interested in ...show more

• Answer:

  You should consider being a registered nurse, its much more responsibility, and much more stringent education, but you should be able to make a middle income wage. Look into it. An LPN or sometimes they are called LVN s, make maybe two thirds of what RNs make . They do most of the work, have a lot of the same worries and concerns, and get a lot less pay. Rn pay is maybe 25 an hour to start in a busy hospital, and advancement is not really too limited. Its especially helpful to get a BSN nursing degree for advancement. Obviously, getting a masters degree in nursing should provide a real good earning power, but its a total of six year s additional school. With your experience in both the unit clerk and CNA, you are a shoe in for an r n s schooling. I found that people with either one of those experiences, did easily and well in nursing school with me, in fact, almost all rn s in training that are older than 22 when they start school have cna or lpn experience. Of course there are other medical professions, respiratiory and physical and x ray and occupational therapy that you could consider.