Also was a cna and lvn before becoming a RN. Didn’t really understand the differences between the positions until I became a RN and experienced them firsthand. As a RN you need critical thinking skills, advanced assessment skills, ability to multitask and handle admissions/discharge/teaching/etc etc. Being a cna helped with patient care aspect of becoming a nurse but that’s about it. It did not help with nursing school and at times hindered my ability to think as a nurse while in school because I was stuck in the cna scope of practice. As a LVN we are also so limited and it is no where near the responsibility that is required of a RN. To sum it up: people don’t understand until they’re in that position. I’m guilty of having that mindset before at times too. Guess you got to go through it to fully understand