You still have to pay thousands of dollars for a promotion if you are a CNA. Some of us are getting older and in some places CNA wages are not high enough to even think about going to school plus the lack of benefits. I think what needs to be done is CNAs should all have the ability for an apprenticeship and should not have to pay thousands of dollars for schooling just for a job promotion. Even in a sewage plant the workers have an ability for promotion. I think a lot of what would fix the CNA shortage or the shortage of quality CNAs would be for one, get the nurses out from behind the nurses station. A medical secretary can answer phone calls and go get the nurse if they are needed on the phone. Charting should be done in the halls and believe me they do not have as much as some would like to act like they do. i have worked in hospitals and nursing homes. From what I have experienced hospital nurses are far more busy. Also the nurses need to quit creatively looking to find things for CNAs to do when they are already busy. Remember it is not an abomination when a CNA sits down. They are tired. Another thing i have experienced as I have never seen as many bad backs, knees, etc.... than when CNAs ask nurses for help. LOL Also remember CNAs are not your servants. That is a big one. We are not there to keep nurses from having to get up. Let us forget, picking up a phone is not hard and calling a doctor or pharmacy is not back breaking work and takes a few minutes so please do not use that against a CNA that sees you as lazy. With that being said, I do thank all the nurses out there who do participate in the care fo patients and work as a team with the CNAs instead of sitting and letting the CNAs do most of the work. They are very appreciated and cherished.