Cna Ii?

I've heard of a lot of facility around here career pathing their CNAs...in other words, if you attend a class offered by the facility you will become a CNA II or CNA to CNA-A (CNA-Advanced), with a bit of a pay raise and slightly more responsibilities (IE- EKGs, blood draws, IV starts/removal, foley placement/removal, clearing IV pumps, dressing changes, accuchecks, etc.)

At the hospital where I work, CNAs simply take V/S, bathe patients, ambulate pts, and we can also bladder scan if signed off. I'm thinking of trying to convince management to pilot a program for CNA IIs, which brings me to my questions...

1. What duties can a CNA II perform at your facility that a CNA can't? Do you believe these added tasks should be left up to RNs/LVNs?
2. What does it take to become a CNA II at your facility? Besides a training course, is it based on years of experience, length of employment, or other factors?
3. If you are a CNA II, do you feel comfortable performing tasks that you didn't learn in your CNA training program?
4. Lastly, how would think is the best way to bring this idea up to management?

Thanks in advance for the input and advice.

It would be a cool thing but I would not like to do it because it makes us the CNA more liable if something goes wrong. We already have a heavy patient assignment and now we have to worry about inserting IV's and Foleys.

Not only that most facilities will not have their aides do that because it makes them more liable if anything goes wrong. Serious Infiltration, hematoma, sepsis, etc.

Its too much of a liability thing. I could see it being done in an Emergency Room but on the patient care units no.