[Angie O'Plasty, RN]

PCCN : Progressive Care Certified Nurse

http://www.aacn.org/pdfLibra.NSF/Fil...amHandbook.pdf

[NOLA-ROB]

AA-C= anesthesiologist assistant-certified

An anesthesiologist assistant is a physician assistant specialist. The anesthesiologist assistant specializes in the care of patients prior to, during and after surgery. The anesthesiologist assistant formulates the anesthesia care plan for the patient and then cares for the patient throughout the surgical procedure. Anesthesiologist assistants must practice under the direct supervision of a qualified anesthesiologist.

[BirdFeederLady]

What does RNCS PC mean?

(They belong to an instructor of psychiatric nursing.)

[NOLA-ROB]

RNCS-PC=Registered Nurse Clinical Specialist-Palliative Care or Primary Care

Also PC sometimes is used for Clinical Psychologist. If instructor has a PhD this is possible.

[madwife2002]

In the Uk you have RM registered Midwife
and B/Mid (hons) Batchelors of midwifery honours degree

[multicollinearity]

Psy.D is missing from the list. This is a doctor of psychology, a clinical psychologist. In the US, psychologists are more often than not, ph.d's. However, there is a clinical psychologist degree of Psy.D. It is similar to the difference between the nursing degrees of Ph.D and DNS. A clinical doctorate without the Ph.D hullabaloo.

[hopeful007]

"CNOR: This acronym does not stand for anything specific, it signifies only that an individual has met all the education, examination, or experience requirements necessary to be certified in operating room nursing by the Certification Board Perioperative Nursing of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)."
this is new to me....i always thought that CNOR is specific for certified nurse operating room....do u know if there r other certifications available for perioperative nurses??
thanks!!!

[emtrachel]

Originally Posted by cotjockey

EMT - Emergency Medical Technician
EMT-B - Emergency Medical Technician-Basic
EMT-I - Emergency Medical Technician-Intermediate
EMT-P - Emergency Medical Technician-Paramedic

Add NR to the front of any of the EMTs for Nationally Registered EMT whatever.
Add CC to the EMT-P for Critical Care EMT-P

In Indiana we also have EMT-BA (formerly EMT-A) - Advanced Emergency Medical Technician.

[mrparhamrvt]

For anyone interested ... here are some from Veterinary Medicine:

R/L/CVT- Registered/Licensed/Certified Veterinary Technician

This is usually different for different states

RAHT - Registered Animal Health Technician

Again dependent on the state

Add a little "g" to any of the above - Veterinary Technologist

Used when referring to someone with a bachelor's in Veterinary Technology

VTS - Veterinary Technician Specialist

Available in Emergency/Critical Care, Anesthesia, Dentistry & Internal Medicine, with plans for behavior, nutrtion, and equine medicine in the works

There are MANY MANY more like CVA, CVPM, VNA, & others. If anyone is interested, I will gladly respond.

[Marie_LPN]

Originally Posted by hopeful007

"CNOR: This acronym does not stand for anything specific, it signifies only that an individual has met all the education, examination, or experience requirements necessary to be certified in operating room nursing by the Certification Board Perioperative Nursing of the Association of periOperative Registered Nurses (AORN)."
this is new to me....i always thought that CNOR is specific for certified nurse operating room....do u know if there r other certifications available for perioperative nurses??
thanks!!!

Always thought CNOR stood for Certified Nurse in the Operating Room as well. Sounds specific to me.

As for other certifications, an perioperative nurse can become an RNFA (Registered Nurse First Assistant)