CNA PNA Tech huh

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I will soon be a nursing student- ABSN route

I am interested in getting some experience in a hospital setting and have read other posts about

CNAs PNAs and other jobs? Can anyone break these down for me as to what do the titles mean, their responsibilites, pay and education requirements... many thanks:D

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Hi um...No hun.. its CNA and PCA......CNA merely means Nursing Assistant ( Certified by the state).. Whereas PCA is Philebotomy and EKG along with the Certifed Nurse Assistant...together? Nurse Techician also known as PCA....U get ridicously more money for PCA...Hospitals 40 ish thousand

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Hi um...No hun.. its CNA and PCA......CNA merely means Nursing Assistant ( Certified by the state).. Whereas PCA is Philebotomy and EKG along with the Certifed Nurse Assistant...together? Nurse Techician also known as PCA....U get ridicously more money for PCA...Hospitals 40 ish thousand

Wow that is something I live in ATL and want to move soo soo soo bad, I am making as a PCA 10.77 per hour and my living expenses amount to 3000 a month. I would really like to go home what hosp are hiring for PCA

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Hey StillwannabeaNurse.....City Hospitals is where there always needing PCA...i hope you understand that PCA means all three, not Person Care Assistant which is also known as Home Health Aide..Anyhow....... private you get so much more....But New York City Health and Hospital Coporation is where it is..somewhere like NYU... is alot more i heard.

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Hey StillwannabeaNurse.....City Hospitals is where there always needing PCA...i hope you understand that PCA means all three, not Person Care Assistant which is also known as Home Health Aide..Anyhow....... private you get so much more....But New York City Health and Hospital Coporation is where it is..somewhere like NYU... is alot more i heard.

No I understand, PCT provide EKG, Phel, and CNA. I work in GA right now and that is why my salary is so low. :cry:

Working in a hospital here and making 10 per hour is average for a PCT with no overtime or unions. I will check them out because I am looking to move back home. Do you know of any more NY City hospital beside NYU I would like more than one option and I want to send out my application as to many hospital I can

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Well...Other than New York City Hosptiall Corporation which is also known as HHC...therees is an private hospital called Saint Vincents..their site is svcmc.org

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Well...Other than New York City Hosptiall Corporation which is also known as HHC...therees is an private hospital called Saint Vincents..their site is svcmc.org

Thank you so much I have a few applications in now, I was from NY and now that you have mentioned it, I do remember these facilities as well.

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Your Welcome " stillwannabeaNurse"....:nuke:

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Wow!! I had no idea that PCA's made that much in NYC...I was planning on becoming a CNA to get me through NS, but now I'm going to def. see about becoming a PCA..thanks for the info!

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.

You also might consider some private hospitals for PCA in New York; North Shore Hospital hires as well. And, if you have some experience, agencies like Total Health, Criticare and Gotham may hire you and send you to HHA facilities. That may be an advantage to see how things work at HHC before you commit yourself.

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Oh wow pagandeva2000.

I totally forgot about northshore...they pay so much...u just need a car cause its in longisland....n gotham agency pays a lot to temp.....

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Specializes in Community Health, Med-Surg, Home Health.

I have to find out the names of the other agencies my hospital uses (I work for HHC) and I'll post them. Sometimes, it is better to see the conditions before you are totally working for them because HHC hospitals are not for the faint of heart! I am not saying that you, personally could not handle it, but, see for yourself. Plus, there is a freeze on HHC positions (so they say), so, unless you know someone, it may take awhile.

In the past many agency PCAs and nurses eventually got hired at my place, and it seems that they bring them in by the droves!

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