CNA's that dont work with the elderly?

[teysmith]

hello there. I was just wondering how many of you are CNAs but do not work with the elderly. Instead you work with maybe infants, kids, young adults... If so what type of job is it?

Can you work in a daycare with a cna liscence? Is cargiver the same as cna? would like to know thanks!

[ChristineN, BSN, RN]

When I was in nursing school I worked for a while as a tech on an inpatient adolescent floor at a children's hospital. I had done adult med-surg as tech prior to transferring to adolescence, which I loved. I did vitals, I&O's, blood sugars, baths, blood draws, EKG's, foleys, baths, and sat with pts.

[TrudyJ]

I work in a hospital in PCU, pt can be any age. Most positions advertised for are for nursing homes in our area. Some employers/states have different terms for CNA

[khamilton]

I work in LTC, but in a facility for people of all ages with brain injuries. The average age is 44 at my facility.

[student forever]

There are also OB techs who are specially trained to work with moms and babies. That's about as far away from the geriatric population as it gets.

Do you get this training from the hospital itself or are there classes offered somewhere else for this training (in case you do not have the hospital job prior to the training)?

[oklahoma~dreamin]

The place I work is an Intermediate Care Facility for Mentally Retarded, or ICF/MR for short. The particular home I'm in has high functioning residents. All have mild to moderate mental retardation and/or cerebral palsy, etc. Ages range from late teen, early 20's into 60's.

They can do most things for themselves, we just assist them with daily living. I've been a CNA for a month now, and got hired very quickly, before I even got my license.

So far, I enjoy it there very much and I def know I prefer this setting to a nursing home, but I already feel like I'm never going to see much actual nursing/medical procedures going on.....may try to get on at a hospital after awhile.