Abreviations for jobs

Nurses General Nursing

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Hi all:)

I work in the UK and love :kiss all the talk from around the globe BUT:confused: I do have some problems with what type of jobs or forms of qualifications are out there

Can you please explain

In the UK we have

NA = Nursing auxillaries who are assistant to the Qualified Nurse

EN = Enrolled Nurse who has training but not at the level of RN's[ that does not mean that they are inferior but prior to the early 90's there was two level training

Then we have

RGN = Registered General Nurses the equivilent of RN's

RMN = Psychiatric Qualified Nurses

Clarification would make things so much easier

Many Many Thanks

Jacky:nurse:

Here in Texas, we have...

CNA's-certified nursing assistants, similar to your NA's

LVN's-Licensed Vocational Nurse, 1year nursing degree. Less training than an RN.

ADN's-Associate Degree in Nursing, 2yr RN

BSN's-Bachelor of science in Nursing, 4yr RN

Then some nurses go on for MSN-Masters of science in nursing, CRNA-certified registered nurse anestesiologist.

Where I work, we also have MHW's-Mental Health Workers (aka Service assistants) These may or may not be CNA's.

THANKS:kiss

Your explanatiopn makes all the difference.

I've printed your reply so I'LL remember

jacky

Oh, I forgot...LVN's can also be called LPN's. Licensed Vocational Nurse/Licensed Practical Nurse.

I used the abbreviation SN for student nurse when I was in nursing school during my clinicals. I was a GN after graduating from nursing school and before I took the RN boards. While at work I was employed as a Nurse Tech during the time I was in school---I was considered a tech after I took basic nursing therepy in school.

I have also worked where they called the CNA's, PCA's for patient care assistant. And to make it more confusing, I worked with HHA's, who were also CNA's, while I did home health care.

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