STNA? Anyone?

[LorraineCNA]

Hey all...anyone know what the heck this stands for? It's in an ad for a "career fair" that's being held.

There is a listing of job opportunities and under "Nursing" it reads

RN's & LPN's

CNA's & CRNA's

STNA's

Now if I'm not mistaken, CRNA is Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetist??? (I don't understand why they would have them listed beside CNA's though)or maybe certified respiratory nursing assistant??? and if that's the case how would I get training for that?

But what the heck is STNA??? I was under the impression that here in PA, there is no "step up" between CNA and LPN and now I'm wondering...

Oh yeah...In case you didn't read my original post, I'm obviously not a nurse, but a CNA...

[boggle, ASN, RN]

That's a new one on me too.

I'm guessing the NA stands for nursing assistant, but don't know what the ST stands for.

CRNA relating to nurse ansethetist sounds right, but it is following CNA in a decending (by education/certification) of positions. How confusing?

[KELLYGIRL]

speech therapy nursing assistant???

I Dunno!

[fab4fan]

Short term nuse's aide??

[tonicareer]

Student Tech Nurse Assistant?

[SharkLPN]

State Tested Nursing Assistant.

Not sure if there's a difference between a STNA and a CNA though.

[fab4fan]

Whew...thank goodness someone knew the answer!

[jschut, BSN, RN]

No. There's no difference. Just different places call them different things.

Kind of like a LPN and a LVN. Same thing, just different initials.

[boggle, ASN, RN]

Thanks shark. I was thinking up all sorts of bizzare phrases for those initials....

[studentOH]

Here in Ohio it's STNA...my friend in Indy is a CNA...exact same thing :).

Brian

[sjoe]

"State Tested" does not mean the person passed, just that they were tested. Not a wise choice for a title, IMHO.