Stupid question...

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Specializes in Psych, Ortho, Stroke, and TBI.

What is a CA? I am a mere new grad nurse, and in a conversation I spoke to someone about a girl in her unit that was a "CA". What's that stand for?

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Specializes in ER, ICU,.

cancer

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Short for "carcinoma"? Or maybe "care assistant"....

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Specializes in LTC.

Care Assistant (cna)

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Specializes in Telemetry & Obs.

clinical administrator...

At my hospital the CA is somebody that oversees bed assignments hospital-wide.

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Specializes in Neuro ICU and Med Surg.

Care assistant or clinical administrator?

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Specializes in High-risk OB.

Stands for clinical associate at my hospital.

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Specializes in Med/Surg.

care associate

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Specializes in LTC, Memory loss, PDN.

... a person from Cali...LOL, the question was not so silly after all

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Specializes in Psych, Ortho, Stroke, and TBI.

Oh..... CA= Care Assistant. Yeah, she was talking about a position at the family practice office she works at. So, it's the same as a CNA? Why the difference in the acronyms?

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