What kind of nursing education does this require?

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Hello,

I am high school senior with a great desire to help people. I have always worked in child daycare and love taking care of little people's needs. :) Now I am looking into nursing/retirement home care. I want to help with simple things- helping elderly people get around, get what they need, just doing general things they need help with. Maybe even some basic health care- taking temp and blood pressure... routine stuff. I have never been interested in the medical field, but am not afraid of getting any kind of nursing training this would require.

What kind of training would you recommend I? (I don't know anything about the difference in the levels of nursing education, so I'm not sure where to start.)

Any information on where to begin would be appreciated. Thanks!

Riss

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Hello,

I am high school senior with a great desire to help people. I have always worked in child daycare and love taking care of little people's needs. :) Now I am looking into nursing/retirement home care. I want to help with simple things- helping elderly people get around, get what they need, just doing general things they need help with. Maybe even some basic health care- taking temp and blood pressure... routine stuff. I have never been interested in the medical field, but am not afraid of getting any kind of nursing training this would require.

What kind of training would you recommend I? (I don't know anything about the difference in the levels of nursing education, so I'm not sure where to start.)

Any information on where to begin would be appreciated. Thanks!

Riss

sounds like you are interested in being a certified nursing assistant. THey perform basic care such as bathing, feeding, helping patients to get around, some perform vital signs such as blood pressures, temps, and a few other things depending upon the facility, under the supervision of nurses. this is usually a 4 or 6 week course to get certified.

LPN= licensed practical nurse, they attend technical school or community colleges for 1 or 2 yrs (depending on the program) and graduate and are able to sit for licensing as a practical nurse. They are under the direction of a registered nurse or doctor but carry their own license as well.

RN = college for 3 or 4 yrs (depending if they have associates diploma or bachelors degree. all 3 are acceptable entry to practice for RN's) after graduation they are eligible to sit for the RN licensing exam. RN's Direct, plan and implement care for patients.

Only LPN, RN are able to be called nurses because it is a licensed, protected title.

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Specializes in Pediatrics.

You might want to try volunteering in a Nursing Home or on a Hospital unit, to see what it is that we (and others) do. That might help you to better decide.

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Thanks so much! I should be receiving information on CNA training at a local retirement community soon, as well as volunteering.

Now I have another question, just out of curiosity. How hard are LPN jobs to find? I understand it varies in different areas. But if I worked at a large LTC facility as a CNA while pursuing practical nursing license, would it be likely I could easily get a job at the same place as an LPN?

It seems that many nursing homes are really seeking CNA's (the one I'd be volunteering at is, anyway). I just wondered how much more or less of a demand there generally is for LPN's.

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I agree. You need to become a nurse aid for this will more than fulfill your wants and desires in helping the helpless.

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Specializes in Trauma ICU, MICU/SICU.

LPN's as well as RN's are in huge demand.

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