In any hospital, you can witness that a patient will be attended by three nurses with different uniform. Basically these all have different job designation and perform separate tasks related to patient care. This will make it easy to understand that the tasks have been divided into different types of nurses. So they will be taking different trainings with certain level of education. There are many schools, colleges, nursing homes, hospitals and universities offering various nursing programs, they educate and train the students as per their caliber.
In order to get admission in any of the nursing programs, a person must possess a sympathetic personality and have the courage to serve the humanity. If you possess such qualities and want to start a career in health care profession then you can begin a new life as a Certified Nursing Assistant. You will be provided a few weeks training and after finishing the training, an exam will be conducted. On passing the exam you will be rewarded with a certificate so you can start working as a Certified Nursing Assistant, you will be working in hospitals or with the patients individually by visiting their homes.
Licensed Practical Nurse or LPN is a second stage in nursing. To become LPN, there are advanced nursing programs with time duration of 9 months to 18 months. A high school diploma is must for the entry in this training program. You will be getting theoretical training in the class rooms and for clinical training you will be taken to the ward and will be supervised. Once you finish the training, you have to pass a licensed exam NCLEX-PN. And after passing the exam, you will be given a license so you can start working as LPN. Registered Nurse is the top rank in nursing and to become a registered nurse you need to pass a four years degree called BSN. However there is another way to become a registered nurse, all you need is to complete 2 years associate degree from a hospital or from a school, college or any recognized university. There are many hospital diplomas that also allow students to pass the associate degree but then they have to pass a licensed exam called NCLEX-RN to become a registered nurse. After getting the license you can easily start working as a registered nurse in any renowned hospitals.
Certified nursing assistants are more focused on patient care by cleaning the patients, feeding them with special diet. They may also work with the patients in their homes where a patient can be a stroke patient, in this scenario they will be helping them with changing clothes and bathing as well. They will also be checking the patient's vital signs. The Licensed Practical nurses supervise nursing assistants and work in hospitals with the patients; they prepare the injections for the patients and perform some simple laboratory tests and also check the patient's vital signs just like a CNA. The Registered nurse however monitors every aspect relating with patient care, register nurses report directly to the doctor with the observations about a patient in order to change the treatment plan.
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