CNA

A CNA can be known by several different names such as a nurse's aide, patient care technician or home health assistant. They can work in hospitals, assisted living homes, long term care facilities, nursing homes, and in private homes. Depending on the state CNAs are authorized to perform specific tasks to assist nurses. The amount of time necessary to become a CNA can range from 6 weeks to one full semester of school. I am currently a CNA myself.

Triage Nurse

They are the first person you see when you go to the hospital.Triage nurses can deliver nursing care if short staffed. But typically during the shift that the nurse works in triage they would only do assessments, prioritizing patients, and routing patients in order of need and level of care.

OB- GYN

A physician whose practice of medicine focuses on the care of women during pregnancy through childbirth and immediately following delivery. Often informally known as OB-GYN.

Nurse practitioner

A nurse practitioner is a registered nurse who has additional education and training in a specialty area such as family practice or pediatrics. Some work in hospitals as a hospitalist. They see patients who are admitted to the hospital and care for them while they are there. They write orders for their care and see them every day.

LPN

Licensed Practical Nurses also known as Licensed Vocation Nurses have completed the least amount of education with only one year of coursework required after high school. Therefore the long-term career options are not as vast as with other types of nursing with more advanced credentials. LPN/LVN's are not Registered Nurses.