Nurse Rankings?

Question

Can someone please tell me how nurses are ranked and what order they go in please?

Thanks

Answer 1

Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA)

Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN)

Registered Nurse (RN)

Advanced Registered Nurse Practitioner (ARNP)

But then each hospital has various ways of ranking their nurses. Where I work you have clinical ladder. So an RN can be anything between a CL 1 - 15.   To be promoted to nurse manager you have to be a minimum of a CL 4.

All hospitals have ways of ranking their nurses and various formes of heiarchy. It depends on the institutions.

Answer 2

Student

Senior Student

Staff Nurse (band 5/6)

Senior Staff Nurse (band 6...on different tiers)

Sister (Charge Nurse for men) (band 7)

Senior Sister (band 8)

Modern Matron (band 7+)

Then theres things like Nurse Prescribers, Ward Managers, Nurse Practitioners...and im not to sure where they fit in.  i think thats right!!

Answer 3

Certified Nursing Assistant

Licensed Practical Nurse

Registered Nurse

Nurse Practitioner

There are different variations to this list. I'm sure it depends where you work, etc.