Nursing Aide?

If you are asking about CNA, there's no reason to waste time on this unless your nursing school requires it. If your goal is to be a nurse, then you get going on being a nurse.

CNAs, for the most part, clean vomit and poop all day. Even if you get hospital work, your job is cleaning patients, changing bedding, cleaning accidents, delivering food, etc. Most CNA jobs are nursing homes.

Nurses graduate with a generalized nursing degree. If you wish to go into OB/GYN or L&D, you will need your BSN. There are few physicians that are "obstetrics" only - it would usually be a super specialist dealing with defects and problems in pregnancy or a surgeon who specialized on in utero work. Otherwise, you work at an OB/GYN office or you work for Labor & Delivery in a hospital/birthing center.

Both these specialities are highly coveted by new nurses, so you will need your 'A' game to get into it. You will usually need to start out in med-surg and work your way up or you will be actively trying to get a new grad residency in the field of your choice. The latter is usually found at university hospitals.

Good Luck!

A CNA works anywhere because they are a generalist. An new RN is also a generalist.

If you want to 'specialize'.....then go to college.

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