Hello folks. I hope someone can help me out.
I am a RN in a large family practice office. This week I have been orienting a new CMA who says she came from a smaller office then ours- one or two drs I think. We were talking about calling prescri ptions into pharmacies & she asked which controlled substances she would be allowed to call it. I honestly did not know, & asked another CMA standing nearby. She told us 'I can call anything in my Dr wants me to call in'.
Later on that day I asked my supervisor if there were any 'dos and dont's '. Supervisor told me that CMAs cannot call any meds in but RMAs can.
Now I am confused. What is the difference between CMA & RMA? Don't you have to pass a exam for both of them?
Difference between CMA & RMA
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When I was a CMA (before nursing school) I was allowed to call in meds if they were refills, but if the dose changed or instructions on how to take them (i.e. BID to TID ect) then the doc had to call it in or I could fax his hand written Rx with the new med/change of med. (not many docs called them in, they usually wrote them and had me fax them)
) but MANY people have mentioned this before. I actually happen to work with 2 "Seasoned" medical assistants whom are an RMA and a CMA. Neither one of them went to school for their roles. They were on-the-job trained several years ago and were both each eligible to sit for both exams. Also, for the record, I am eligible to sit for the AMT:RMA exam as well.
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