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Old Jun 13, 2008, 02:06 PM
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Re: Medical assistant vs Lpn

Originally Posted by luvbnMA View Post
I was not trying to put yall down in anyway it was a question of why MA think they are the same as LPN's and i stated what I thought and was told, but also like i said at first I kno there are differences and things we can not do but there are also things we can do as well as LPN's...
First, let's get you a reality check. It is indeed the internet, but you are not permitted to say "whateva". This is a privately owned professional NURSING website, viewed all over the world. You do NOT have free speech here. You are a guest, and are expected to act accordingly. That means posts in which you attack, demoralize, defame or in any way become argumentative or profane will be edited. This is part of the Terms of Service (TOS) which is strongly encouraged to be read and reviewed by all of our members. You must have missed that part.

There is no such thing as an ASS degree. Your continued and persistent use of it is in error and it embarrasses you and your profession.

Little Play Nurses??? Certainly you did not intend to insult the thousands of LPN's practicing in this country who are members of this site. LPN's attended school and successfully passed their licensing exam. No small feat. Your use of the term is derogatory and offensive. It is also a violation of the TOS you overlooked when you signed for membership here. You owe a lot of people an apology. And for the record (and you should look this up in the TOS, too)... continued violations of the TOS will result in termination of your membership.

Whatever the location, your posts will gain more credibility without the juvenile text messaging. As I previously mentioned, this is a site that serves the profession of nursing. You do nothing to reflect that in your consistent use of misspellings, misstatements and misinformation. No one will take you seriously if you do not project a more adult, professional image for yourself and for your career.


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Old Jun 13, 2008, 02:19 PM
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Re: Medical assistant vs Lpn

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Little Play Nurses??? Certainly you did not intend to insult the thousands of LPN's practicing in this country who are members of this site. LPN's attended school and successfully passed their licensing exam. No small feat. Your use of the term is derogatory and offensive. It is also a violation of the TOS you overlooked when you signed for membership here. You owe a lot of people an apology. And for the record (and you should look this up in the TOS, too)... continued violations of the TOS will result in termination of your membership.

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Old Jun 13, 2008, 03:02 PM
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Re: Medical assistant vs Lpn

Yes, please show me the employment ad where the MA supervises the LVN/LPN.


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Old Jun 13, 2008, 03:17 PM
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Re: Medical assistant vs Lpn

Originally Posted by luvbnMA View Post
I was not trying to put yall down in anyway it was a question of why MA think they are the same as LPN's and i stated what I thought and was told, but also like i said at first I kno there are differences and things we can not do but there are also things we can do as well as LPN's...
There certainly are portions of skills that overlap between the LPNs and CMAs, however, that is the same for a CNA. What we were saying is that many times, a CMA hired at a hospital would function as a CNA or tech; maybe a unit manager at best, but nothing compared to a nurse, may it be LPN or RN. Also, if working as an aide or tech in a hospital, that person would fall under nursing, making it, under those circumstances that one would then work under the auspice of the Registered Nurse.

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Old Jun 14, 2008, 06:01 PM
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Re: Medical assistant vs Lpn

Hell, so many things to say but I shan't. I'll just go back to my acute care hospital and do my job of nursing my patients who have just been discharged from the ICU.

I'll even pass some the link to this thread to the LPNs I know who work as dialysis nurses, OR techs, Ortho techs, and public health nurses.

Then we will all say a little prayer and be grateful that we don't work in certain parts of the US.

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Old Jun 15, 2008, 12:58 AM
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Re: Medical assistant vs Lpn

Originally Posted by egglady View Post
Well, I may be a bit off course here, but you are not a nurse. You can not compare your education ( which by the way, congrats on that) to that of a nurse. Unless you have went to a school for nursing, and passed your boards to become a LPN or a RN, you are NOT in any way, shape, or form a nurse.
You go, girl!

Regards,

Michael


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Old Jun 15, 2008, 01:00 AM
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Re: Medical assistant vs Lpn

Originally Posted by txspadequeen921 View Post
well this has got very interesting since I was last here....
Go off on vacation for a few days and look what happens!

Regards,

Michael

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Old Jun 15, 2008, 05:45 AM
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Re: Medical assistant vs Lpn

Thread closed for staff review.

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Old Jun 16, 2008, 04:08 PM
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Re: Medical assistant vs Lpn

Thread has been reopened, so please play nicely.

Post on and be merry!

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Old Jun 16, 2008, 04:15 PM
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Thanks Commuter!

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