Medical assistants take vitals, have to know medical terminology, assist the MD with office clinical tasks, filing & form procedures etc. I've never heard of any medical assistant program lasting more than a year. It is a certificate program he...
not surprising at all. if there's an opening anywhere you can contract mrsa. to the op, i've seen mrsa and non-mrsa residents share a room. this infuriates me because when the mrsa resident leaves the room she/he runs her hand along the other resid...
nursen06 replied to JennieIrene's topic in Hospice
welcome! you can make your dreams come true if you put her heart and soul into your studies. congrats on reaching for your dream of becoming an lpn. :)
i totally understand how the op feels. when i worked in an md's office i hadn't had too many dr's yelling at me, i've had a few charts tossed at me.......from the younger docs having little temper tantrums. then they lamely try to apologize later by...
I work in the continuing care unit and i do alot of night shifts as well as evenings. I find the hardest part is around 0400 just before residents start ringing. I always feel run down at that time. I don't get too much sleep at home, two kids und...
Sadly at my place of work, about 90% of the nurses & aides are smokers. I don't have a problem with their smoking habits, to each their own.....but what i do have a problem with is the fact that the aides that smoke in MY facility are ALWAYS gon...
Our facility would not function without CNA's. I heard one LPN say yesterday that she usually doesn't 'work the floor' just does meds & the like?! Of course she was the minority. Alot more experienced LPN's and RN's that work there help c eve...