Have you worked with a CMA?

[Hellllllo Nurse]

Hello all.

I've been a nurse for 10 years. This coming Monday, I am interveiwing for a nocs RN charge nurse position at a LTC facility.

90 bed facilty. I will have half the pts, no matter what the census or acuity is.

The DON tells me I will be working with a CMA, who will pass all meds, except for injections.

I have never worked with a CMA before. All I know about them is that they are CNAs, who've had 80 hrs training in med administration.

Have any of you worked with a CMA?

What are the benefits? The pitfalls? What should I watch for?

What do I need to know about CMAs?

Any advise or expereinces you care to share will be appreciated.

[sassynurse78]

I have worked with great CMA's or Qma's as they are called here in IND. And I have also worked with poor ones. You can usually tell by what they report to you, if the whole shift goes by and they tell you nothing about the paitents then I have found they are usually not very good to depend on, just like everyone else, they need to be tuned into pat. needs and if they are not reporting anything then a prob may be missed.