Impersonating a nurse

[Elleveein]

So I'm a new grad vn (taking nclex 4/2) I decided to go back to medical assisting in the mean time since jobs are hard to come by for new vn's. So I landed a job at a Urgent care and didn't tell them I was a new grad because they wouldn't have hired me. On my first day they introduced me to the head nurse and then she took me to nurse's station and I met the rest of the nurses at least that's what they called themselves, I asked them "Are u lvns or rns?" And they replied "we're ma's" I was shocked they even had business cards that said nurses they tried to give me some to give my pts in case they needed to call me, that's not even the worst of it even the docs says "my nurse" this is a huge practice 10 + docs and not 1 licensed nurse. These ma's are giving Demerol and I.V's I really don't know what to do, who can I anonymously report this to?

[Myruby, MSN, NP]

Well, how about this? It clearly says that it is illegal.

https://www.nurseattorneyeducator.com/it-is-illegal-to-call-yourself-a-nurse-if-you-are-not/

[KimberlyA]

I am a retired Medical Assistant with an Associates degree in medical assisting and at one of the jobs I worked at I started IV's all day long (this is Colorado).  I have also worked at 2 different allergy offices and did injections, vaccinations (pediatrics), administered epinephrine to someone currently in anaphylaxis, and have done many different things at different offices. I have never had the desire to call myself a nurse because I was a PROUD Medical Assistant. I worked hard for my degree and graduated with a 4.0. and did an excellent job at every place I worked at.  The title of Medical Assistant is something to be proud of, period.  We work hard, have hard core responsibilities and there is really no reason to downplay the hard work and education of Medical Assistants. I have no idea why a M.A. would want to call themselves a nurse.