why do many MAs and CNAs call themselves nurses?

[murseforever]

As I was taking care of a pt, she mentions she's also a nurse. I asked what her specialty is and where she works at. She says she works at a clinic as an MA. In my head, in what universe is an MA a nurse?!

[LVHI_RN]

I got a good one for you guys. My girlfriends exfriend who was in MA school claimed to be in medical school to get his MD. ������

YEAH! I've heard that many times. Oh "I'm in med school", when in fact it is an MA program. Uhh... do you know what med school is? LOL

[JustBeachyNurse, LPN]

That is HORRIBLE! How dare they put a child's life in danger. I would have sued.

You cannot sue without harm or injury

[NutmeggeRN, BSN]

Oh God... Do we have to wear our caps again?

Dear God

please no....

[StefiNurse]

Good luck guys...

[VANurse2010]

Margaret Hamilton said the movie was too scary for kids and wouldn't let her son watch it.

Margaret Hamilton scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. Of course, watch interviews and appearances of her now and she's like the nicest person to ever walk the Earth.

[sam0786]

Lot of people think i am a doctor lol.why you have problem.if you are a nurse be patience and work hard.These cnas make good nurses.why you feel jealous.they are working harder than you

[CiaMia, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN, NP]

why you have problem.

People have a problem with this because 1) it's a huge legal issue (representing to the public that you have a certain level of education/qualification); 2) people in general have worked incredibly hard to attain licensure and credentialing and apart from anything else it's just downright annoying when people who have not try and pass themselves off as if they have; 3) it's a major safety issue, not least because people listen to and trust advice from those they perceive to be the professionals.

These cnas make good nurses.

Not necessarily. In fact, I don't think anyone who would misrepresent themselves as having a higher level of education and training than they really do would make a good nurse. At all. In nursing (and medicine too), you HAVE to know your limits. You have to know when to ask for help, and when you are in over your head. You know who *won't* do that? Someone who is not up-front/transparent about their actual level of educational and skills-based preparation.

why you feel jealous.they are working harder than you

No. Just, no. CNAs work in a different way than nurses do. Can it be more physically demanding at times? Absolutely. But nursing is demanding in a different way. Dealing with families is draining. Dealing with physicians is draining. Trying to manage your time and juggle the never ending demands within this ridiculous "customer satisfaction" framework of healthcare IS DRAINING. So no, CNAs do not "working harder", and the fact that you would say that leads me to believe you are either not an RN or are just deliberately trying to get a rise out of people.

[quiltynurse56, LPN, LVN]

And another old thread revived.

[CiaMia, BSN, MSN, DNP, RN, APRN, NP]

And another old thread revived.

I shouldn't have fed into it.. I just. Guh. I couldn't read that post and not...!

[dec2007]

Lot of people think i am a doctor lol.why you have problem.if you are a nurse be patience and work hard.These cnas make good nurses.why you feel jealous.they are working harder than you

Also, to become a "good nurse" one must have good language and grammar skills.

[Bumex, DNP, NP]

Lot of people think i am a doctor lol.why you have problem.if you are a nurse be patience and work hard.These cnas make good nurses.why you feel jealous.they are working harder than you

No, just....no.

[BuckyBadgerRN, ASN, RN]

There's a statute of limitations on threads here? I did not realize!!

And another old thread revived.