Medical Asst vs Nurse

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I noticed the Career Technical College near where I live has a medical asst program yet when the students graduated as a MA they can work as a nurse in doctors office. For me the gripe is that they are not the same. I mean nurses go to school to become nurses. Medical assts dont do the nursing aspects.

GRRR Just upset as to this :angryfire

Thanks for listening to me rant!! :rolleyes:

Thanks, it was something I'd always wondered about. So, you can have a nurses degree but not be able to practice as a nurse.

Isn't education wonderful!!!

I have heard from several nurses that in Indiana, if you fail the NCLEX either 2 or 3 times, I forget which, you have to completely re-take the nursing program again.

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I have heard from several nurses that in Indiana, if you fail the NCLEX either 2 or 3 times, I forget which, you have to completely re-take the nursing program again.

Hmm...I wonder where they get that, as it is not reflected in the Indiana administrative code.

Indiana code states that candidates shall not be licensed until they pass the licensing examination (duh!), and that unsuccessful candidates should undertake a special study program before retaking the exam. This can be:

1 - auditing nursing courses at an approved nursing program

2 - self-study program, such as review of course work or professional reading

3 - tutoring

4 - re-enrollment in a state-approved program of nursing

There is also reference to the requirement for a new, complete application and full fee each time the exam is taken - with no mention of a maximum number of times it can be taken.

Here's where I got the info, if you'd like to check it out.

848 IAC 1-1-6 Licensure by Examination, section 6 (g) - found on page 21

http://www.in.gov/hpb/boards/isbn/nursing_compilation.pdf

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Specializes in Palliative, Geriatics.

I think you get 6 chances to pass the NCLEX here in Canada. Correct me if i'm wrong. :)

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