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1. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   mrnurse2u replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   Maybe it's a per-county deal. Is it really not the case that at some point CNA-type training is given in any program? I know that in the count in which I live, there is such a high demand for relatively few student slots that they need as many "filt...

2. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   mrnurse2u replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   In some states, such as Minnesota, CNA's that take extra training and get an endorsement to pass meds have a slightly different title, namely "Medication Nursing Assistant: MNA", and they can only do this in a nursing home (MN Rules 4658.1360). I ...

3. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   mrnurse2u replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   AMEN! MrNurse2U

4. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   mrnurse2u replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   Dear Steph, In my post I said "CNA or equivalent training." At our community college, the equivalent training course is called "Basic Skills for the Health Care Provider". Perhaps your school did not separate it. I think it's good to have it as a...

5. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   mrnurse2u replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   That is super-scary. Nurse practioners have prescribing powers to. I think this all comes down to the stereotype that still exists in the minds of many: doctor=man=powerful-healer; nurse=woman=servant-girl As a man who respectfully takes no crap fro...

6. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   mrnurse2u replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   What state do you live in? In California, they say MA is good experience, but counts nothing towards becoming an RN (nothing transfers from an MA program to RN). Being an LVN (LPN) is a different story and it does count. We have a 30-hour bridge ...

7. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   mrnurse2u replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   I think some doctors just see MAs as "cost effective" nurse alternatives if you know what I mean. If a doctor allows an MA to do something beyond their authority and education, the doctor is ultimately responsible (although both should be discipline...

8. MA's Calling Themselves Nurses?

   mrnurse2u replied to Sheri257's topic in General Nursing

   Dear Student Nurse, First of all, good for you to study to be a nurse! Keep it up! Also, good for you to be sensitive to the different roles people in health care have. You will soon find that some people let it go to their heads, and that can ca...

9. Graduating HS, I want to be a nurse HELP!!

   mrnurse2u replied to Manning626's topic in General Nursing

   CONGRATULATIONS on graduating early! I applaud your goal to become a nurse. I can answer some questions for you. 1) An ADN (Associate Degree in Nursing) and BSN (Bachelor of Science in Nursing) are college degress that allow you to be licen...

10. migraine faker at the ED!

    mrnurse2u replied to z's playa's topic in Emergency

    Hear hear! Great points. If a nurse can't vent here, that's a shame. As for the girl with the sudden need to play the part of a migraine sufferer, there's only so much time a nurse or doctor has to determine whether or not it's legitimate, and they...

11. Is Health Care a Right?

    mrnurse2u replied to VickyRN's topic in Activism

    Excellent illustration. I think it's better to do this, since we actually have the concept of a poverty line: Don't tax the first $20,000 of any salary, then flat-tax the adjusted income. That way: Tax Payer A pays $1000 in taxes (20% of 25,000-20,0...

12. Worst nursing proceedure ever....

    mrnurse2u replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    Or you'll be so high you won't care.

13. Worst nursing proceedure ever....

    mrnurse2u replied to night owl's topic in General Nursing

    That's a tough one! A tip I learned was to always carry a little jar of Vick's vaporub. Put some on your upper lip and keep on workin'.

14. Is Health Care a Right?

    mrnurse2u replied to VickyRN's topic in Activism

    Unfortunately that won't work for "undocumented" illegal aliens who don't get taxes withheld. Their cheap slave-master employers are equally culpable for putting a strain on our health care system. Your last sentences really sums it up for me. Peo...

15. Is Health Care a Right?

    mrnurse2u replied to VickyRN's topic in Activism

    Why does that disgust you? You don't think the providers have right to be paid for what they do? People who feel entitled to health care but don't do what they can to pay for it disgust me, quite frankly. We do have high taxes and a broken social-...