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  1. Medication Aides

    I am a med aide, and the facility that I work has us med aides do everything. meds, narcotics, insulin, treatments, dressings, charting, support plans.....you name it. they want us to take off doctor orders, which i refuse because according to the s...
  2. Medication Aides

    over here in Pa.....we only have a 4 day class, and we do everything. pass meds, narcotics, insulin, you name it...we do all the paperwork too.....what do you think of that??? isnt it terrible.....and I am one
  3. Medication Aides

    oh yeah by the way, I had 4 days of training, and probably do more than you do, in the 6 months that it took you to learn this. Our med aides give out meds, give insulin, narcotics, paperwork, admissions, discharges, deaths,......support plans.........
  4. Medication Aides

    I am probably the only Med Aide that agrees with all you nurses. But I started nursing school, although never finished. But i know how hard and demanding it is. And I feel like a hypocrite right now working as a med aide. It is terrible that the w...
  5. Medication Aides

    i totally agree with you. I feel like a terrible person still working in that position. and i only do it, cause now i dont have to go to the chiropracter once a week. and it pays a little bit more. i also went to nursing school but never finished....
  6. Medication Aides

    Its a shame that you are a medication aide and dont see the reality of it all. I also work in the same sort of setting as you do. Yes the nurses have a ton of work, but it should never be allowed to have someone do the same type of work, and have bar...
  7. Medication Aides

    i just posted an anwer to someone else ( i am new to this site, not sure how it works)but anyhow...i am a med aide....and i absolutely agree. I definately think it undermines a nurse. I did go to nursing school, but didnt finish. So fortunately I do...
  8. Medication Aides

    i have to tell you,, i am a med aide. and where i work, no you dont have to be a cna...i am. but i refused to become a med aide for about 5 years...and only did to save my back. I think it is terrible, to trust people (anyone off the street) to sit ...
  9. Medication Aides

    I just want to say that I agree with all of you about this whole medication aide thing. How can you pay someone 8-10 dolllars an hour to do the same thing as what people go to school for, for 2-4 years....its nonsense. I am that someone. But i do...