Lisa, MA

Lisa, MA has 23 years experience and specializes in Medical Assistant, Peds.

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1. Is it okay/appropriate to make a home-cooked gift to instructors?

   Lisa, MA replied to RevolutioN2013's topic in General Nursing

2. Why Even go for your MA? Don't Understand...

   Lisa, MA replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

   MA's can take various types of classes. An associates degree requires two years of college. But in the working world, it rarely matters if an MA has a CMA, RMA or AD. The only times these really come into play is if they are working in hospital or...

3. Universal Precautions are not optional...

   Lisa, MA replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

   I have to disagree. If a nurse is not practicing Universal Precautions...which EVERYONE is taught ad nauseum in school...then it is unlikely that they would be fastidious about hand washing. So therefore they ARE indeed putting the patient at risk f...

4. Should I make a switch??

   Lisa, MA replied to stampede122's topic in Pre-Nursing

   Nursing is a forever profession. There will always be a demand.

5. I keep getting hugged

   Lisa, MA replied to noyesno's topic in General Nursing

   I work in Peds so I get hugged all the time by the little people! I luv it! :redpinkhe

6. Why Even go for your MA? Don't Understand...

   Lisa, MA replied to skittlebear's topic in General Nursing

   As an MA I would love to chime in on this topic. Many valid reasons have been cited already. For me, 25 years ago, I did not have the money to attend "nursing school". So I opted to get my foot in the door by attending an MA program through a priv...

7. Universal Precautions are not optional...

   Lisa, MA posted a topic in General Nursing

   How would you handle it if you knew a co-worker was very lax in using Universal Precautions?

8. Learn To Say It Correctly!!

   Lisa, MA replied to SheriLynnRN's topic in General Nursing

   I worked with an older doctor who could never say Parietal correctly. He would say it as "peri-eat-al". Drove me nuts.

9. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

   Lisa, MA replied to asdf88's topic in Critical

   Since that is the case, I would urge any of you interested in knowing the TRUTH about what this religion believes and how it may impact the job performance of a nurse, to do research and speak to those actual members of the faith instead of relying o...

10. Private Rooms Standard

    Lisa, MA posted a topic in General Nursing

    How many of you agree that private rooms should be standard across the board? Not only does multiple patient rooms violate HIPAA laws, it is dangerous. Cross contamination is greater in a shared room as are other safety issues. In a local facility ...

11. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Lisa, MA replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    That appalls me too.

12. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Lisa, MA replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    Are you advocating the practice of allowing babies and small children to crawl around on a hospital floor? I think you need to go back to public health and epidemiology 101

13. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Lisa, MA replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    I have to wonder, if you are lax with your personal cleanliness, what are you passing from patient to patient? Scary. It's no wonder things get spread thru a whole floor. In our facility, if a patient has cdiff or MRSA, in addition to gowning, glov...

14. Jehovah's Witness nurses in the critical care unit?

    Lisa, MA replied to asdf88's topic in Critical

    I see alot of you who don't feel she should work ICU because of the nature of work involved but still encourage her to explore other opportunities in nursing. Awesome! As for me, I would do what I could to work harmoniously with a coworker who felt u...

15. Blood, Bodily Fluids and Germs OH MY!

    Lisa, MA replied to Lisa, MA's topic in General Nursing

    Speaking of babies...is anyone else appalled by the people who let their babies crawl around on the hospital floor!!!??? I mean seriously...what is wrong with people?!