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  1. Excelsior College

    dbowens02 posted a topic in General Nursing

    Anyone from Arkansas doing distance training with Excelsior

  2. The meeting went awful, I'm job hunting

    dbowens02 replied to DutchgirlRN's topic in Home Health

    Is the nurse with the overtime, friends with the owner or something? Sounds kinda funny to me. That is not fair. I am sorry that happened to you. I will say a prayer that something even better will...

  3. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    So true. You hit the nail on the

  4. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    In Arkansas you can not sit in on the CMA exam, but you can sit for the RMA with is not the same thing. Rma is under the med tech board and CMA is AAMA. If you attend an RMA program it is more...

  5. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Saying you are a MA does not make it so. They are not reconized in our state unless they have gone to school. I am done with this post. Off to better things. Have a good

  6. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    You said people go around claiming to be a nurse when they are not. Is this not what this board is all about? Again, they can call themselves a medical asst. all they want to but that does not make...

  7. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

  8. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    If they did not go to school to be a medical asst., then they are not a medical asst. Same, if they did not go to school to be a nurse, they are not a

  9. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    There is a big difference between a CNA and a

  10. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Well said. We do have to go to school. So it is not fair for people who have not gone to school to call themselves

  11. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Quote: It's a shame the office wants to cuts costs at the expense of a patient's health because they are worried about the bottom line. I'd leave if I didn't like my pediatrician so much....

  12. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    It does not take a rocket scientitist to do a strep test. In most cases they do the swab in the lab. Nurse do not work in the lab now do they? Sometimes the tests do come back neg. and can be...

  13. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Now you know how if feels to be a CMA who went to school two years and to see all those that did not go to school calling themselves

  14. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    Amen. I am a student also. There is alot of nurse snobbery out there. But there are some great ones

  15. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    There are so many other things in life to worry about then this. I wish that was all I had to worry

  16. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    True, you should not claim to be something you are not. Acccording to the BON in our state, it is not fraudulent to call yourself a nurse as long as you don't say LPN or RN. That is fradulent. I...

  17. "I'm an uncertified medical assistant"

    dbowens02 replied to Freedom42's topic in Medical Assistant, CNA/MA

    That may be true in some cases. I have an associates degree as a Medical Assistant. Our local college offers it. Its two years long. Our clinic does not hire a medical assistant unless they have...

  18. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    dbowens02 replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    She (the "DON") only has a high school education. They can't keep help. She is so mean to the nurses. Her best friend at the clinic is one of the "Johnny off the street" people who call themselves...

  19. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    dbowens02 replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    Now meaning I have always had a problem with it. My sister works at a clinic as a nurse and guess who the DON is? The office manager! She is not a nurse and has only a high school education. Now that...

  20. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    dbowens02 replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    It may just be in our state. Our clinic only hires associate degree cma's. Except in the lab they can be a

  21. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    dbowens02 replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    :nuke: I have a problem with those people now. If you will reread the posts you will see that. Its wrong for them to call themselves nurses. I don't know of any that do that. But is is also wrong...

  22. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    dbowens02 replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you. Well

  23. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    dbowens02 replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    Like I said, a nurse can be just as goofy. These two sound like they are fresh off the street. I think a good CMA could have saved

  24. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    dbowens02 replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    We all wear name badges with our titles. I bet he is glad you hugged him. I guess Medical Assistants around the globe are supposed to feel gratitude because you

  25. Non-Nurses calling themselves a Nurse

    dbowens02 replied to sarajasmine's topic in General Nursing

    I agree about the fact that she was misleading. I do not think it is professional. But some nurses think they are above everyone. That is sad. They act like it is rocket science to give a shot....