dawn66

Just for the record, upon further reading some of these things, some of what is being spoken about refers to a Certified Medication Aide, which is completely different than a Certified Medical Assistant which is what I am and the education I spoke of refers to that, not the Medication Aide. This is where my anger came from when I read that someone said CMA's have two weeks training. Also, my comments had nothing to do with the actual duty of passing meds. Certified Medical Assistants do not work in hospitals as a rule anyway unless it is in some other capacity. We do however give drugs, IV and orally in clinics, offices, etc. I mostly felt people were uninformed and making judjments about a vocation that they knew nothing about. I now realize they were speaking of the medication aides. Certified Medical Assistants are nationally recognized, trained and monitored. I don't think Certified Medication Aides should also be referred to as CMA's. This makes life quite confusing.

People who comment on CMA's should find out what they are before commenting. We are not CMT's or CNA's. We do not work under the license of any nurse, nor is any nurse responsible for our actions. I and many other CMAs have an AS in Medical Assisting which means 2 years of college and clinical work along with an externship. We have A&P and pharmacology. We have more education than LPN's and the same as many RN's We take a national certifying exam and must maintain our certification with CEU's or re-examination every 5 yrs. CEU's are 60 in 5 yrs. I have been in this field for 20 years and believe me know far more than any newbie nurse. ANY QUESTIONS??????

Thank you very much. I really appreciate the input from someone who was a CMA.

Hi, I am the CMA for 20 years looking for online LPN or RN courses. I was also wondering if it is possible for me to just take the LPN boards without taking the actual course, then I could continue to my RN on line.