cmatobe

cmatobe specializes in geriatrics.

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1. Is anyone else uncomfortable with this?

   cmatobe replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

   We cannot work in hospitals, period, let alone in a step-down unit or ICU. We will be in nursing homes and assisted-living homes, where the patients have been on a lot of the same medications for...

2. Is anyone else uncomfortable with this?

   cmatobe replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

   No one is teaching us to do this. We are following procedure the same as the nurses do, in regard to passing meds. We have the same accountability as the nurses, the same rules and regulations. We are...

3. Ohio Certified Medication Aide Course Outline

   cmatobe replied to cmatobe's topic in General Nursing

   As far as I can determine so far, the CMA`s will be an extra pair of hands, for their nurses. We will pass meds. to stable (and a few not-so-stable)patients, report - report - report! everything out...

4. Ohio Certified Medication Aide Course Outline

   cmatobe replied to cmatobe's topic in General Nursing

   The above is the curriculum set forth by the OBN. Our instructors have added to it, and, as you can see, it is 4 weeks instead of 3. The OBN put together a text for this course, and sent it to the...

5. Ohio Certified Medication Aide Course Outline

   cmatobe posted a topic in General Nursing

   Certified Medication Aide Course Outline Day 1: Introduction to the role of the CMA Day 2: Medical Terminology, Abbreviations, Symbols Day 3: Overview of Anatomy & Physiology Day 4:...

6. Is anyone else uncomfortable with this?

   cmatobe replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

   I have started the new thread " Ohio CMC Course Outline" for more expedient reading/posting. THANX

7. Is anyone else uncomfortable with this?

   cmatobe replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

   The above is the curriculum set forth by the OBN. Our instructors have added to it, and, as you can see, it is 4 weeks instead of 3. The OBN put together a text for this course, and sent it to the...

8. Is anyone else uncomfortable with this?

   cmatobe replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

   Day 1: Introduction to the role of the CMA Day 2: Medical Terminology, Abbreviations, Symbols Day 3: Overview of Anatomy & Physiology Day 4: Nervous System and Sensory System Day 5:...

9. Is anyone else uncomfortable with this?

   cmatobe replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

   I am speaking of something simpler - if a busy nurse says "go ahead and give Mrs. Jones some Tylenol, and I`ll call and get an order" and I DO go ahead and give her some, then both myself and the...

10. Is anyone else uncomfortable with this?

    cmatobe replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    jill48, you are right on all counts. Believe me, we are all very aware of how little we will know when we start to work. And we are all by now wishing that this course was 3 months long, instead of 3...

11. Is anyone else uncomfortable with this?

    cmatobe replied to jill48's topic in General Nursing

    Thank you, ccyrrus, for such a diplomatic answer. I just started the cma training program in SW Ohio, and I will say it is intense! Perhaps I will have time this weekend to put up a course outline...