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I wonder what she will do when she goes home,& is 'maidless" at 3 a.m. with a screeming newborn.

Hi I am a RN & I work in a Family Practice office. The Dr I work with also did a Gyn fellowship so we do a LOT of Gynie procedures in our office. Are you a RN looking to get back into the field or are you someone thinking about a career in healthcare?

It is 4:30 a.m. on the East coast I pulled myself out of bed so that I can vote before I go to work. In my state polls open at 6:00.

I also have made friends with the handgel- I keep a travel size container in my pocket. But someone (forget who) told me gels are not as good as scrubbing with soap & water. Any body heard of the effectiveness of waterless gels? I figure they are better then nothing.

Have you asked the parents why they are not getting the children vaccinated? Are they afraid of side effects? Afraid that they might cause Autism? Or they just do not want to see their child in pain? There are lots of reasons.

Thanks for your help. Were you (CMAs)allowed to call things in like Valium, Vicodin, T3s?

Hello folks. I hope someone can help me out. I am a RN in a large family practice office. This week I have been orienting a new CMA who says she came from a smaller office then ours- one or two drs I think. We were talking about calling prescri ptions into pharmacies & she asked which controlled substances she would be allowed to call it. I honestly did not know, & asked another CMA standing nearby. She told us 'I can call anything in my Dr wants me to call in'. Later on that day I asked my supervisor if there were any 'dos and dont's '. Supervisor told me that CMAs cannot call any meds in but RMAs can. Now I am confused. What is the difference between CMA & RMA? Don't you have to pass a exam for both of them?

Okay, i am an RN & I do work in a (large) FP office- have for a long time. We have CMA, LPN, a few other RNs. I do not know what the CMAs make but I know I do not make near what hospital nurses make. I am poor but happy. Our MAs are all Certified- they have to take a national certification test. They can give all kinds of shots. They cannot start IVs, but we do not do Ivs all that often. They CAN call in new scripts to a drugstore or tell patients the Dr wants them to stop taking a med. they are having side effects. They cannot be 'charge nurse'. They cannot do telephone triage or walk-in triage (we get a lot of walk in patients!). They cannot handle Narcs to my knowledge, but again we do not give Narcs all that often They can assist with procedures & we do lots of procedures. Hope that helps.

Who in the world thought up this silly 'I have the time' phrase? Nurse Managers? HR Dept? Obviously it is someone who has no concept of real life on a hospital floor.

Woah!!! Was the professor notified?

You could always say"I'm in healthcare' & leave it there.

Good time management skills & a thick skin.

Two of the nurses I work with are in Honduras right now for 2 weeks at a program called 'hombroahombro' Try shouldartoshouldar.org HTH.

What type of PDA do you use? This from some one else stuck in the last century.

Nope. I work in a doctor's office. People with diarrhea drop off stool cultures all the time (yipee).