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Hey guys, I was just wondering what I should do in a sticky situation I'm facing. Recently, I left my office position and moved on to someplace else, but I still keep in touch of my former co-workers, mainly through Facebook. Well, one of my girlfrie...

Thanks so much for the suggestions, everyone! Yiggs, we aren't RN's, we're MA's. And thankfully, I'm not in the pics... Thanks for the thoughts!!

Coming straight from an MA... SKIP THE MA!

DASANI!! Like... really, girl? Thirsty much?

PCTs in my Philly hospital start at 13.00.

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Bearscrubs, I think its a terror that you feel as though you have to lie about your orientation! I can certainly understand you not wanting to be the source of the rumor mill but at the same time you should be free to just be. As a homosexual woman, ...

You sure as heck can! This surprised me too, when the interviewer disclosed this information in the interview. I thought you had to be a nurse to start IV's, but I guess it just depends on where you work.

Hey all. I am a medical assistant who is in the process of being hired for an ER tech position in a Phila hospital (interview went great, Shadow Day is tomorrow!) Anyways, when I found the position online it listed that the starting hourly wage for t...

Goober, if I may ask - what type of work do you do now at Penn?

Hey Angel, I'm not sure how tough it'd be to work in a jail setting (I would imagine it would be mentally draining) but I honestly think it wouldn't be a bad idea. They're probably more hard pressed to hire people as that seems like a job not too man...

Everyone b!tching about the OP's writing skills... Get a life!! If you can't read it, DON'T READ IT. And don't frigging comment either. Get over it. To the OP, you sound like a wonderful, wonderful nurse. I'm sorry your co-workers suck so much! Keep ...

LOL, this is a totally goofy and pointless thread (-aka- I LOVE it!) Here in Philly we say calling out. "Boy, you'd better not call out tomorrow!" (This is what I'm always saying to my always "sick" co-worker.) Calling off or calling in just sounds s...

Plain and simply, YES. When I joined AN a couple of years ago it was a really positive, uplifting, encouraging community. Now it's loaded with smart as$es, who lurk around the site just looking for a way to put someone in "their place." Get a life. P...

But Leelee what if talking directly to this nurse offends her? What if she has one of those "holier than thou" attitudes and mistakes poor fuzzy's sincerity for arrogance or insubordination? That was suck. And make it very difficult for her to work w...

LOL at MA = basically a nurse. Yeah RIGHT. I'm an MA and though I love my job, a trained monkey could do it! (Wouldn't it be so cool to see where the OP is now, and how she made out with school!?)

Geez Louise. OP, I certainly do think you got flamed unnecessarily, for asking a simple question. Never have I seen so many uptight, pompous ppl. Chill out. If you couldn't answer the lady's question in amicable manner, then maybe you shouldn't have ...

Yeah... the butterfly things kills me. What most of them is really trying to say is "I'm afraid of needles, please use the small one." Which is fine by me.

But Lizzy, thats the tricky part. What if you can't find a job, due to your type of degree?

Oh, and of course the two-part PPD!

I'm not yet in the nursing program. I'm a medical assistant in a PCP office, so I've seen plenty of NS forms. Each school's form is a little different, but most seem to be simple yes or no questions for the doc to check off. Its really quick and easy...

Hey Poppy, I see you said you'd look into Temple. Just curious, do you live in or around Philly? I was worrying about the same thing just a few weeks ago. ASN or BSN? I currently work as a medical assistant in a PCP office. I was talking to a doc abo...

Prius?? NNOOOO... I want a spanking new Pontiac G6. OH and who's seen the new Ford Taurus? Sexxxxyy, isn't it!? =)

Hi Guys, As you can see from my name I am a medical assistant, not nurse. Looking for just a little insight on the current dilemma I'm facing at work. My doc wants for us ("us" meaning MA's, but REALLY meaning ME) to do wound dressings on patients fr...

Doglvr, do you work in Phila?