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time 4 rn i think you cn get the question answered at nhanow.com which is the place i have to turn my ceu's into.. as for being held accoutable to anyone we are under the dr's license but we try not to hurt their license by doing things not quilifed for or that they have tought us. yes they would still be a medical assistant but they no longer would be certified and yes some dr's will hire them just the same-- they may just let them put patients into rooms and that is all, do something else like filing or such because we have that knowledge too. hope this helps abit.

I am a Certified Medical Assistant and I love my job. I want to go to school and get my LPN but at this point I can't. I do a good many things in the DRS. office that I work in PKU's, EKG's assist in minor procedure's, set up procedure's, vitals injections, X ray's, draw blood, call backs ( of which I don't like to do) Yes when I answer the phone I answer "Nurses Desk" although there is only one LPN there (she is on maternity leave at this point). Now as far as someone answering the phone with credentials they don't have I was told by a RN the patients want to talk to a nurse so she HAD me to answer the phone "NURSE" I did not want to answer it that way because I knew that I WAS not a nurse.. this same nurse made a difference when she gave things to the "NURSES" and to me on Nurses Day she gave all the nurses a nice bag or something maybe a gift certificate where as me she gave me a picture that had the nurses creed in it (I have it hanging on my bedroom wall) stating that I was NOT a NURSE so that is why I didnt get the other stuff all the clinic it's self didnt care the gave everybody the same thing whether it was a card or a plaque and that made me feel just a bit better about things. As for CMA's being regulated I think it would be a very GOOD idea I wonder how many would still be Licenced or Certified if that went it to place. I myself have seen some things that medical assistants do that I would not do in a thousand years, yes the DRS do teach us how to do a GOOD many things but well in some cases we need to use our heads and just "BOW OUT" and say nope not for me. I have a friend that is a CMA and she does minor surgery on people she works with a "FOOT Doctor" I just don't think that I could do that and FEEL right about it knowing that something could go wrong very quick. Now that I have had my VENT . THANK YOU MAY GOD SEND OUR SOLDIERS HOME WITH HIS SPEED