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Thank you!

Okay...all your post are great and all but no one has answered my question. Do I report this activity??? If so, whom do I report it to??

I am an MA and I have worked for many different physicians over the past 10 years. Most of them treated their patients very well, but my last office has me appauled. I am in disbelief at the things that are allowed to occur in this office. I have moved on from there and taken a new position and I would really like to alert someone about the laws that are being broken in this office. First of all, I worked there for almost 2 years and I never saw anyone from OSHA ever come to check the office out. All of the other offices I've worked at we had regular visits where they would check the control logs, temps and so on. Secondly, the doctor that owns this practice pre-draws up all the injections that are given in the office. He keeps NO bottles of medications in the office at all. Once a week he will bring in a specimen bag full of syringes drawn up with specific medications. When the MA's go to give an injection (which I'm not even sure that we are even supposed to be doing that) they just pull the shot out of it's corresponding bag and give it. Sometimes they will have Rochephin already drawn and mixed sitting in the refrigerator for 1 to 2 weeks before it's given. I have done some research and I think Rocephin once mixed with Lidocaine or dilutent is only sterile for 48 hours. (Please correct me if I'm wrong on that...) Also, when we were giving flu shots already drawn up he had them all at .25cc's. I read the package insert from one of the bottles and it said that for adults to give .5cc's, which he wasn't ever. So no one getting their flu shots were even getting the proper dosing. This man is a complete fraud!! He would order complete physicals on everyone whether they needed them or not. He would later charge them advanced visits on their superbills eventhough they just came in for blood draws or nurse visits. He had a diagnostic test in office called an ANSAR and he would give this test to everyone even though the indication was only for those hypertensives over the age of 40. What I have mentioned is just the tip of the iceberg....I could go on an on about the unethical things that they do here. Should I report this??? More importantly, if I did would anyone check this out?? He does a good job in hidding a lot of this activity..... Any advice please ???

I know exactly what you mean! I score far above average in all of my other courses, except for math. I have no problem doing my conversions or any other math that relates to my daily job functions, but try and teach me to do algebraic equations and forget it. It's like my brain turns off when I'm trying to learn that stuff. You go girl!!! You sound like you put in tons of extra work to battle through your learning difficulties....but you deserve it and earned it! Congrats!

Maria, I know what you mean about it being difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel sometimes. There are really only 2 nursing schools in the area that offer the ASN program...and they are both still 30 plus miles from me. They both require you either take College Algebra or Math Modeling. I wish I could find a school near me like yours that only required you to take a nutrition course. Was that at an online school? I'm not sure if either of the school near me offer credits for prior medical expierence. However, that I will definetly check into since you mentioned it? Thank you so much for the encouragement and sharing your personal story....it gives me renewed hope.

DMSEV08, Thank you... you are very right about having realistic expectations toward the situation. Equally as important and as you mentioned you can't rush where you're supposed to be. I think now that I've switched jobs and I'm working from home that I might be able to tackle it with a different, clearer approach. Who knows, that might make all the difference in the world in how I'm able to retain those tricky mathmatical equations. Thanks again!

Nursel56, You are correct about my burning desire for this job. I have a great job now and the money is better than I've ever made as an MA, CST or an RN for that matter. But, it's not about the money. I still just feel like I'm missing out. When I hear my nurse friends talk about the gunshot victim they treated today and how gruesome surgery was...I'm so jelous of them. I know it's the only career for me. I am glad that I came across this site the other day while searching for other school alternatives. I've already gotten a lot of support and great feedback that I appreciate very much.

Maria, I know what you mean about it being difficult to see the light at the end of the tunnel sometimes. There are really only 2 nursing schools in the area that offer the ASN program...and they are both still 30 plus miles from me. They both require you either take College Algebra or Math Modeling. I wish I could find a school near me like yours that only required you to take a nutrition course. Was that at an online school? I'm not sure if either of the school near me offer credits for prior medical expierence. However, that I will definetly check into since you mentioned it? Thank you so much for the encouragement and sharing your personal story....it gives me renewed hope.

I have been in the clinical field for 8 years now. I started off as a surgical tech and later finished with my MA. I have worked for several doc practices and really never felt like I was working to my full potential. So, I decided to go back to college in pursuit of getting my RN. The only problem is, is that I placed in remedial math according to the placement exam. Therefore, it puts me taking two learning support math classes before I am able to take my needed College Algebra course. You guys...these classes are hard and I consider myself to be above average intelligence. I'm just getting really discouraged. I see all these young girls fresh out of high school being accepted into the nursing program left and right while I'm struggling with my tudor trying to pass (for the second time I might add) this Elementary Alegebra. I am lucky right now to have an excellent job with a leading EMR Co. responsible for training and implementation, but I miss my patients.... I miss being in the action so much and have wanted to be a "real nurse" for so long. I want nothing more than to be able to pass these classes and obtain my degree, but the more I try the harder it gets. Any advice??? I know that nothing worth having is easy to obtain, I just don't want to spend 5 more years trying to work at something that will never come to fruition. I worry that even though I bust my hump getting through the classes that I might not ever get accepted into the nursing program.... What should I do???