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There are numerous job postings and school advertisements for Certified Medical Assistants. Education ads list training time as full associates degrees (2 yrs). I've also seen programs listed for Certified CLINICAL Medical Assistants-their training...

OK, I thoroughly screwed up but at the time, I didn't know and I'm still not sure how to do this. I was to collect a specimen for culture from a woman who stated she had drainage from her breasts. The MD tried to express the fluid from the breasts ...

This is all good info but no one has addressed the original question-can an LPN go for this certification or is it an RN only certification? Thanks,

Does anyone know of any sort of ambulatory care certification for LPNs/LVNs? I checked the American Academy of Ambulatory Care Nursing website-just saw where LPNs/LVNs are used for staffing but nothing about any sort of certification or advanced tra...

We typically call only if a physician instructs us to call a pt re labs (either high, low and needs med changes or additions, dietary changes) or if the physician wants us to pass long good news such as a previously out of range value is within norm...

In response to the drowning/over tasked. We have a WONDERFUL staffer in our office who handles the pharmacy assistance program and the referrals to other physicians altho we don't do too many of those. She also handles scheduling any special testin...

I'm an LPN and I work in a primary care office. We have been told to tighten up on the time we take to collect vitals, review allergies, tobacco habits, review meds (including dosages, frequency and need for refills) and collecting the main complain...

Thanks to all and to all the suggestions on keeping a basic patient triage to as short a time as possible. I had been using several of the tips mentioned (YAY on my part!) but it was good to get the back up from those of you in the same boat or with...

If you are looking for a Spanish language experience, consider an area in the US with a large Hispanic population low income or free clinic (inner city, western or southern US)that accepts volunteers-most will require a license in order to work in d...

I've worked with the uninsured for about 3 years, gee, the same length of time I've been a nurse. My experience has been mainly with a free clinic for those with no insurance and meeting our financial limits. Big issues in this environment have been ...

A little late in coming but check the Volunteers In Medicine website. Also, several states have organized groups for free or sliding scale clinics-sort of a 'support group'.

Cathy here's the skinny in Tennessee, I see you're from Columbia. I work for the Free Medical Clinic of Oak Ridge (TN). 95% of our nurses are volunteers and one actually holds a volunteer license for Tennessee. You can contact the Administrative D...

Oh, I wish I'd known you were coming! I've been to the Bristol and the Knoxville clinics this year. If you come to another RAM clinic in TN, please keep in touch! Who knows, we might be able to have lunch together or next time, if you're still a st...

I keep an occasional eye on the volunteer comments under All Nurses. Many are looking for over seas opportunities. As we've heard before, think locally first! I'm a part time employee at a free clinic in east Tennessee-we have a team of part time...

Have you looked into Remote Area Medical-check their website. They staff a women's health clinic in Guyana plus, on occasion offer other international opportunities. I've volunteered at their weekend clinics in Tennessee-the group is really well or...

Sorry, I haven't checked the site for some time-obviously. I should now add that I am now employed 2-3 days a week at the same clinic I volunteered with. I still do some jobs for them as a volunteer plus I volunteer several weekends a year with Rem...

Considering that I changed from 27 years in engineering field to nursing after a year or two of volunteer work in health care, I'd say volunteering can definitely help you 'set your sites'. I went back to school and completed my LPN program. I cont...

Can anyone direct me to a downloadable PPD measuring tool that we can print? We sort of got caught with our pants down--we are running our first testing for our office/nursing volunteers at our free clinic this week. We thought the measuring tool w...

I'm trying to pick up some phlebotomy training. I found several programs in our area, one thru a community college (40 hours), one thru a local tech training school (36 hours), a one day class that gets you 1 stick and a certificate and just today o...

Well, the responses on who gets phlebotomy training or how one gets phlebotomy training are all over the page. I finally coughed up the money to take a 2 day training class and I've completed over 100 unassisted draws as a volunteer in a free medic...

About 80% of my 'work' is volunteer work--primarily at a local free clinic. I'm an LPN but that does not limit what I do. Our patients meet our clinic criteria-no medical insurance (Medicare, Medicaid or state health insurance) and financial crite...

I'm going to participate in giving the Flu Mist to a county school system this fall/winter. Can anyone provide any tips for giving the flu mist? I don't have a lot of experience working with kids and figured this would be a good chance to gain that e...

I'm struggling with this phlebotomy issue right now. I completed my program in April 2011 and have my license. I've been applying to physician's offices but they expect us to pop out with phlebotomy training. We had IV therapy including inserting ...

I just completed a practical nursing program and passed my state boards. This is a major career change for me. I've done a lot of volunteer work over the past 2 years and during my clinicals for school, I see how rampant diabetes is. I'd like to ...

Thanks--I checked the site and I've gone thru 2 of the courses-one on diabetes and preventing complications, one on working with older diabetic patients. I plan to go thru a few more. One feature I particularly like is that you can download the pdf...