helpinghands93

That's awesome!! That is really great that your going to for your RN :) stories like yours inspire me and remind me that it's never too late no matter where your at in life or what happens in life that puts things "on hold"

Right and my question was moved to the ma forum.

Why can't we

How long have you been a medical assistant?? Thanks for your feedback and best wishes !!

Hmm. That kind of stinks. I love patient interaction so it seems like outpatient is better

Thank you :)

Yeah I could get EKG certified. I am also a phlebotomist so that could be a way to get into hospital setting to I suppose.

I am a medical assistant already I also am certified in phlebotomy and have been working as an MA in a family practice for almost 3 years. Unfortunately the office will be closing so I am job hunting. . Sad news and good news. I will miss those I have worked with a lot but I get to gain some new experience. I am considering getting my RN. But I am not sure yet. I am 21 years old so I know I have a lot more years of experience to get. I also wold be interested in surgical tech

Oh'ello: thank you for your response. I was not trying to get any one fired up. I know MA aren't nurses. Thank you for your helpful feedback. :)

Ok well thanks then.

Roser13 that was kind rude.

For those who are a medical assistant or patient care assistant and work in a hospital setting. What is your typical patient volume?? Do you like the hospital setting?? What do you like about it? What do you dislike about it?

A lady I work with was selling products at work through a catalog and was going on and on about how she needs to reach a certain amount of sales and was pressuring people. Let's just say I was the first person who purchased from her even though didn't have the money for it my loss is her gain. She asks drug reps, certain patients, and other employees to buy things.

Thanks for your support and encouragement! Im going to go for it

Thanks!! Have a great day

I wish you the best of luck m_88_mago :) thanks for the encouragment. I love this community app. Everyone has their own experience and life lessons and its awesome to share and help others as much as possible and even a "you can do it" goes a long way.

It all sounds like something I would love to do and would work extremely hard for to always do my best for co workers, patients and myself. However I feel like I am not smart enough to go to the next step. Right now I am a national certified medical assistant, national certified phlebotomy technician and nurses aide in Ohio and just transferred that to PA. Even though I can obtain those is becoming an RN something I can do?

Nothing better than enjoying and loving your career even though there are hard times

I never make personal phone calls :) alot of others do.

I do all of that in the morning before first patient arrives re stocking exam rooms, vacuuming, checking expiration dates making sure my lab area is clean and etc. So I am doing all possible things before using my phone.

When patients are around my phone is away and I make sure its not in sight too

Right now I am working as a MA in a family practice and its a small office and one physician in the building so you can imagine we don't see a ton of patients at most 22 per day. When I finish rooming patients and waiting at my desk (all other tasks completed) I will text people. Other workers do it all day and one makes personal phone calls a lot each day. Would you say I am still being unprofessional even if others doing it? Does it look bad on me?

Pre-nursing

What does your day consist of on average tasks wise? I am considering this field in health care but of course I have my worries of the unkown so if someone could please reply :)

I am a ncma and I personally don't see how there's any reason to treat you differently, certified or not. Maybe they're threatened of the fact that you got the job with no experience or certification while maybe they struggled to get a job even though they are certified and feel more qualified. And truth is they are more qualified in the end. I would say keep working hard and do your best :)