Slipping CMA

This MA I work with let's call her A does not talk to me at all because one day I had some urine labeled in the lab area that I told everyone I was holding onto because I had a question for the doctor. She tried to throw it out because it was in a T...

It's been a while since I took the test and I have quite a few books I used to study from but if I remember correctly the most helpful ended up being Q & A review medical assistant. By Tom Palko, Hilda Palko. There are just a lot of really wei...

Thanks, I felt like a bully just having to defend what my boss said and I thought maybe i was being a bully right back at her. I had to raise my voice because she was purposely walking away from me. Then seeing that she was ignoring those patients ...

Warning this is long. I am the new CMA at a clinic I have been working there about a month so I know I'm just a baby leaning my way around. Two cohorts have been really hard on me and trying to be my boss. One day at the end of the day I had two P...

I just wanted to thank you guys and gals. I work as a CMA at a clinic and have only been there for three week so I'm still finding my way around. I was was rooming an elderly pt with her grandson and the grandson said her behavior had changed sud...

After being fire from 2 jobs before the 90 day mark I need some honest opinions here, what am I doing wrong so I can stop making the same mistakes and be successful at what I enjoy doing. The first job had a rocky start, at my one month review I wa...

I hope you don't mind a CMA butting in with the cool kids, but I have a question. When I was young, the label they used was hyperactive, and the school wanted to put me on Ritalin; my mother thought I was just lazy and wouldn't hear it, so I'm used t...

Can a CMA challenge the test like we can in Il? Meeting the right conditions.

Here in Il I have only run into one CMA that was certified in phlebotomy and she worked in a hospital in the oncology dept. drawing blood. But the way I personally see it I'd think it would open more doors to more jobs not just CMA jobs. I sometim...

Thanks, I did graduate with a 4.0 and passed that stupid test with flying colors. I honestly think the daughter has some kind of personality disorder, with my 2 semesters of psychology I should know LOL. But she was constantly trying to sneak up on...

I'm a little confused on your question my training included EKG and phlebotomy. If I want to be certified in phlebotomy I just need to get 150 draws ( I think) and I can challenge the test. At least that is what my instructor explained to me. I ne...

i did get a class in medical charting but we mostly used paper charts for the class. The teacher basically said there are to many EMR's to choose one to teach. I was introduced to Epic during my Externship. Not that I'm try to make an excuse, bu...

thank you for the suggestion, I was offered the job and I mentioned I'd like extra practice or study time at home she offered me more hours to sit in a private room and do like you said practice on practice patients which should really help. I still...

While shadowing for a job yesterday I noticed you are all corrected when it comes to documenting height. The person I shadowed mostly didn't take height or put it down, but one patient had osteoporosis so she took her height and marked that one down...

I'm a CMA and even though I want to look good for the office I'm lazy. I have long hair that goes in a ponytail with a touch of hairspray so I don't get flyaways. Since I'm older and don't want to scare people its foundation, blush, eyeliner and l...

In 1986 I was 18 and my dad was very sick. He came home with a chest port and I had to hook him up to the IV every morning then take him off when the drug was done. I still remember that old IV machine it was blue and I believe nurses back then wou...

I'm a newish CMA but I've already learned if I work closing I won't get out on time. That last pt will always take more time than scheduled but I don't mind the ot and extra time to get other work done. Plus I start getting things prepared for the m...

Thank you guys for your advice. Now I understand.

Thanks it wasn't my accuracy it was me not being detailed enough for him. Instead of just stating "I told pt to see us in 6 months", he wanted "I told pt to see us in 6 months and pt understood he would make an appointment". It's something I would...

A1C >15 it's one of those finger prick machines so it doesn't go higher than 15. I would love to know what it really was. I know the blood sugar wasn't that bad at the time.