Slipping CMA

I am a CMA with ADHD both inattentive and hyperactive. I am medicated which does help. my problem is I’ve been fire from 3 different places and I think it has to do with my ADHD and I’m looking for advice to help me out. The 1st place I was fired f...

We had a pt with O2 of 90. Hand are warm and this is a hospital grade pulse ox. Dr says get oxygen and set it at 2 litters. The head managers and other head staff started barking orders too and say he’s on a rebreather not a nasel candela so it shou...

This is an outpatient care setting with a walk in care clinic. But I work in immediate care. The patient was just in for a regular 6 month follow up. He was walking with the assistance of a cane and looked down for a second and that made him dizzy. I...

I was told anything below 94-93 isn’t a good sign. So 90 was low. But fake nails, nail polish cold hands can affect the O2 reading.

We aren’t using nasal candula because of covid. Don’t ask me why it was a rule handed down by the higher ups. as for why the oxygen it was ordered by the doctor because of his o2 level and patient felt dizzy.

Just wondering if I’m the only one and maybe I have a problem. I brush my teeth twice a day try to floss everyday and use mouthwash twice a day per my dentist. With the masks I notice at the end of the day my breath smells bad. Do I normally have ...

Cheaper Dickier. More expensive kio.

Obligatory I’m not a nurse. I work in a larger office building in a doctors office but we do have crash carts “just in case”. Yesterday we had a code blue drill. ( a patient drops to the floor and tells you they don’t have a pulse, you take it from t...

Thank you for your insight I didn’t think about scene safety.

Oh I can’t handle that my nerves.

OMG let’s not talk about someone watching me. It could be as simple as taking a pulse and I’ll mess it up.

In my spare time I make homemade soap and candles. I do notice my supplies are out of hand sanitizer.

I am a CMA (AAMA). That being said there is no real difference. But I highly suggest becoming either CMA or RMA. I see medical assistance without certifications all the time and just think if you need to be licensed to be a nurse we should have a ...

Things like anatomy, physiology intro and 2 would transfer.

Let me start by saying I’m just a CMA so I have no real medical training like you nurses do when it comes to seizures. I grew up with an uncle that had epilepsy ( he lived with us ) my DH is type 1 diabetic, my daughter had febrile seizures as a b...

I don’t have a problem taking a pulse, the face stays on exactly 15 seconds.

Not a nurse as you can tell but one time I wrote as chief complaint “ pt c/o soar throat”. Luckily I proof read and found my mistake, but still watch out for those flying throats.

I’m a CMA but I was always terrified of needles. Then phlebotomy lessons came along, time to deal with it. I was to busy learning to think about my fear. Plus everyday you are getting stuck by your classmates that are all really scared they may hurt ...

I’ve been a CMA for 4 yrs and I’ve been drawing blood all that time. I’m not the type of person who can get blood out of a rock but I am experienced. I do work for a doctors office and draw about 20 patients a day usually there is one or two patient...

Thanks, I just hate the fact I might have hurt someone even though I’m sure I did everything right.

Try breathing through your mouth. Sometimes it works, but sometimes the smell is so bad that you end up tasting the BO.

I Don’t live in that area but I suggest checking your local community colleges some of them have very good programs that are very inexpensive good luck

I am wondering what I am doing wrong here. We just hired a new person in our office and I notice she has no respect for me. I must be doing something wrong because she doesn’t act this way with others. Sorry warning this might get long One thing to...

Doctors are the worst at stealing pens and stethoscopes.