BBswan

At my school, regular nursing classes are 94 for an A, 87 for a B, and 80% to pass with a C, no rounding. In skill casses and math classes, the scale is 96 for an A, 91 for a B, and 85 to pass with a C, again, no rounding up. During all the classes in the LPN and RN programs, I only remember 1 extra credit assignment, and that was in a 1 hour diet class. This scale did not bother me until someone mentioned recently that they loss out on a scolarship because they only had a 3.44 GPA and they needed a 3.5.

Another difference between PA and NP is that a PA has to work under a physician from what I understand. I know a NP can practice under their own license and obtain their own provider ID number(PIN). I currently work in a MIS department at a DME facility and I am going back in my memory about 2-3 years. PAs were set up in our system with the physician ID number of the physician they worked for and were were having some problems and with insurances and getting paid because the name and the PIN number did not match. I did not know a difference between them then and I may have some of the details wrong, but I know that an item prescribe by a NP was good and one prescribed by a PA was not. I am currently a LPN (no experience yet) working towards a RN and a coworker is going through a medical assistant program. I had not heard of a Medical Assistant before today and I am interested in the difference. Does the Medical Assistant fall under a nursing catagory, a physician type of certification, or neither? In other word, who regulates their certification? Thanks for any replys.