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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?

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.

This is a forum for nurses. MA's have nothing to do with nursing. Why not ask your question on a medical assistant forum?

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Specializes in Complex pedi to LTC/SA & now a manager.
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?

Medical assistants are trained for outpatient settings. Very few acute care hospitals will hire MAs generally they hire CNAs or train in house PCTs in my area.

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Specializes in LTC and Pediatrics.
Medical assistants are trained for outpatient settings. Very few acute care hospitals will hire MAs generally they hire CNAs or train in house PCTs in my area.

Having had been both in another lifetime, this sums it up. I haven't heard of medical assistants working in hospitals

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Roser13 that was kind rude.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
Roser13 that was kind rude.

Not at all. Just factual and helpful. If you went into a grocery store trying to buy a horse, I'd be the first one to tell you that you're looking in the wrong place. Same here. You'll get many more responses if you find a place where MA's congregate.

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Ok well thanks then.

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Specializes in Heme Onc.

Hey its a legit question, there are probably people here that were medical assistants at one point. We do hire MA's in our very large, Acute care University hospital. They usually fill the role of "medical technicians". Aka... they do a bunch of the weird tests at the bedside. EKG's, BMB smears, setting up EEG's etc. They are almost never employed by a unit but hired by a department (Laboratory, Radiology, Neuro) etc, and they sort of "rove" round the hospital completing some of the above said tasks.

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Specializes in Med/Surg, Ortho, ASC.
Ok well thanks then.

You're welcome.

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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. :)

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Specializes in Heme Onc.

No Prob. Are you in school for MA or thinking about it? If so.. and you want to work in an acute care setting, maybe think more about what interests you. There are lots of education outlets that can take you specifically to the experience you want out of your career (Radiology tech, Surgical instrumentation tech, Scrub tech, Med Tech, sonography, etc)

Most of the MA's where I work (at least from what I've seen) are Middle-aged and older, even the new hires. So I imagine they came to the hospital with their respective skill sets from an outpatient or clinic setting.

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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

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