I ready a very negative reddit post about how a CMA was annoyed at another CMA for calling herself a nurse! She put on her FB that she was a nurse/medical assistant and people addressed her as a nurse! 😰😰 Then all these other peoppe responded to the post and said they've seen the samething, even to the extent where the CMA says they are a nurse when taking phone calls 😐😐😐😐😐 OMG
Where nurses can work (under their own license): medical/surgical unit, PACU, OR, medical office (any speciality), dialysis center, ICU, trauma unit, trauma ICU, private duty, NICU, PICU, surgery center, home health, pediatrics, nursing home, assisted living, at home doing insurance stuff, ER, labor and delivery, inpatient psychiatric unit, PCU, pharmacy, CCU, travel nursing, informatics nurse, nursing instructor/educator, and many more. They can become charge nurses, ADONs, and DONs. There are also many extra certifications, for ex there is one that allows nurses to insert PICC lines. With further education, they can become: Certified registered nurse anesthetist, midwife, first assist!!, nurse practitioner (any specialty), and probably more I can't think of right now. Nurses can do everything a medical assistant can do plus so much more. You can get a diploma in nursing, associates, batchlors, masters, and doctoriate. Nurses go through extensive schooling. It is competitive to even get into nursing school. Nurses do a LOT of critical thinking, and can not just depend on the doctor. Nurses have a huge responsibly. Nurses can do invasive, sterile procedures under their own license as well as administrator blood products.
I am a nurse that works in a clinic, side by side with CMA's. Day to day, our roles and responsibilities are very similar. I must say coming from a hospital setting I am impressed with knowledge of my coworkers.
what do you mean by impressed with knowledge of your coworkers? i have a friend who is a nurse for several years. She told me to go for MA instead of Nursing program when i am interested in nursing program coz MA worked closer to physicians than nurses to doctors. According to her, she even said MA have more skills than Nurses including minor surgeries.... is it true?
Yeah they need to revisit how they pay MAs. Especially those who go for the associate degrees. It's evil to go to school for 2 years only to be paid $12 per/hour. Should be at least $18 with potential to get raises.
I am a BSN nurse. All that she mentioned that CMA can do, nurses can do as well but broader especially if we get the certain certification with our license or sometimes no need for certification. I love working with CMA tho. Nurses like help they can get :) Stating you are a nurse can ruin your career tho, it would be called fraud. I do understand it takes so much time to explain job description as a CMA but stating otherwise from ur job title would still be fraud.
People ask me if i am the doctor all the time...and I never tell them yes. I explain my role and responsibilities as a RN, plain and simple, and keep it moving. You can do the same as a medical assistant. I respect your role as a medical assistant...but don’t ever claim you are a nurse unless you have the legal right to do so.
I'm glad you spoke on this topic because this is been a very big issue at my work now that we just celebrated nurses week last week. I've been a CMA for over 10 years. I work side by side with LPN, we happen to have same job role/duties in my office. We both work under the direction of a physician. I have to say though I did feel a little bummed that no recognition was given during nurses week ( they gifted nursing staff)... we don't celebrate medical assistant week, and my job and on our company website lists every other professional in our practice except for the little old medical assistant... me. I know I sound bitter but it is a little exhausting when you have a lot of job duties and responsibilities but no recognition at all for all you do :(
+Megan Lombardi I completely understand and I think that you have every right to feel that way. Luckily, my clinic considers the RNs, LPNs and CMAs as part of the nursing staff as a whole, even though our recognition week is not until October. We can do almost everything that they do on the clinical side. Looking at us in scrubs, and seeing what we do through patient's eyes - they can't tell a difference. We can definitely be treated like the little 'ol Medical Assistant, even though we are almost equal. It can make us feel worthless. Thank you so much for posting this comment. I hope it brings more light to this subject for the viewers and subscribers!
I am sorry that MAs are not always celebrated during nurses week. IMO, anyone that does "nursing" for a living, and that includes many of the skills an MA performs, should get recognition. I feel the same about a CNA, those are also nursing skills.
Megan Lombardi very true and this is why LPN is phasing out and not the route to take because LPN vs RN is a huge difference and LPNs are just glorified MAs.
Megan Lombardi I completely agree. I love what I do but everyone around me seems to act as if medical assistants are nobody. Gets discouraging at times.
+armywife1-4 I don't know how much that would help everyone ☹️ I keep my work and UA-cam channel separate, so I can't gain access to my work to physically do that. I would totally love to because the videos on UA-cam are so fake!!!
Manda the CMA I wouldn't mind a sit down talk video just explaning a random typical day or week, you're a great teacher! just throwing out a video idea! you don't have to do it😁 have a nice weekend! Lol
awesome........love this video, explains sooo much and yes, we're not nurses, but we can always go back to school and learn and grow, since we're already in the medical field..love this video, thanks
I don't think it is meaningful to argue about which one is more important or more professional between nurse and MA. I was a project coordinator ( and now a project manager). Sometimes I was challenged by the engineers in my team because I can not write code and develop software or do tests.However, I am a bridge between every position. Without engineers, I can not do anything of my project. Without me, engineers can not work efficiently or may get exhausted for working uncoordinated and finally cause the failure of the project. We are a team and coworkers.We need each other and respect each other as well. I believe it is the same between nurse and MA, isn't it?
I'm a young mom and just decided to take a leap and apply for a local MA program. I had my moment when I was scrolling through jobs that were available and hated them all...except for medical assisting. I've thought about it for a couple years and I'm so excited I'm finally doing it! Binge watching all your videos because I'm seriously so nervous. 😩
+LifeWithLandon don't worry!!! It's the least thing you should do! Be excited for the journey you'll be taking! I'm also planning to have my friend who is a single mother of 2 that's American Assistant, ex-instructor and nursing student! Hope those videos will help too! Thank you so much for watching!!!
I start my medical assistant journey on Monday. I am so nervous but I've been watching your vlogs and all your videos do is make me so excited to get started! Thank you for all the helpful tips :)
This video was so informative and extremely helpful! I start classes in Sept. I'm currently a CNA and eager to further my medical career. Thank you, Manda!
i truly enjoyed your video and was impressed by the way you simplified the skills of both profession so we could better understand it. keep up the good work
Everyone working in a health care setting is vital and has an important role to play, even housekeeping and cooks. One thing I must add though, duties such as medication administration, vital signs, care plans and IV’s take one hour to learn. The skill sets more specific to RN’s are assessments, initiating interventions, critical thinking and caring for unstable patients. People talk down to us too, they assume all we do is take vital signs and give injections. People have NO idea what a job entails until they have gone through the training and have worked in the field.
Best piece of advice: Look up what an MA can do in your state - then look up what a nurse can do and decide which is a better option for you. Roles and responsibilities as well as liability vary greatly between the two. (:
So True.💕💕💞 Yes Working with Doctors is a Very Different World From working With A Nurse...I am an RMA...NICE TO SEE YOU EXPLAIN OUR PROFESSION SO WELL.
Why is it that so many CNA/STNA'S give RN's a hard time when we instruct? We have many important reasons for doing so. Most of the time I find that these STNA'S can't see the big picture but yet they want to run the show!! I am not putting my patients or my license on the line because they think they know!!
I was want to say that I love your channel!! I love being a medical assistant and likebyou I wanted to be a nurse but the cards were not in my favor. So I chose to become a medical and found how much I love this job!! The day I passed my test (August 29 2018!) Was one of the proudest moments of my life!!!
you can simply say that medical assistant is certified health professional, but don't have license, but we have been trained in a medical assistant school for 8 months.
I never fully understood why CMAs call themselves nurses. To an extent I do, it’s easier to explain, as a lot of the general population doesn’t quite understand what CMA stands for. But we go to school and EARN our title so we should be proud of that. We are still a vital component of the healthcare sector. I start CMA class in August and I cannot wait to start and then pass my NHA exam.
+Kayla Fontaine I wish I could ☹️ I don't have my associates, so nobody would hire me. BUT I feel like I can reach many more people this way, and tell it how I think it is and not go by what a college would make me say!
You can get into trouble for misrepresention. As a NCMA-AAS, I love it. I also hold the certificate as a Certified nursing Assistant. I was trained different in certificate program and learned the disease process and followed a exhale carbon monoxide and inhale oxygen in the associated program.
Very informative. I am a first year medical student with very little clinical experience. I look forward to working with MAs now that I understand more about your roles. Thanks.
I love your videos😎 The CMA (AAMA) Credential is becoming the gold standard in Medical Assisting. Use to if someone wanted to become a MA they could get on the job training, but here in Kentucky (Pike County) employers ONLY hire Credientaled employees...which is a fabulous step in the right direction for all MA's🙏. God bless 💜🤗
A nurse is anyone in direct patient care. A registered nurse is as different from a licensed practical nurse as l.p.n is from medical assitants. It is the level of education and scope of practice. A "nurse" can be a family member with no formal training. The problem with the NURSE title is that there are distinctions based on the level of training and licensure. A CMA is an office based caregiver that is certified. A LPN/LVN/ RN all have advanced training and are licensed.
Lpn and rns are hugely related. The only difference is an rn can hang blood and push certain drugs. From a lpn to rn now lpns are basically the same and maybe even better just saying
Experiences make all the difference. But thank you!! Many forget their scope of practice!! CNA's thinking they can tell a nurse what to do and how to do their job. Then wonder why they aren't "respected". But again, the title behind one's name does not make anyone a genuis!
Very well said I am a MA at an orthopedic clinic and work with nurses specifically LPNs. We do the same things but nurses do a little more but CMA is a great career to get your foot in the door. You will always have a job and can always move up. 😊
I see a great deal of comments regarding skills and nursing vs MA. Skills can be learned by anyone, I taught laypeople basic IV and wound care skills to care for their loved ones in the home. The primary difference between an unlicensed assistive personnel and a Registered Nurse is the ability to have and legally practice clinical judgement. That clinical judgement is what creates liability, poor clinical judgement can get you sued. It is fairly typical for people in lower level assistive positions to not understand this because they simply have not done it, again, they tend to focus heavily on those skills "That nurse can't even draw blood!" But it is not an individual skill that makes a nurse. I guess the best example I have of this is that a UAP does not have the legal, or likely educational ability to perform clinical health assessments and make decisions based upon those findings. Hopefully that makes sense, but that, is the primary difference between an RN and to a some degree an LVN and a UAP (certifications are not licensure, a certification holds you to far less legal responsibility in the medical field). The skills are easy ultimately, all nurses and UAPs have skills that they do and don't practice frequently based on their work environment, many of those skills are even administrativein nature, that does not define the job. It is the difference in a professional vs non professional position (not saying MAs don't behave in a professional manner) , but a professional nurse practices independently under a license, is governed be a board for professional behavior, and makes clinical decisions based on patient presentation that someone's life depends on, in my case, nearly every day. A good MA is worth their weight in gold, but I need a good MA to listen carefully to what I tell them about a patient and very promptly and clearly communicate it to the doc, and, if need be, get back to me on what the doc wants done. Communication, in my opinion, makes or breaks you as an MA, but it is my decision as an RN about when we call a doc and what we communicate to them. I have to know, based some on my education, but even more based on my experiences, what is urgent and what isn't. If a patients labs are doing X, we are next likely to see Y. Did I hear fluid in the lungs that is likely cardiac or pulmonary in nature? And no book can truly teach you that, it is the art of professional nursing.
I am transitioning from being a mechanic and enrolling to learn to be a CNA after that who knows? I understand there are different hard skills required in medical care depending whether you are a doctor, RN, LPN, CNA, or an MA. Something that I don't understand is the utter lack of soft skill demonstrated by a few people when it comes to emotional intelligence is insane! Now I understand why my friend who has been an RN for over 10 years says "one of the most important lessons you learn is have thick skin!" I am in reminded of piece of advice given to me as a young soldier just before being promoted to Corporal by a Sergeant Major, "I don't care what your rank is never forget your roots, when you give people orders always treat them with respect and never belittle them."
After reading this long and ridiculous post from Mrs Kaa I do not think I can be bothered to even watch this channel anymore. Each and every person that holds a job is a professional as long as they are working as one, license or certification or just good old experience. I know way to many RN's that should have never graduated high school much less be treating patients and to tell me EVER that I would need to listen to one is hilarious especially when my doctor depends on me to handle OUR patients and the RN who has worked for us for over 2 years does not have a clue what I do and although after 2 years she still does not know the proper way to spin our blood( yes she is supposed because she works there its part of her PROFESSIONAL job) nor does she even know how to perform an EKG ( I do not know a nurse nor a doctor no matter how long it has been since they have done one) that did not know what especially after they were shown the day before. SO, ummm no it is not her decision EVER when it comes to ANYTHING to do with my patients or who or when to call the doctor. I would say it is all in how well you are educated in not only a book but what you have learned in your career can speak volumes and I can tell you that if you do not keep your mouth shut and your ears open and listen to your doctor(hopefully you have smart ones) you many never learn anything but what was written in a book which I can tell you will never make anyone where a good RN, BSN, FN_P, PA-C, MA, CMA or RMA..so sorry I cannot keep watching your videos Manda...Great job in your journey keep up your awesome attitude and most of all do not let anything hold you back realize there is probably so much more out there you can learn and do with your medical assisting that you really even know!!! ;)
Michelle Alese Hasty Lol get out of here... just admit you couldn’t even get accepted into a nursing program and then leave. A high schooler can become a CMA in 6 months... it’s a joke of a certification. While to become a nurse you have to BUST your ass through school to even get into the damn program. You barely make a living wage as a CMA so I find it a total lie that anyone actually wants to stay in that position. I WAS a CMA but I busted my ass to get myself through the RN program, and until you can do the same thing than you can kindly STFU about your deluded opinion of nurses.
Todayisagooddayforagoodday Lou CMA’s work under RN’s and physicians... a certification is not held to the same standards as a LICENSE. Do a little research! And everything a CMA can do, so can the RN, but you CANT do what the RN can!
Your blackboard presentation was awesome! Well put! I was a CNA many years ago and left the healthcare field to work in retail for a bit. Now, here I am, at 54 years old, returning to school to become a medical assistant. It's just in the blood, amiright? :)
I'm interested in both CNA and MA programs at my college. I'm kind of an anxious mess though bc I'm thinking about making mistakes even before the program starts but I'm sure I will practice a lot in the program. I am interested in behavioral and mental health and possibly special needs patients as those are dear to my heart. Being an MA for a behavioral health private practice or clinic would be awesome.
Go for cma not cna trust me I worked as a cna pay is nothing and job is the worst I have 3 months til I graduate 👩🎓 from my MA diploma trust me do cma nit cna
love this video!! I have just started my first MA job and it's harder than any other job in the past but I find it so interesting and love that it's not just sitting at a desk. There's still a lot for me to learn and I'm planning on getting a master's in a diff field while I work, but seeing a video like this makes me feel so much more hopeful to stay in it a little bit longer and learn the job well. I wanted to ask you because I love stuff like this, but what products did you use for the chalkboard presentation?! I kind of want one of those in my house now too, my whiteboard is looking a bit boring in comparison....!!!
I wouldn’t recommend MA before RN. I would recommend CNA or paramedic. And nursing school is 500X harder. Course work is way harder, longer, and you are responsible for EVERYTHING for the patient and keeping them alive. I had a friend in MA school while I was in nursing school. What she learned in 1 whole semester we covered in a 40 minute lecture.
HI Jenna, sorry but we are also graduates with 2 years of training and education, many with Associate's Degrees. We don't claim to be nurses, but don't belittle the profession just because the training and the education might be different. There are positions in the field of medicine where nurses and licensing are NOT required, but training, education and credentialing is. Thanks, Have a GREAT day.
I am not from US and this proffession do not exist where I live. We have practical "nurses" they go to school for 2 years or 3 years for older teenagers. With internship periods. And they need extra license to count and give medicine. And then nurses that takes 4 years bachelor degree. To be a doctor takes 5 years+ that is Masters degree.
Though every job or career is respectable. Medical Assisting should never be compared to nursing. I've never heard anyone say "This man is dying, go get the medical assistant" none of those medical assistant jobs will be able to save anyone. A 15 year medical assistant job won't compare to a new nurse with 1 year experience. Please understand your chain of command in the healthcare field.
I understand completely what your saying that patients don't understand what a MA is but it's illegal to say yes I'm a nurse to a patient u have to say MA even if they don't understand I'm a MA and I used to be a CNA and got called a nurse then too just be careful to not use the words yes I'm a nurse that's a crime
Great video! Just finished school and next is the externship. What is your input on your first day of extern? If your doing your extern in internal medicine.
Good video, but you are really under playing the nursing role in the medical field. To my understanding in California, a RN student can work as a medical assistant after there first semester in nursing school. So that points in prospective the point you are trying to make.
It is funny to see people that are “ medical professionals” fighting over which job title is better. At the end of the day we all are subject to a boss. We get paid to do some tasks and we are not bezos with multimillion dollars in the bank account. I can see why she ain’t talk about salary and all that crap cause many people think that cause they spent 4 yrs in a BSN program makes them overqualified to pass counseling career judgements in others. When you have a multimillion dollar company then you are qualified to pass any judgement otherwise keep your poison as you are just another walking sheep of the medical system
C. Huseyin ... do the schooling first before passing judgment why people hold their titles so high. It is not easy to get BSN or PHD in the medical field. Take your same logic and apply it to the engineering field, do you want a certified professional engineer or a drafting artist building you bridges? Professional titles matter little when lives matter.
I can't reply directly to Trap Lord soooo.... here is my take on who I would prefer to build my bridge or home. I personally would not want either of them doing the job without first seeing examples of their work. I could and my post right there but I'm not going to for more reasons then I can count so I'm just going to keep it simple Engineers are very important for their particular role the same goes for the drafter, however takes a blue collar worker to actually build the structure. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I can tell you right now there are a lot of Engineers out there you cannot begin to perform the actual task likewise there are carpenters and still workers who do not have the education for all the calculations required.
Great video ! I am about to start my third and final attempt at school for MA. Thank you so much for your insight and opinions they are so helpful. Love your videos! Keep them coming .
Tracey Cauthen Don’t mean to be negative but if it takes you 3 attempts to become an MA....I’m not sure it’s a career you ought to pursue. I’m not saying give up on your hopes and dreams, but CMA school was not honestly that challenging. I’m working towards PA School and the Science courses you have to take are 100 times more challenging and difficult. Prove me wrong. I Wish you the best.
Im not sure if you are still practicing or not but im just wondering why no one ever talks about the attack on your life when you become and MA. Its like people watch and wait for you to succeed then try to introduce you to people that end up ruining your life. I have honestly just been in hiding lately. I became a medical assistant thinking that I would have a real chance to finally be able to take care of myself but it has been an ongoing battle. I have always kept my work separate from my personal life while there are those that try to get me to blend them together. You did share about your relationship struggles but without getting into details, did your success as a medical assistant cause stress in your relationships. (personal, family, friends, acquaintences, etc)
I feel as if you made it seem like medical assisting has so many more outlets than nursing in this video. The outlets for nurses are endless just as the MA and nursing cannot be compared to an apple that just 3 seeds to grow from. Not a good analogy!
Because this isn’t a channel about nursing... she’s a CMA why would she try and explain that. Literally her purpose for this channel is to talk about “everything MEDICAL ASSISTING”.
They really are not comparable positions. Anyone who has doubt needs to check the pay difference between an RN and a MA. They are not interchagable careers in any way. A MA is an unlicensed assistive personnel, they hold a certification typically (in some states not necessary) but they work under a physician assisting them. A nurse works under her own license and liability based on her scope of practice.
I didn't take it that way at all. She used the seeds with the word "grow". So, I took it as a nurse could grow into so many things. It's like she said and you visual an apple tree. With grapes you can branch out a bit but you can only do so much. A lot of her "grapes" were administrative duties anyway.
Could you please talk to us more about continuing education from a medical assistant to something else. Looking forward to start my classes for medical assistant and afterwards continuing my education to become a RN.
continuing on to different fields is pretty easy. General classes should transfer (which you are going to have if you are getting an AAS in medical assisting, diploma classes do not have this requirement) since you already have an associates, it's easy to get an associates or higher in a different subject (such as an AAS in nursing or BSN if that's what you are interested in)
Ma'am, I appiled for a program abroad to study Medical Administrative Assistant. So, is the same like your job (Medical Assistant)? Because in my homecountry we don't have this. Thank you.
im going to job corp to be a maa and I have confusion between the differences between a cma and maa and i think cma is more on the blood work and drug test side and maa is more of a computer based assisting doctors with paper work if im correct, But anyway lol let me finish watching the video
I suppose the only thing I could suggest is to find a pediatrics clinic! The second best is to try OBGYN. You may not get to work with the babies directly, but when you become a nurse you can work Labor and Delivery, Postpartum and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Those three are usually intertwined in the hospital. I hope that helps some!
your channel is so useful for me. most of time when people asking me why don't you take nursing course? lol I'm student at health service office administration and I love what I'm studying. I think this program as same as medical assistant? do you think it is the same?
Yes! I live in California and I've always gone to Kaiser for my doctor's visits but it is standard out here at any hospital to be seen by a medical assistant first who takes your temp, weight, blood pressure and goes over your medical history before you are seen by your doctor. I always thought they were a nurse untill I asked.
Kaiser also offers a medical assistant program but it is pretty expensive. However I am sure you are offered a position right after your clinicals with them which is a nice perk.
Hi Manda. I took my test through the AMT, not the AAMA organization. AMT told me these two organizations are both accredited the same, they are just different organizations! Well, if someone asks me if I am a Certified Medical Assistant, do I say yes? It's so confusing for me.
+Seanna Foreman nope! You're an RMA! They are very correct in saying they are literally the same thing, but since they are different organizations the AMT can only deem you as an RMA, and the AAMA can only deem their medical assistants as CMAs. Think of it like this: you take your driver's license test in Montana. You get a Montana drivers license. You wouldn't say that you have a Minnesota drivers license because Minnesota didn't give you your license. They're the same thing, it's just different states. If someone asks if you are certified I would say "actually I'm a Registered Medical Assistant. It's basically the same thing, but it's a different credentialing agency". Hope that makes sense!
Thank you, yes it does. At my interview they asked if I was certified, I said I was registered, and she seemed so confused! Then I thought maybe I should of said I was a Certified Medical Assistant.
+Seanna Foreman sounds like they have to educate themselves more on medical assistants!!! If you're still going through interviews, bring a copy of your papers from the AMT. That's weird!
I really like the way you describe the differences between CMA's and nurses. I was in the military for a very long time and was able to challenge the test to become a CCMA. After doing so and getting my certification I worked as an Orthopaedic CCMA for a few years and chose to finish more schooling. Without the chance to become a CMA I may have chosen a different route and left patient care completely. Thank you for your excellent description of what a Medical Assistant does and I hope it inspires more to become a Medical Assistant.
Talk about the pay difference, MA is not as great as you make it sound. We are talking about minimum wage or a few dollars more if you are lucky to 30-45 an hour for a nurse. Anyone can become an MA, but only hardworking and dedicated people can become a nurse.
mau lett Hey, I'm glad you felt the need to point that out. However, let's be clear. I've been a CMA for about 5 years and I make way more than minimum wage. I make close to 30$/hour and that's with a 2 year degree. It's truly dependant on where you live, what specialties you are working in and how valuable you are to the team. While working in healthcare: the most important key is above and beyond patient care. Not pay. I chose to get a degree & license that I could afford and be successful. So, carry on.
+Tati Marie I would ask if you are going to be doing any clinical skills at the interview. If so, ask them if they would like you to wear scrubs. I highly suggest wearing one solid color. If not, you'll want to wear interview clothes
Yes. I've been a LPN for 5 years now, and before that a MA. LPNs do most their work in nursing homes or home health. What LPNS that MAs cant do in my state are administer meds, do procedures (IVs, foley caths, feeding tubes, ect). Also the pay rate is way way better for a nurse.
As Mike stated, the pay difference for a CMA and an LPN is quite different. I am an LPN and I work alongside two CMAs. We generally have the same responsibilities (in my clinic in particular they hire CMAs and LPNs to do patient care and triage) however the CMAs typically make 4-6 dollars less per hour. Again, this is specifically from experience from my place of employment.
As a CMA for over 10years I am proud of that title. But it is illegal to identify yourself as a nurse when you are not.
thank you lol, i was wondering if that was ok or not.
It is illegal....and in many states it is a FELONY to refer to yourself as a nurse if you are not an RN or LVN
Correct!
I ready a very negative reddit post about how a CMA was annoyed at another CMA for calling herself a nurse! She put on her FB that she was a nurse/medical assistant and people addressed her as a nurse! 😰😰
Then all these other peoppe responded to the post and said they've seen the samething, even to the extent where the CMA says they are a nurse when taking phone calls 😐😐😐😐😐 OMG
lark It’s the same fucking shit, MA’s eventually learn the same skills RN’s know. Same thing bs and waste of all that schooling.
Where nurses can work (under their own license): medical/surgical unit, PACU, OR, medical office (any speciality), dialysis center, ICU, trauma unit, trauma ICU, private duty, NICU, PICU, surgery center, home health, pediatrics, nursing home, assisted living, at home doing insurance stuff, ER, labor and delivery, inpatient psychiatric unit, PCU, pharmacy, CCU, travel nursing, informatics nurse, nursing instructor/educator, and many more.
They can become charge nurses, ADONs, and DONs. There are also many extra certifications, for ex there is one that allows nurses to insert PICC lines.
With further education, they can become: Certified registered nurse anesthetist, midwife, first assist!!, nurse practitioner (any specialty), and probably more I can't think of right now.
Nurses can do everything a medical assistant can do plus so much more.
You can get a diploma in nursing, associates, batchlors, masters, and doctoriate.
Nurses go through extensive schooling.
It is competitive to even get into nursing school.
Nurses do a LOT of critical thinking, and can not just depend on the doctor.
Nurses have a huge responsibly.
Nurses can do invasive, sterile procedures under their own license as well as administrator blood products.
I'm just waiting for a MA to respond to this lol
I am a nurse that works in a clinic, side by side with CMA's. Day to day, our roles and responsibilities are very similar. I must say coming from a hospital setting I am impressed with knowledge of my coworkers.
what do you mean by impressed with knowledge of your coworkers? i have a friend who is a nurse for several years. She told me to go for MA instead of Nursing program when i am interested in nursing program coz MA worked closer to physicians than nurses to doctors. According to her, she even said MA have more skills than Nurses including minor surgeries.... is it true?
Yeah they need to revisit how they pay MAs. Especially those who go for the associate degrees. It's evil to go to school for 2 years only to be paid $12 per/hour. Should be at least $18 with potential to get raises.
@@damianooi8261 you are thinking about physician assistant not medical assistant...
You should never say you’re a nurse if you’re not... that’s fraud.
Is it like saying falsely saying you are a doctor
Omg she’s aware and she kept claiming she knows she not a nurse unless ur going to go arrest her let it go we all know 😒
I am a BSN nurse. All that she mentioned that CMA can do, nurses can do as well but broader especially if we get the certain certification with our license or sometimes no need for certification. I love working with CMA tho. Nurses like help they can get :) Stating you are a nurse can ruin your career tho, it would be called fraud. I do understand it takes so much time to explain job description as a CMA but stating otherwise from ur job title would still be fraud.
Hello, fellow BSN nurse! 🥰
People ask me if i am the doctor all the time...and I never tell them yes. I explain my role and responsibilities as a RN, plain and simple, and keep it moving. You can do the same as a medical assistant. I respect your role as a medical assistant...but don’t ever claim you are a nurse unless you have the legal right to do so.
I’m pretty sure she was joking.
I'm glad you spoke on this topic because this is been a very big issue at my work now that we just celebrated nurses week last week. I've been a CMA for over 10 years. I work side by side with LPN, we happen to have same job role/duties in my office. We both work under the direction of a physician. I have to say though I did feel a little bummed that no recognition was given during nurses week ( they gifted nursing staff)... we don't celebrate medical assistant week, and my job and on our company website lists every other professional in our practice except for the little old medical assistant... me. I know I sound bitter but it is a little exhausting when you have a lot of job duties and responsibilities but no recognition at all for all you do :(
+Megan Lombardi I completely understand and I think that you have every right to feel that way. Luckily, my clinic considers the RNs, LPNs and CMAs as part of the nursing staff as a whole, even though our recognition week is not until October. We can do almost everything that they do on the clinical side. Looking at us in scrubs, and seeing what we do through patient's eyes - they can't tell a difference. We can definitely be treated like the little 'ol Medical Assistant, even though we are almost equal. It can make us feel worthless.
Thank you so much for posting this comment. I hope it brings more light to this subject for the viewers and subscribers!
I am sorry that MAs are not always celebrated during nurses week. IMO, anyone that does "nursing" for a living, and that includes many of the skills an MA performs, should get recognition. I feel the same about a CNA, those are also nursing skills.
Megan Lombardi very true and this is why LPN is phasing out and not the route to take because LPN vs RN is a huge difference and LPNs are just glorified MAs.
Megan Lombardi I completely agree. I love what I do but everyone around me seems to act as if medical assistants are nobody. Gets discouraging at times.
Ros Howard you sound a little harsh...Not everyone can be a nurse.
Do a "day in the life" video and explain a typical day & week as an MA😊 I think that would be helpful!
+armywife1-4 I don't know how much that would help everyone ☹️ I keep my work and UA-cam channel separate, so I can't gain access to my work to physically do that. I would totally love to because the videos on UA-cam are so fake!!!
Manda the CMA I wouldn't mind a sit down talk video just explaning a random typical day or week, you're a great teacher! just throwing out a video idea! you don't have to do it😁 have a nice weekend! Lol
awesome........love this video, explains sooo much and yes, we're not nurses, but we can always go back to school and learn and grow, since we're already in the medical field..love this video, thanks
+yaya I'm glad that you enjoyed it! Thank you for watching!
I am 17 starting medical assisting school in July, you have truly helped me so much! please keep making videos!!
Kyla Boyd Isn't she awesome?! I start in June too!
Nikita and Baby How are the classes???
Kyla Boyd what classes would you say are the most difficult/challenging?
+SweetieStaige billing and coding for sure!
+Nikita and Baby I don't know about treatment procedures, but the other ones were okay for me
I don't think it is meaningful to argue about which one is more important or more professional between nurse and MA. I was a project coordinator ( and now a project manager). Sometimes I was challenged by the engineers in my team because I can not write code and develop software or do tests.However, I am a bridge between every position. Without engineers, I can not do anything of my project. Without me, engineers can not work efficiently or may get exhausted for working uncoordinated and finally cause the failure of the project. We are a team and coworkers.We need each other and respect each other as well. I believe it is the same between nurse and MA, isn't it?
I'm a young mom and just decided to take a leap and apply for a local MA program. I had my moment when I was scrolling through jobs that were available and hated them all...except for medical assisting. I've thought about it for a couple years and I'm so excited I'm finally doing it! Binge watching all your videos because I'm seriously so nervous. 😩
+LifeWithLandon don't worry!!! It's the least thing you should do! Be excited for the journey you'll be taking!
I'm also planning to have my friend who is a single mother of 2 that's American Assistant, ex-instructor and nursing student! Hope those videos will help too!
Thank you so much for watching!!!
I was feeling a little sad that I wasted my time signing up for MA. I feel better now watching your video
I start my medical assistant journey on Monday. I am so nervous but I've been watching your vlogs and all your videos do is make me so excited to get started! Thank you for all the helpful tips :)
This video was so informative and extremely helpful! I start classes in Sept. I'm currently a CNA and eager to further my medical career. Thank you, Manda!
i truly enjoyed your video and was impressed by the way you simplified the skills of both profession so we could better understand it. keep up the good work
Everyone working in a health care setting is vital and has an important role to play, even housekeeping and cooks. One thing I must add though, duties such as medication administration, vital signs, care plans and IV’s take one hour to learn. The skill sets more specific to RN’s are assessments, initiating interventions, critical thinking and caring for unstable patients. People talk down to us too, they assume all we do is take vital signs and give injections. People have NO idea what a job entails until they have gone through the training and have worked in the field.
Best piece of advice: Look up what an MA can do in your state - then look up what a nurse can do and decide which is a better option for you. Roles and responsibilities as well as liability vary greatly between the two. (:
So True.💕💕💞 Yes Working with Doctors is a Very Different World From working With A Nurse...I am an RMA...NICE TO SEE YOU EXPLAIN OUR PROFESSION SO WELL.
Why is it that so many CNA/STNA'S give RN's a hard time when we instruct? We have many important reasons for doing so. Most of the time I find that these STNA'S can't see the big picture but yet they want to run the show!! I am not putting my patients or my license on the line because they think they know!!
Jealousy
I was want to say that I love your channel!! I love being a medical assistant and likebyou I wanted to be a nurse but the cards were not in my favor. So I chose to become a medical and found how much I love this job!! The day I passed my test (August 29 2018!) Was one of the proudest moments of my life!!!
you can simply say that medical assistant is certified health professional, but don't have license, but we have been trained in a medical assistant school for 8 months.
15 days and counting, and I’m officially joining the MA family 💙🌡🔬🧪
I did enjoy your demonstration on how versatile medical assisting is.
I never fully understood why CMAs call themselves nurses. To an extent I do, it’s easier to explain, as a lot of the general population doesn’t quite understand what CMA stands for. But we go to school and EARN our title so we should be proud of that. We are still a vital component of the healthcare sector. I start CMA class in August and I cannot wait to start and then pass my NHA exam.
you should consider teaching MA classes.. serious
+Kayla Fontaine I wish I could ☹️ I don't have my associates, so nobody would hire me. BUT I feel like I can reach many more people this way, and tell it how I think it is and not go by what a college would make me say!
Im a nurse and totally disagree that nurses are meant to just do patient care. Nurses do work in offices and clinics
You can get into trouble for misrepresention. As a NCMA-AAS, I love it. I also hold the certificate as a Certified nursing Assistant. I was trained different in certificate program and learned the disease process and followed a exhale carbon monoxide and inhale oxygen in the associated program.
Very informative. I am a first year medical student with very little clinical experience. I look forward to working with MAs now that I understand more about your roles. Thanks.
I love your videos😎
The CMA (AAMA) Credential is becoming the gold standard in Medical Assisting. Use to if someone wanted to become a MA they could get on the job training, but here in Kentucky (Pike County) employers ONLY hire Credientaled employees...which is a fabulous step in the right direction for all MA's🙏. God bless 💜🤗
👏👏👏👏thank you!! This drives me crazy 😠 if I wanted to be a nurse I would've gone to school for it
Well said. As an Lpn jobs are very similar but still very different. I get called a CMA all the time.
A nurse is anyone in direct patient care. A registered nurse is as different from a licensed practical nurse as l.p.n is from medical assitants. It is the level of education and scope of practice. A "nurse" can be a family member with no formal training. The problem with the NURSE title is that there are distinctions based on the level of training and licensure. A CMA is an office based caregiver that is certified. A LPN/LVN/ RN all have advanced training and are licensed.
Lpn and rns are hugely related. The only difference is an rn can hang blood and push certain drugs. From a lpn to rn now lpns are basically the same and maybe even better just saying
RNs and LPNs are NOT the same. Nowhere close.
Experiences make all the difference. But thank you!! Many forget their scope of practice!! CNA's thinking they can tell a nurse what to do and how to do their job. Then wonder why they aren't "respected". But again, the title behind one's name does not make anyone a genuis!
Very well said I am a MA at an orthopedic clinic and work with nurses specifically LPNs. We do the same things but nurses do a little more but CMA is a great career to get your foot in the door. You will always have a job and can always move up. 😊
just Started watching ya videos !! About to start my MA program in August so excited!! Keep bringing the infor.
+Charleen rogars well welcome to my channel and thank you so much for watching!!! I bet august can't come quick enough for you!
Soooo . Right!!!
I see a great deal of comments regarding skills and nursing vs MA. Skills can be learned by anyone, I taught laypeople basic IV and wound care skills to care for their loved ones in the home. The primary difference between an unlicensed assistive personnel and a Registered Nurse is the ability to have and legally practice clinical judgement. That clinical judgement is what creates liability, poor clinical judgement can get you sued. It is fairly typical for people in lower level assistive positions to not understand this because they simply have not done it, again, they tend to focus heavily on those skills "That nurse can't even draw blood!" But it is not an individual skill that makes a nurse. I guess the best example I have of this is that a UAP does not have the legal, or likely educational ability to perform clinical health assessments and make decisions based upon those findings. Hopefully that makes sense, but that, is the primary difference between an RN and to a some degree an LVN and a UAP (certifications are not licensure, a certification holds you to far less legal responsibility in the medical field). The skills are easy ultimately, all nurses and UAPs have skills that they do and don't practice frequently based on their work environment, many of those skills are even administrativein nature, that does not define the job. It is the difference in a professional vs non professional position (not saying MAs don't behave in a professional manner) , but a professional nurse practices independently under a license, is governed be a board for professional behavior, and makes clinical decisions based on patient presentation that someone's life depends on, in my case, nearly every day. A good MA is worth their weight in gold, but I need a good MA to listen carefully to what I tell them about a patient and very promptly and clearly communicate it to the doc, and, if need be, get back to me on what the doc wants done. Communication, in my opinion, makes or breaks you as an MA, but it is my decision as an RN about when we call a doc and what we communicate to them. I have to know, based some on my education, but even more based on my experiences, what is urgent and what isn't. If a patients labs are doing X, we are next likely to see Y. Did I hear fluid in the lungs that is likely cardiac or pulmonary in nature? And no book can truly teach you that, it is the art of professional nursing.
I am transitioning from being a mechanic and enrolling to learn to be a CNA after that who knows? I understand there are different hard skills required in medical care depending whether you are a doctor, RN, LPN, CNA, or an MA.
Something that I don't understand is the utter lack of soft skill demonstrated by a few people when it comes to emotional intelligence is insane!
Now I understand why my friend who has been an RN for over 10 years says "one of the most important lessons you learn is have thick skin!"
I am in reminded of piece of advice given to me as a young soldier just before being promoted to Corporal by a Sergeant Major, "I don't care what your rank is never forget your roots, when you give people orders always treat them with respect and never belittle them."
After reading this long and ridiculous post from Mrs Kaa I do not think I can be bothered to even watch this channel anymore. Each and every person that holds a job is a professional as long as they are working as one, license or certification or just good old experience. I know way to many RN's that should have never graduated high school much less be treating patients and to tell me EVER that I would need to listen to one is hilarious especially when my doctor depends on me to handle OUR patients and the RN who has worked for us for over 2 years does not have a clue what I do and although after 2 years she still does not know the proper way to spin our blood( yes she is supposed because she works there its part of her PROFESSIONAL job) nor does she even know how to perform an EKG ( I do not know a nurse nor a doctor no matter how long it has been since they have done one) that did not know what especially after they were shown the day before. SO, ummm no it is not her decision EVER when it comes to ANYTHING to do with my patients or who or when to call the doctor. I would say it is all in how well you are educated in not only a book but what you have learned in your career can speak volumes and I can tell you that if you do not keep your mouth shut and your ears open and listen to your doctor(hopefully you have smart ones) you many never learn anything but what was written in a book which I can tell you will never make anyone where a good RN, BSN, FN_P, PA-C, MA, CMA or RMA..so sorry I cannot keep watching your videos Manda...Great job in your journey keep up your awesome attitude and most of all do not let anything hold you back realize there is probably so much more out there you can learn and do with your medical assisting that you really even know!!! ;)
Michelle Alese Hasty Lol get out of here... just admit you couldn’t even get accepted into a nursing program and then leave. A high schooler can become a CMA in 6 months... it’s a joke of a certification. While to become a nurse you have to BUST your ass through school to even get into the damn program. You barely make a living wage as a CMA so I find it a total lie that anyone actually wants to stay in that position. I WAS a CMA but I busted my ass to get myself through the RN program, and until you can do the same thing than you can kindly STFU about your deluded opinion of nurses.
Todayisagooddayforagoodday Lou CMA’s work under RN’s and physicians... a certification is not held to the same standards as a LICENSE. Do a little research! And everything a CMA can do, so can the RN, but you CANT do what the RN can!
I think your amazing!! I will graduate in May of 2018 as a CMA
Your blackboard presentation was awesome! Well put! I was a CNA many years ago and left the healthcare field to work in retail for a bit. Now, here I am, at 54 years old, returning to school to become a medical assistant. It's just in the blood, amiright? :)
I'm interested in both CNA and MA programs at my college. I'm kind of an anxious mess though bc I'm thinking about making mistakes even before the program starts but I'm sure I will practice a lot in the program. I am interested in behavioral and mental health and possibly special needs patients as those are dear to my heart. Being an MA for a behavioral health private practice or clinic would be awesome.
Go for cma not cna trust me I worked as a cna pay is nothing and job is the worst I have 3 months til I graduate 👩🎓 from my MA diploma trust me do cma nit cna
Hi, can you do a video on the difference between a medical assistant and a patient care tech ? that would be helpful thanks.
love this video!! I have just started my first MA job and it's harder than any other job in the past but I find it so interesting and love that it's not just sitting at a desk. There's still a lot for me to learn and I'm planning on getting a master's in a diff field while I work, but seeing a video like this makes me feel so much more hopeful to stay in it a little bit longer and learn the job well. I wanted to ask you because I love stuff like this, but what products did you use for the chalkboard presentation?! I kind of want one of those in my house now too, my whiteboard is looking a bit boring in comparison....!!!
Just had my pinning ceremony and graduation this past week!!! 🎉🎉🎉 Next stop, CMA certification exam!
+Mrs Olivia Tipton that's awesome!!! Congratulations!!!
well the advise you gave along with the examples are very helpful
I wouldn’t recommend MA before RN. I would recommend CNA or paramedic. And nursing school is 500X harder. Course work is way harder, longer, and you are responsible for EVERYTHING for the patient and keeping them alive. I had a friend in MA school while I was in nursing school. What she learned in 1 whole semester we covered in a 40 minute lecture.
Is medical assistant or lpn school more expensive
HI Jenna, sorry but we are also graduates with 2 years of training and education, many with Associate's Degrees. We don't claim to be nurses, but don't belittle the profession just because the training and the education might be different. There are positions in the field of medicine where nurses and licensing are NOT required, but training, education and credentialing is. Thanks, Have a GREAT day.
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Thank you for the clarification, Great job!
She seems like she's really fun to work with Lol thank you for your videos , I can't wait to start my journey !
I started MA school in August 2017 I graduate February 2019
I am not from US and this proffession do not exist where I live. We have practical "nurses" they go to school for 2 years or 3 years for older teenagers. With internship periods. And they need extra license to count and give medicine. And then nurses that takes 4 years bachelor degree. To be a doctor takes 5 years+ that is Masters degree.
Though every job or career is respectable.
Medical Assisting should never be compared to nursing. I've never heard anyone say "This man is dying, go get the medical assistant" none of those medical assistant jobs will be able to save anyone.
A 15 year medical assistant job won't compare to a new nurse with 1 year experience.
Please understand your chain of command in the healthcare field.
Ameena David they don’t call for the nurse either. they want a DOCTOR!! I will never understand the arrogance of NURSES these days.
Mary S.- ASMR & Mukbangs not true.. RN’s run code during emergencies and code blues. It’s pretty badass!
Coming from an RMA it sucks being a MA. Im back to school to be Surgical Tech.
I understand completely what your saying that patients don't understand what a MA is but it's illegal to say yes I'm a nurse to a patient u have to say MA even if they don't understand I'm a MA and I used to be a CNA and got called a nurse then too just be careful to not use the words yes I'm a nurse that's a crime
Great video! Just finished school and next is the externship. What is your input on your first day of extern? If your doing your extern in internal medicine.
Good video, but you are really under playing the nursing role in the medical field. To my understanding in California, a RN student can work as a medical assistant after there first semester in nursing school. So that points in prospective the point you are trying to make.
Very helpful and understanding. I love your videos.
Thank you so much Toni! I will be starting my channel up again very soon! Look for more videos starting mid-November!
Excellent description. God bless you.
It is funny to see people that are “ medical professionals” fighting over which job title is better. At the end of the day we all are subject to a boss. We get paid to do some tasks and we are not bezos with multimillion dollars in the bank account. I can see why she ain’t talk about salary and all that crap cause many people think that cause they spent 4 yrs in a BSN program makes them overqualified to pass counseling career judgements in others. When you have a multimillion dollar company then you are qualified to pass any judgement otherwise keep your poison as you are just another walking sheep of the medical system
C. Huseyin ... do the schooling first before passing judgment why people hold their titles so high. It is not easy to get BSN or PHD in the medical field. Take your same logic and apply it to the engineering field, do you want a certified professional engineer or a drafting artist building you bridges? Professional titles matter little when lives matter.
I can't reply directly to Trap Lord soooo.... here is my take on who I would prefer to build my bridge or home. I personally would not want either of them doing the job without first seeing examples of their work. I could and my post right there but I'm not going to for more reasons then I can count so I'm just going to keep it simple Engineers are very important for their particular role the same goes for the drafter, however takes a blue collar worker to actually build the structure. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion but I can tell you right now there are a lot of Engineers out there you cannot begin to perform the actual task likewise there are carpenters and still workers who do not have the education for all the calculations required.
To Manda the CMA thank you for this video
Amen 🙏
You're going to call people poisonous when you're here spitting venom?
Mandaaaa your makeup, hair, smile etc. Love it!
Love it keep going girl !!!💜🖤
Great video ! I am about to start my third and final attempt at school for MA. Thank you so much for your insight and opinions they are so helpful. Love your videos! Keep them coming .
Tracey Cauthen Don’t mean to be negative but if it takes you 3 attempts to become an MA....I’m not sure it’s a career you ought to pursue. I’m not saying give up on your hopes and dreams, but CMA school was not honestly that challenging. I’m working towards PA School and the Science courses you have to take are 100 times more challenging and difficult. Prove me wrong. I Wish you the best.
Shout out to you! 💙
yes we are not nurses only nurse is
Im not sure if you are still practicing or not but im just wondering why no one ever talks about the attack on your life when you become and MA. Its like people watch and wait for you to succeed then try to introduce you to people that end up ruining your life. I have honestly just been in hiding lately. I became a medical assistant thinking that I would have a real chance to finally be able to take care of myself but it has been an ongoing battle. I have always kept my work separate from my personal life while there are those that try to get me to blend them together. You did share about your relationship struggles but without getting into details, did your success as a medical assistant cause stress in your relationships. (personal, family, friends, acquaintences, etc)
Ok so I’m a CNA, surgical tech and I’m going out for a CMA also ? Leads
Enjoyed your video.
Thanks
This might be silly question but a CMA can help pop cysts?
Why did you want to become a CMA?
I am bangladeshi medical assistant...I will do any higher degree any country????
I feel as if you made it seem like medical assisting has so many more outlets than nursing in this video. The outlets for nurses are endless just as the MA and nursing cannot be compared to an apple that just 3 seeds to grow from. Not a good analogy!
Because this isn’t a channel about nursing... she’s a CMA why would she try and explain that. Literally her purpose for this channel is to talk about “everything MEDICAL ASSISTING”.
They really are not comparable positions. Anyone who has doubt needs to check the pay difference between an RN and a MA. They are not interchagable careers in any way. A MA is an unlicensed assistive personnel, they hold a certification typically (in some states not necessary) but they work under a physician assisting them. A nurse works under her own license and liability based on her scope of practice.
I didn't take it that way at all. She used the seeds with the word "grow". So, I took it as a nurse could grow into so many things. It's like she said and you visual an apple tree. With grapes you can branch out a bit but you can only do so much. A lot of her "grapes" were administrative duties anyway.
@@mrskaa7584 the pay is not a good example of differences considering the fact that the pay really depends on your experience, place you live, Etc.
Is Kaplan University Medical Assistant program good
Could you please talk to us more about continuing education from a medical assistant to something else. Looking forward to start my classes for medical assistant and afterwards continuing my education to become a RN.
continuing on to different fields is pretty easy. General classes should transfer (which you are going to have if you are getting an AAS in medical assisting, diploma classes do not have this requirement) since you already have an associates, it's easy to get an associates or higher in a different subject (such as an AAS in nursing or BSN if that's what you are interested in)
Have you heard of the meditec ccma program? If you have how do you feel about it? Is it legit?
Ma'am, I appiled for a program abroad to study Medical Administrative Assistant. So, is the same like your job (Medical Assistant)? Because in my homecountry we don't have this. Thank you.
Thank you
Please do medical assistant vs nursing assistant! !!#
100%! I’ll be starting my channel up in November after my 1 year hiatus!
im going to job corp to be a maa and I have confusion between the differences between a cma and maa and i think cma is more on the blood work and drug test side and maa is more of a computer based assisting doctors with paper work if im correct, But anyway lol let me finish watching the video
We can do EKG too
That is one bitchin chalkboard!
Are you Italian?
What’s your advice if I want to work with newborns or babies? I am currently in MA school and intend to work as a CMA through nursing school.
I suppose the only thing I could suggest is to find a pediatrics clinic! The second best is to try OBGYN. You may not get to work with the babies directly, but when you become a nurse you can work Labor and Delivery, Postpartum and the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU). Those three are usually intertwined in the hospital. I hope that helps some!
Manda the CMA yes it does!! Thank you 🙏🏼
your channel is so useful for me. most of time when people asking me why don't you take nursing course? lol
I'm student at health service office administration and I love what I'm studying. I think this program as same as medical assistant? do you think it is the same?
+quang bùi that is only the admin side of medical assisting. We also work hands on in the lab and with physicians.
Amazing
can medical assistants can work in a hospital
+linda faria it depends where you live. I'd check indeed.com to see what your area offers. It's not common in my state.
If their is any clinics that are inside of the hospital then yes you can!
Yes! I live in California and I've always gone to Kaiser for my doctor's visits but it is standard out here at any hospital to be seen by a medical assistant first who takes your temp, weight, blood pressure and goes over your medical history before you are seen by your doctor. I always thought they were a nurse untill I asked.
Kaiser also offers a medical assistant program but it is pretty expensive. However I am sure you are offered a position right after your clinicals with them which is a nice perk.
Yes, LPNS can and do work in hospitals...doing the same as RNs (except initiating blood, pushing steroids, and initial assessments and teachings).
Any MA's that work night shift at a hospital??
No! In a hospital sitting MA’s only work inside of a clinic that is inside of the hospital
Would it be a bad idea to just do the training and learning process online?
If you haven't seen it yet, I have an older video that talks specifically about online classes. Definitely check it out!
I am doing GED and after that i want to do medical assistant program but let me know how much the whole program cost?
It really depends on the place I didn't pay but that's only because fasfa
Every state and city is different mine was $28,000 but depends where ur at urs could be cheaper
Fantastic
Wow... Nice thank for laying it out for me.. 😁
Hi Manda. I took my test through the AMT, not the AAMA organization. AMT told me these two organizations are both accredited the same, they are just different organizations! Well, if someone asks me if I am a Certified Medical Assistant, do I say yes? It's so confusing for me.
+Seanna Foreman nope! You're an RMA! They are very correct in saying they are literally the same thing, but since they are different organizations the AMT can only deem you as an RMA, and the AAMA can only deem their medical assistants as CMAs. Think of it like this: you take your driver's license test in Montana. You get a Montana drivers license. You wouldn't say that you have a Minnesota drivers license because Minnesota didn't give you your license. They're the same thing, it's just different states. If someone asks if you are certified I would say "actually I'm a Registered Medical Assistant. It's basically the same thing, but it's a different credentialing agency".
Hope that makes sense!
Thank you, yes it does. At my interview they asked if I was certified, I said I was registered, and she seemed so confused! Then I thought maybe I should of said I was a Certified Medical Assistant.
+Seanna Foreman sounds like they have to educate themselves more on medical assistants!!! If you're still going through interviews, bring a copy of your papers from the AMT. That's weird!
I know huh! I will defiantly do this.
👍 very informative
+Brandie Lynn thanks so much! Glad you liked it!
Excellent
I really like the way you describe the differences between CMA's and nurses. I was in the military for a very long time and was able to challenge the test to become a CCMA. After doing so and getting my certification I worked as an Orthopaedic CCMA for a few years and chose to finish more schooling. Without the chance to become a CMA I may have chosen a different route and left patient care completely. Thank you for your excellent description of what a Medical Assistant does and I hope it inspires more to become a Medical Assistant.
i want to be a medical assisting tell me about it please make videos each day
Well said, Manda😘
+SweetieStaige thanks so much! And thanks for watching, as always!
Burping in public is disrespectful 👎
GET TO THE POINT. Get into major and details differences from MA ( medical assistant ) & RN ( Nurse ).
Talk about the pay difference, MA is not as great as you make it sound. We are talking about minimum wage or a few dollars more if you are lucky to 30-45 an hour for a nurse. Anyone can become an MA, but only hardworking and dedicated people can become a nurse.
My channel is about positivity and loving what I do. I feel that some of these assumptions are subjective, but I digress.
mau lett Hey, I'm glad you felt the need to point that out. However, let's be clear. I've been a CMA for about 5 years and I make way more than minimum wage. I make close to 30$/hour and that's with a 2 year degree. It's truly dependant on where you live, what specialties you are working in and how valuable you are to the team. While working in healthcare: the most important key is above and beyond patient care. Not pay. I chose to get a degree & license that I could afford and be successful. So, carry on.
nurses piss me off like maybe were happy just being a medical assitant like not everybody wants to be a nurse like stfu
Stephanie Williams
Medical assistants aren't even licensed while nurses are licensed by the state they live in.
stop feeding the troll
Can you wear scrubs for a medical assistant interview?
+Tati Marie I would ask if you are going to be doing any clinical skills at the interview. If so, ask them if they would like you to wear scrubs. I highly suggest wearing one solid color. If not, you'll want to wear interview clothes
Manda the CMA thank you!
is there a major difference between a medical assistant or a Licenced practical nurse?
Yes. I've been a LPN for 5 years now, and before that a MA. LPNs do most their work in nursing homes or home health. What LPNS that MAs cant do in my state are administer meds, do procedures (IVs, foley caths, feeding tubes, ect). Also the pay rate is way way better for a nurse.
As Mike stated, the pay difference for a CMA and an LPN is quite different. I am an LPN and I work alongside two CMAs. We generally have the same responsibilities (in my clinic in particular they hire CMAs and LPNs to do patient care and triage) however the CMAs typically make 4-6 dollars less per hour. Again, this is specifically from experience from my place of employment.
Are you allowed to give out medical advice
becoming a ma phlebotomy soon