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Susysleever

By Susysleever, in Rants & Raves

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AuntieLala83    81

AuntieLala83
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This morning, in this forum, I read that someone was 'itmf' and they weren't. A cna is not itmf just as a medical assistant is not in the nursing field. Sorry. This one pushed me over the edge I'll shut up

What field would YOU say a CNA works in!?!?! The hospital is a medical facility .. They work in the hospital.... Ergo they are in the medical field! I'm in grad school to be a psychologist so I will tell people that I'm in the mental health field ... Should I not say that because I'm a psychologist and not a psychiatrist???

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mi75    1,241

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I am also an RN with my BSN and almost done with my MSN (WHOOP!!)

I believe that the best RNs are those that first worked as a nursing assistant. it helps you truly appreciate the TEAM that you are part of, and taking care of the patients. After all, that is what we do, we take care of patients. titles aside.

I work in a huge private practice with multiple docs. The MA's and NA's in our practice do a huge brunt of the work rooming patients, independently titrating meds, triaging nursing calls, etc. The other RN's and myself couldn't provide the advanced levels of care that we do without our MA's.

In my practice, our MA's are absolutely a huge part of our team, and for sure in the medical field. I went to a nursing school where they really encouraged team delegation, RN leadership, etc. That was awesome and really important for learning how to be a nurse, but at the end of the day, we are all in this together.

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honeyg317    107

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As an RN I could not survive without my NA, secretary, etc...

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Susysleever    265

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What field would YOU say a CNA works in!?!?! The hospital is a medical facility .. They work in the hospital.... Ergo they are in the medical field! I'm in grad school to be a psychologist so I will tell people that I'm in the mental health field ... Should I not say that because I'm a psychologist and not a psychiatrist???

A cna is in the nursing field. Answers to the rn. A medical assistant and a physicians assist work in the medical as they answer to the physician. Semantics?

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Sarahjane79    397

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But.... that's all in the medical field!

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CrazyJaney    775

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What field would YOU say a CNA works in!?!?! The hospital is a medical facility .. They work in the hospital.... Ergo they are in the medical field! I'm in grad school to be a psychologist so I will tell people that I'm in the mental health field ... Should I not say that because I'm a psychologist and not a psychiatrist???

A cna is in the nursing field. Answers to the rn. A medical assistant and a physicians assist work in the medical as they answer to the physician. Semantics?

And we ALL answer to the patient.

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Sarahjane79    397

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Its in the healthcare field.

Which is also known as the medical field.

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SandyM    1,956

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I've been a nurse since Noah built his arc and I can just say this form of snobbery is what we like to refer to as RNitis. SERIOUSLY????? As stated, its still the medical field.

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Chelly    364

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I am not in the medical field I am speaking out as a person who was a patient.

To say that CNA's and MA's are not part of the medical field is a really rude and snarky thing to express.

As a person being the hospital I would have been lost if my CNA wasn't there to help when my nurse was with another patient.

The CNA took care of me most of the time when I needed to go to the bathroom, clean up, needed to be moved in a different position in bed, to take my vitals and just someone to talk to if I was lonely.

Your superior attitude would definitely make me not want you as my nurse.

The CNA's and MA's probably don't like working with you when you consider them beneath you like you do and not part of the team in the medical care.

Get off your high horse and change your attitude.

That's all I have to say on this subject except one more thing and that is thank you to all the CNA's and MA's for being there and for being who you are.

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Shazam    517

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RJ'S/beginning    5,358

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All I know is it was a RN that left sponges and strips of gauze in my bed sore and it healed over and I started to get abscesses and needed surgery to remove it. It was not a nurses assistant which here in Canada we call an LPN. Now where I had WLS you could not tell the difference who was who. They melded into one another and respected each other as helpers. When RN's mouth off about being better the LPN's I always say that it was one of those 4 year schooled nurses that almost killed me. There is in all professions good and bad!

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Ginger Snaps    1,323

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Well said Lipstick! I'll stick to the advice my well paid surgeon and nutritionist give me! Lol

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